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?