adin

See also: Adin, adin', adın, Adın, adɨŋ, ad in, ádin, ádɨŋ, and adịn

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *adiN, often linked to the Aquitanian given name Dannadinnis.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /adin/, [a.ð̞ĩn]

Noun

adin inan

1. age
2. (geology) era

Declension

Declension of adin (adjective C-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		adin	adina	adinak	adinok
ergative		adinek	adinak	adinek	adinok
dative		adini	adinari	adinei	adinoi
genitive		adinen	adinaren	adinen	adinon
comitative		adinekin	adinarekin	adinekin	adinokin
causative		adinengatik	adinarengatik	adinengatik	adinongatik
benefactive		adinentzat	adinarentzat	adinentzat	adinontzat
instrumental		adinez	adinaz	adinez	adinotaz
innesive	anim.	adinengan	adinarengan	adinengan	adinongan
	inan.	adinetan	adinean	adinetan	adinotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	adinetako	adineko	adinetako	adinotako
allative	anim.	adinengana	adinarengana	adinengana	adinongana
	inan.	adinetara	adinera	adinetara	adinotara
terminative	anim.	adinenganaino	adinarenganaino	adinenganaino	adinonganaino
	inan.	adinetaraino	adineraino	adinetaraino	adinotaraino
directive	anim.	adinenganantz	adinarenganantz	adinenganantz	adinonganantz
	inan.	adinetarantz	adinerantz	adinetarantz	adinotarantz
destinative	anim.	adinenganako	adinarenganako	adinenganako	adinonganako
	inan.	adinetarako	adinerako	adinetarako	adinotarako
ablative	anim.	adinengandik	adinarengandik	adinengandik	adinongandik
	inan.	adinetatik	adinetik	adinetatik	adinotatik
partitive		adinik	—	—	—
prolative		adintzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “adin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “adin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galo

Noun

adin

1. meat, flesh, muscle

Narua

Etymology

Cognate with Galo adin.

Noun

adin

1. meat

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Èkìtì Yoruba ụ̀dị́n, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ùdẹ́n, Igala ìdí, Edo údẹ́n (“palm oil ointment”), Igbo ùde (“ointment, palm oil ointment”), Nupe èdín (“palm kernel oil”), Nupe èdĩ, and possibly related to Edo ẹdi (“nut, palm nut”), Urhobo edi, with a much deeper etymology, it is proposed to be derived from a Proto-Niger-Congo root, see Usaghade útén (“oil palm”), Ibibio adan (“oil”), and Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀téndé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.dĩ́/

Noun

àdín

1. oil; usually in reference to palm kernel oil

Related terms

• epo (“palm oil”)
• àdín àgbọn (“coconut oil”)