ẹyẹ
Olukumi
editEtymology 1
editProposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Yoruba ẹyẹ, likely related to Edo áwẹ
Pronunciation
editNoun
editẹyẹ
Etymology 2
editCompare with Yoruba ìyẹ́, Igala ìwẹ́, probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́, and likely on analogy with Etymology 1
Pronunciation
editNoun
editẹyẹ́
References
edit- Arokoyo, Bolanle E. & Mabodu, Olamide (2017) Olukumi Bilingual Dictionary[1], Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages
Yoruba
editEtymology 1
editProposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Olukumi ẹyẹ, Ifè ɛyɛ. Likely related to Edo áwẹ
Pronunciation
editNoun
editẹyẹ
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- ẹlẹyẹ (“witch”)
- ẹlẹ́yẹ (“someone who sells birds, someone who owns birds”)
- ẹyẹ agánrán
- ẹyẹ agbe
- ẹyẹ atíálá (“hornbill”)
- ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà (“village weaver”)
- ẹyẹ olongo
- ẹyẹ olóòféèré
- ẹyẹ oriri
- ẹyẹ ọ̀sìn
- ẹyẹ Ṣàngó
- ẹyẹ yọja-yọja (“anhinga”)
- ẹyẹ àdàbà (“turtle dove”)
- ẹyẹ àgbìgbò
- ẹyẹ àkọ̀ (“heron, stork”)
- ẹyẹ àkókó (“woodpecker”)
- ẹyẹ àlùkò
- ẹyẹ àparò
- ẹyẹ àpọ́n (“kingfisher”)
- ẹyẹ àrọ̀nì
- ẹyẹ àṣá (“hawk”)
- ẹyẹ òdèréekókò
- ẹyẹ ògé (“egyptian plover”)
- ẹyẹ òrofó (“green pidgeon”)
- ẹyẹ òtété
- ẹyẹ òwìwí (“barn owl”)
- ẹyẹ-ọba
- ẹyẹ-ọ̀pẹ́ẹ̀rẹ́ (“bulbul”)
- ẹyẹkẹ́ye (“any bird, a bad bird”)
- ẹyẹlé (“pigeon”)
- ẹyẹòbàlè-efinrin
- ilé ẹyẹ (“nest”)
- kòṣeku-kòṣẹyẹ (“a species of bat”)
- àgógónu ẹyẹ (“beak”)
- ààbọ̀ isinmi ẹyẹ (“nest”)
Etymology 2
editFrom ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ (“to befit”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editẹ̀yẹ
Derived terms
edit- Akínlẹ́yẹ
- ẹlẹ́yẹ (“celebrant, an honorable person”)
- Oyèélẹ́yẹ
- Ọlọ́finmẹ̀yẹ
Categories:
- Olukumi terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Olukumi terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Olukumi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Olukumi lemmas
- Olukumi nouns
- Olukumi palindromes
- ulb:Birds
- ulb:Animals
- ulb:Zootomy
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Yoruba palindromes
- Yoruba terms prefixed with ẹ- (nominalizing prefix)
- yo:Birds