Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Yoruba ẹyẹ, likely related to Edo áwẹ
ẹyẹ
Compare with Yoruba ìyẹ́, Igala ìwẹ́, probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́, and likely on analogy with Etymology 1
ẹyẹ́
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Olukumi ẹyẹ, Ifè ɛyɛ. Likely related to Edo áwẹ
ẹyẹ
| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹyẹ (“bird”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | ẹyẹ | |
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ẹyẹ | ||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ẹyẹ | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ẹyẹ | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ègbélé (also means chicken) | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ẹyẹ | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ẹyẹ |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ẹyẹ | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | ẹyẹ | |||
| Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | ẹyẹ | |||
| Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | ẹyẹ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹyẹ | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ẹyẹ | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ìsin LGA | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹyẹ | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Òkèhò | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ṣakí | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Tedé | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ẹyẹ | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹyẹ | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹyẹ | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛyɛ | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ẹyẹ | ||
| Owé | Kabba | ẹyẹ | |||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | ɛyɛ | ||
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ɛyɛ | |||
| Tchaourou | ɛyɛ | ||||
| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | ɛyɛ | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ɛyɛ | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ɛyɛ | ||
| Onigbolo | ɛyɛ | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ɛyɛ | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɛyɛ | |||
| Atakpamɛ | ɛyɛ | ||||
| Boko | ɛyɛ | ||||
| Moretan | ɛyɛ | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ɛyɛ | ||||
| Kura | Awotébi | éyɛ́ | |||
| Partago | eyɛ | ||||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | yɛ́í | |||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | ɛyɛ | |||
| Manigri | ɛyɛ | ||||
| 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. | |||||
From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ (“to befit”).
ẹ̀yẹ