adin

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Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *adiN, often linked to the Aquitanian given name Dannadinnis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

adin inan

  1. age
  2. (geology) era

Declension

Further reading

  • adin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • adin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galo

Noun

adin

  1. meat, flesh, muscle

Narua

Etymology

Cognate with Galo adin.

Noun

adin

  1. meat

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Èkìtì Yoruba ụ̀dị́n, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ùdẹ́n, Igala ìdí, Edo údẹ́n (palm oil ointment), Igbo ùde (ointment, palm oil ointment), Nupe èdín (palm kernel oil), Nupe èdĩ, and possibly related to Edo ẹdi (nut, palm nut), Urhobo edi, with a much deeper etymology, it is proposed to be derived from a Proto-Niger-Congo root, see Usaghade útén (oil palm), Ibibio adan (oil), and Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀téndé

Pronunciation

Noun

àdín

  1. oil; usually in reference to palm kernel oil