padanu
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Yoruba[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pa (“to make, to do”) + àdánù (“serious loss and misfortune”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pàdánù
- (transitive) to lose (especially when it is an irretrievable loss); to forfeit
Derived terms[edit]
- ìpàdánù (“loss”)
- ìpàdánù ohun-àfidógò (“foreclosure”)
Related terms[edit]
- sọnù (“to lose something; to become lost”)