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yi da

verb

LanguageHausa (Nigeria)

Meaning
  1. to slander
  2. to talk behind someone’s back
  3. To talk behind someone's back in a negative or malicious way.
Examples

Mutane suna son su yi da shi.

People like to talk behind his back.

Part of speechverb

Status: Adapted from Wikidata lexemes — awaiting native speaker review

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Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.