a-ɨdáŋ

Definition

To be disfluent in speech (not necessarily permanently), potentially involving hesitation, stammering, misuse one word for another, mis-statement, etc.

In a sentence

Átéjo áɨ́rɔ́ Maâ náɨ́dɑ̀ŋ amʉ̂ mayíólo aɨrɔ́rɔ

I tried to speak Maa but I stumbled because I do not know how to speak it.

Where this comes from

Source

Payne & Ole-Kotikash, Maa Dictionary (U. Oregon, 2005)

Dialect

Kenyan Maa (Keekonyokie/Purko/Wuasinkishu)