English Explanatory Dictionary

Oyda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An Omotic language of the North Omotic branch, spoken by the Oyda people in the South Ethiopia Regional State.
  2. The ethnic group or people who natively speak this language.
  3. One of the woredas (districts) in the South Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔɪdə/

Word forms

Oyda

Etymology

From Oyda Oyda, it is an endonym of the people and language while also an ethnonym and toponym. According to oral tradition, the name is a cognate of the Oyda noun oyda (“seat; chair”), used metaphorically to represent the "comfort" and "hospitality" the region offered to various settling clans.

Related words

Omotic Afroasiatic woreda district Wiktionary’s coverage of Oyda terms
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