ይሉኝታ

Amharic

Etymology

ይሉኝ yiluññ "what they tell me" + -ta (nominal suffix)

Noun

ይሉኝታ • (yiluññita) ?

1. The inability to say "no"; caring about what others may think; consideration of others; swallowing one’s pride and doing what seems wrong in order not to offend; concern for public opinion; peer pressure.

See also

• አለኝታ (ʾäläñta, “moral support”, literally “what he told me”)

Further reading

• The YluNta and MisTir Issue in Seleda online journal.
• A discussion on the English equivalent for "yelugnita" in Medrek Ethiopian discussion.
• Definition of the word in AmharicDictionary.com.