English
Oyda
Oyda comes from Oyda Oyda.
- OydamodernOyda
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- OydamodernOyda
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
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.
Every English word from Oyda Oyda
Today it means
name An Omotic language of the North Omotic branch, spoken by the Oyda people in the South Ethiopia Regional State.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Oyda Oyda / Oyda