Cognates include Igala ẹ̀bìẹ̀, ultimately proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-byɛ̀, equivalent *ɛ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *byɛ̀. Compare Nupe egyà
ẹ̀jẹ̀
| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹ̀jẹ̀ (“blood”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ẹ̀zẹ̀ | |
| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ẹpọ́n, ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ẹpọ́n, ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ẹpọ́n, ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ẹpọ́n, ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ifọ́n | Ifọ́n | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | isangí, ẹ̀jẹ̀n, abaghari | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ẹ̀zẹ̀ | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ẹ̀jẹ̀ |
| Òdè Èkìtì | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ìjẹ̀ | |||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ọ̀fà | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìsin LGA | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Òkèhò | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ṣakí | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Tedé | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìkirè | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Ìwó | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹ̀jẹ̀, ẹpọ́n, ipọ́n | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛ̀jɛ̀, ɛkpɔ́n, ikpɔ́n | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | ||
| Ìbùnú | Bùnú | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìjùmú | Ìjùmú | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìkìrì | Akutupa Kiri | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Owé | Kabba | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ | Lọ́kọ́ja | ẹ̀jẹ̀ | |||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | ||
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ɛ̀jɛ̀, ɛ̀kpɔ́n | |||
| Tchaourou | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | ||||
| Ìcà | Bantè | àmãrã, àmaã | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ɛ̀jɛ̀, amará | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | ||
| Onigbolo | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | àm̀bara | |||
| Atakpamɛ | àm̀bara | ||||
| Boko | àm̀bara | ||||
| Est-Mono | àmbara | ||||
| Moretan | àm̀bara | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | àmbara | ||||
| Kura | Aledjo-Koura | ejɛ́ | |||
| Awotébi | ejɛ́ | ||||
| Partago | ejɛ́ | ||||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | ǹjɛ̀ | |||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | |||
| Manigri | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | ||||
| Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | |||
| Ìfànyìn | ɛ̀jɛ̀ | ||||
| Overseas Yoruba | Lucumí | Havana | eje | ||
| 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. | |||||