hold as an abomination. Nze nneddira mpologoma. The lion is my totem. I am a member of the Lion Clan. Yeddira kutambula ekiro. He detests/considers it an abomination to go about at night. Omwana gwe twatuma yeddira mu kuzannya. The child we sent on an errand went playing instead.
-eddira (-eddidde) v.i. £ tr. appl. refl. adopt as a totem (of a member of a clan); consider anathema, hold as an abomination. Nze nneddira mpologoma. The lion is my totem. I am a member of the Lion Clan. Yeddira kutambula ekiro. He detests/considers it an abomination to go about at night. Omwana gwe twatuma yeddira mu kuzannya. The child we sent on an errand went playing instead.