adumaadan

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dú (“to be dark”) +‎ máa (“that is”) +‎ dán (“shining”), literally “that which is dark and shining”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.dú.máā.dã́/

Noun

àdúmáadán

  1. (idiomatic) a beautiful dark-skinned person
    Látibo ni àdúmáadán ọkùnrin níwájú mi ti wá, òun náà tó dá gbogbo èèyàn tó rí òun dúró? ― Where has this beautiful dark-skinned man come from, the one that makes everyone that sees him to halt?
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