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 dí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubadíto become opaque

via Yoruba àwátì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaàwátì—
Every word from Yoruba dí →