Adannaya
From Igbo ada, "daughter", nna, "father", and ya, "her": "her father's eldest daughter".
Meaning and origin
Adannaya extends the same ada- pattern seen in Adanna, adding the possessive ya, "her", to make the tie to the father explicit and personal rather than general.
How to pronounce Adannaya
| Igbo (Nigeria) | ah-DAHN-nah-yah /aˈdanːaja/ |
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