ẹni
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eni"
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-nɪ̃ (of which the Central Yoruba form maintains the same form), compare with Arigidi ẹ̀nẹn, Igbo onye, Igala ẹ́nẹ.
Possibly equivalent to ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ni (“to be”), literally “That which exists”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̄.nĩ̄/
Synonyms
Yoruba varieties (person, one)
| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | ọni |
| Ìkálẹ̀ | ọnẹ | ||
| Ìlàjẹ | ọnẹ | ||
| Oǹdó | ọnẹ | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | ọnẹ | ||
| Usẹn | - | ||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | ọnị |
| Ifẹ̀ | - | ||
| Ìgbómìnà | - | ||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - | ||
| Western Àkókó | ọni | ||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | ẹni | |
| Ẹ̀gbá | - | ||
| Ìbàdàn | ẹni | ||
| Òǹkò | - | ||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹni | ||
| Standard Yorùbá | ẹni | ||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - | |
| Ìjùmú | - | ||
| Ìyàgbà | - | ||
| Owé | ọni | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - | ||
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̄.nĩ́/
Synonyms
Yoruba varieties (straw mat)
| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | ẹní |
| Ìkálẹ̀ | - | ||
| Ìlàjẹ | - | ||
| Oǹdó | - | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | - | ||
| Usẹn | - | ||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | ení |
| Ifẹ̀ | - | ||
| Ìgbómìnà | - | ||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - | ||
| Western Àkókó | - | ||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | ẹní | |
| Ẹ̀gbá | - | ||
| Ìbàdàn | ẹní | ||
| Òǹkò | - | ||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹní | ||
| Standard Yorùbá | ẹní | ||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - | |
| Ìjùmú | - | ||
| Ìyàgbà | - | ||
| Owé | aní | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - | ||
Derived terms
- ẹlẹ́ní (“mat seller”)
Etymology 3
Cognate with Itsekiri ẹnẹ (“we, us, our”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̄.nĩ̄/
See also
Ijebu personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Affirmative Subject Pronoun | Negative Subject Pronoun | Emphatic Pronoun | Possessive Pronoun | Object Pronoun | Possessive Determiner | Reflexive Pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | mo | mí | èmi | tèmi | mi | ara mi | |
| Second | wo | wé | ùwọ | tiẹ | ẹ | ara ẹ | ||
| Third | ó, é | [pronoun dropped] | òwun, òun | tiẹ̀ | ẹ̀ | ara ẹ̀ | ||
| Plural and Honorific | First | a | á | àwa | tẹni | ẹni | ara ẹni | |
| Second | wẹn | wẹ́n | ẹ̀wẹn | tiwẹn | wẹn | ara wẹn | ||
| Third | wọ́n | ọ̀wọn | tiwọn | wọn | ara wọn | |||
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