Idaaṣa
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ede Idaca Idaacha (“Ìdàáchà”). A local folk etymology suggests it comes from ìda (“princess”) + Ìṣà (“the town of Ìṣà, the Ìṣà people”), literally “Princess from Ìṣà”
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Idàáṣà or Ìdàáṣà
- Idaasha people, a subgroup of the Yoruba people in the country of Benin
- A dialect of the Yoruba language spoken by the Idàáṣà people, some sources identify it as a language separate from the Yoruba dialectal continuum.
Derived terms
[edit]- Igbó Idàáṣà (“capital city and traditional homeland of the Idàáṣà people and the historical Idàáṣà kingdom”)
Descendants
[edit]- French: Dassa-Zoumé
- Fon: Dassa-Zoumé
- English: Dassa