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yidana

Dagbani · Dagomba (Dagbon), Northern Region · Kinship

The Dagbon Digital dictionary glosses yidana as 'husband' and 'house owner'. In Chernoff's 'A Drummer's Testament' (ch. II-5) the drummer adds: 'Anyone who is an elder, we call him Yidana.'

The yidana welcomed the guests into his house.

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