eefin

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English

Noun

eefin (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of eefing

Anagrams

Yoruba

Èéfín

Etymology

From Contraction of èfínfín, ultimately from è- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ fínfín (reduplication of fín "to blow air onto something").

Pronunciation

Noun

èéfín

  1. smoke

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - èéfín (smoke)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaEastern ÀkókóỌ̀bàỌ̀bà Àkókóèéfín
Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeèwọ̀rìwọ̀, ìwọ̀rìwọ̀
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupaèfífí
ÌlàjẹMahinèfífí, èéfí
OǹdóOǹdóèìghọ̀
Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀èfínfín
UsẹnUsẹnèfífí
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹèghẹ̀rìghọ̀
OlùkùmiUgbódùèghìghọ̀
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìèéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́èéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìèéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
Ifẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀èéfí, èfífí
Northwest YorubaÌbàdànÌbàdànèéfín
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́èéfín
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàèéfín, ẹ̀ẹ́fín
Bɛ̀nɛ̀èéfín, ɛ̀ɛ́fín
Northeast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàYàgbà East LGAafífí
OwéKabbaafí, èfí
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodeòwúwɔ̀
Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́òwúwɔ̀
Tchaourouòwúwɔ̀
ÌcàBantèòrúrɔ̀
ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàòwúrɔ̀
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́owóiwɔ
Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuèéfín
Ifɛ̀Akpáréòwúrɔ̀
Atakpaméòwúwɔ̀, òrúrɔ̀
Bokoòwúrɔ̀
Moretanòwúrɔ̀
Tchettiòwúrɔ̀
Northern NagoKamboleòwúwɔ̀
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.

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