Likely a Proto-Edekiri innovation, the use of a -ri- interfix is common in descendant languages, see *ì-wòrìwò, òfòrifo, ultimately *ɛ̀- (“nominalizing...
From unknown origin, likely an Edekiri innovation, compare with synonymous term *a-ɣéré, also an innovation. IPA(key): /ī.ɡù.ɾè/ *i-gùrè village Synonym:...
*è-dérègbè, *è-déègbè *ì-déègbè From Proto-Edekiri *ì-dérègbè, *è-dérègbè, *è-kérègbè, compare with Itsekiri ekerégbè. Likely used simutaneously with...
"ɣo" (later "wo") is possibly an Proto-Edekiri innovation still maintained in a majority of Edekiri languages. Proto-Yoruba likely inherited it but the...
From Proto-Edekiri *o-ɲĩ IPA(key): /ō.ɲĩ̄/ *o-ɲĩ bee honey Olukumi: oyin Yoruba: oyin (all dialects) Ifè: onyi...
From Proto-Edekiri *ɛ-dʊ̃, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-dʊ̃, compare with Itsekiri akídọ̀n IPA(key): /ɛ̄.dʊ̃̄/ *ɛ-dʊ̃ monkey; (especially) Ursine...
From Proto-Edekiri *à-kèré, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *à-kèlé, see there for more cognates IPA(key): /à.kè.ɾé/ *à-kèré a species of green frog Synonym:...
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edekiri *ɛ̀-ɣɔ̀rɪ̀ɣɔ̀, ultimately from *ɛ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *ɣɪ̀ɣɔ̀ (“partial reduplication of *ɣɔ̀ "to spray...
Ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *ʊ-mãlɛ̀, equivalent to *ʊ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + *mã (“to mold”) + *a-lɛ̀ (“land, earth”), literally “The ones who...
*ɔ-bɪtʊ̃, *ɔ-bʊ̃tʊ̃ Likely inherited from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-bʊtʊ̃, perhaps equivalent to *ɔ-bɪ̃̀rɪ̃ (“woman, wife”) + *tʊ̃n (“new”), literally “new woman;...