Where does “dawati” come from?

dawati (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba dí — to become opaque.

dawati (Yoruba): to go missing; to disappear; to vanish

Definitions

  1. to go missing; to disappear; to vanish

Ancestry of “dawati”, step by step

dawati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubato become opaque

via Yoruba àwátì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaàwátì
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