ọnẹ

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Yoruba

Ẹrun ọ̀nẹ̀ nẹ́ẹ̀ wà nẹ́ ṣíṣí (lédè Ìjẹ̀bú)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yoruba ọni, Igala ọ̀nyẹ̀

Pronunciation

Noun

ọ̀nẹ̀

  1. (SEY) crocodile, specifically the Nile crocodile.
Synonyms
Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ọ̀nì (crocodile)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeọ̀nẹ̀
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọ̀nẹ̀
Ìkòròdúọ̀nẹ̀
Ṣágámùọ̀nẹ̀
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaọ̀nẹ̀
ÌlàjẹMahinọ̀nẹ̀
OǹdóOǹdóọ̀nẹ̀
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹagbákàrà
OlùkùmiUgbódùẹwuwu
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀nị̀
Òdè Èkìtìọ̀nị̀
Òmùò Èkìtìọ̀nị̀
Awó Èkìtìọ̀nị̀
Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀nị̀
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀nị̀
Northwest YorubaÈkóÈkóọ̀nì
ÌbàdànÌbàdànọ̀nì
ÌlọrinÌlọrinọ̀nì
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ọ̀nì
Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀nì
Ìkirèọ̀nì
Ìwóọ̀nì
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàọ̀nì
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɔ̀nì
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaọ̀nì
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréolóɖò
Atakpaméolóɖò
Est-Monoolóɖò
Tchettiolóɖò
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.

Etymology 2

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-nɪ̃, Compare with Arigidi ẹ̀nẹn, Igbo onye, Igala ẹ́nẹ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ọnẹ

  1. (Ikalẹ, Ondo, Ọwọ) person, human being, one
Synonyms
Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹni (person, one)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÀoÌdóàníọni
Eastern ÀkókóÌkàrẹ́Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókóọnà
ÌdànrèÌdànrèọnẹ
Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeọni
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ọni
Ìkòròdúọni
Ṣágámùọni
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaọnẹ
ÌlàjẹMahinọnẹ
OǹdóOǹdóọnẹ
Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀ọnẹ
UsẹnUsẹnọnẹ, ẹnẹ
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹọnẹ
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọnị
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọnị
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọnị
Western ÀkókóỌ̀gbàgì Àkókóọni
Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàẹni
Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaẹni
ÈkóÈkóẹni
ÌbàdànÌbàdànẹni
ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràẹni
Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogboẹni
ÌlọrinÌlọrinẹni
OǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAẹni
Ìwàjówà LGAẹni
Kájọlà LGAẹni
Ìsẹ́yìn LGAẹni
Ṣakí West LGAẹni
Atisbo LGAẹni
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGAẹni
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ẹni
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàẹni
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ɛni
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbaọni
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàɔni
Ifɛ̀Akpáréɛnɛ
Atakpaméɛnɛ
Tchettiɛnɛ
KuraAledjo-Kouraɛni
Awotébiɛni
Partagoɛni
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.