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Yoruba
Etymology 1
From Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lɪ̃, see there for other Niger-Congo cognates. Within Yoruboid, cognate with Ifè mɛ́ɛrɛ̃, Igala ẹ̀lẹ̀, Itsekiri mẹ́ẹrẹn, and Olukumi mẹ́rẹ̀n.
Proposed to be a distant doublet of erin, as they both are believed to be from the same root as Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni from earlier Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nani.
Pronunciation
Numeral
ẹ̀rin
- four
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + rín (“to smile; to laugh”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ẹ̀rín
- smile; grin
- laugh; giggling
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
ẹ̀rìn
- Name of a plant. Further details are uncertain.
References
- Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN