idaji

Yoruba

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Cardinal: èjì Counting: eéjì Adjectival: méjì Ordinal: kejì Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mejì Distributive: méjì méjì Collective: méjèèjì Fractional: ìdajì

Etymology 1

Contraction of ìdá méjì (“two fractions, two units”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìdād͡ʒì/

Noun

ìdajì

one half

Synonyms

ìdáméjì
ìlàjì

Etymology 2

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dá (“to be alone in doing something”) +‎ jí (“to wake up”), literally “The act of waking up alone (because most people are sleeping at this time)”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ì.dá.d͡ʒí/

Noun

ìdájí

(idiomatic) dawn, early in the morning, daybreak

Derived terms

nídàájí

Related terms

fẹ̀ẹ̀rẹ̀ (“of being very early in the morning”)
òwúrọ̀ (“morning”)
àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́ (“predawn”)