eyin
Old Norse
Noun
eyin
- nominative singular definite of ey f
Olukumi
Etymology
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-ɲĩ́. Cognate with Ayere éyĩ́, Àhàn eɲĩ, Igala ényí, Arigidi eɲĩ, and Ebira aɲɪ́. Possibly related to Bu enyiri and Tarok ìnyin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /é.jĩ́/
Noun
éyín
Derived terms
- éyín zíza (“toothache”)
Related terms
Yoruba
Etymology
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-ɲĩ́. Cognate with Ayere éyĩ́, Àhàn eɲĩ, Igala ényí, Arigidi eɲĩ, and Ebira aɲɪ́. Possibly related to Bu enyiri and Tarok ìnyin, ultimately from a common Proto-Volta-Congo [Term?] source.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ē.jĩ́/
Noun
eyín
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: eyín (“tooth”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ọ̀bà | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | eyín |
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | eyín | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | eyín | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ẹyín | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | eyín | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ẹjí | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | éyín | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Ìfàkì Èkìtì | eyín |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | eyín | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | eyín | ||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | eyín | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | eyín | |||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | eyín | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | eyín, ehín | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | eyín | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | eyín | ||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | iyín | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ɛhín | ||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | enyí | |||
| Atakpamɛ | enyí | ||||
| Est-Mono | enyí | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | enyí | ||||
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. | |||||
Derived terms
- dókítà eyín (“dentist”)
- eyín ọ̀gàn (“canine tooth”)
- fọyín (“to brush teeth”)
- ta eyín (“to pick teeth”)
- yọyín (“to take teeth out”)
- yọyínyọyín (“dentist”)
References
- Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN