afojudi
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- àmójúdi
Etymology
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + fi (“to use”) + ojú (“eyes”) + di, literally “To use ones eyes to block”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.fō.d͡ʒú.dī/
Noun
àfojúdi
- (idiomatic) the act of behaving contemptuously or defiantly to someone
- Synonyms: àfidi, ìfojúdi
- (idiomatic) being behaved contemptuously or defiantly to someone
- Synonyms: àfidi, ìfojúdi
- (idiomatic) contemptuous, defiantly
- (idiomatic) defiance, contempt
- Synonyms: ìwà àfojúdi, arífín
- (a proverb on stages of life and adolescence)
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