From Late Latin aera.
eera
Inflection of eera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | eera | eerat | |
genitive | eeran | eerojen | |
partitive | eeraa | eeroja | |
illative | eeraan | eeroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | eera | eerat | |
accusative | nom. | eera | eerat |
gen. | eeran | ||
genitive | eeran | eerojen eerain rare | |
partitive | eeraa | eeroja | |
inessive | eerassa | eeroissa | |
elative | eerasta | eeroista | |
illative | eeraan | eeroihin | |
adessive | eeralla | eeroilla | |
ablative | eeralta | eeroilta | |
allative | eeralle | eeroille | |
essive | eerana | eeroina | |
translative | eeraksi | eeroiksi | |
abessive | eeratta | eeroitta | |
instructive | — | eeroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Contraction of èrìrà, proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lɪ̀là or Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-là. Cognates with Igala èlìlà
èèrà
Yoruba Varieties and Languages - èèrà (“ant”) | |||||
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Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | èrìrà | |
Oǹdó | Oǹdó | èèà | |||
Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | àrìrà | |||
Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ẹ̀kíkan | |||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ẹ̀ẹ̀rà, ẹ̀rị̀rà |
Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ẹ̀ẹ̀rà, ẹ̀rị̀rà | |||
Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ẹ̀ẹ̀rà, ẹ̀rị̀rà | |||
Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | èìrà | |||
Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | èèrà | ||
Èkó | Èkó | èèrà | |||
Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | èèrà | |||
Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | èèrà | |||
Oǹkó | Òtù | èèrà | |||
Ìwéré Ilé | èèrà | ||||
Òkèhò | èèrà | ||||
Ìsẹ́yìn | èèrà | ||||
Ṣakí | èèrà | ||||
Tedé | èèrà | ||||
Ìgbẹ́tì | èèrà | ||||
Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | èèrà | |||
Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | èèrà | |||
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | èèrà | ||||
Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɛ̀rà | ||
Atakpamɛ | ɛ̀rà | ||||
Est-Mono | ɛ̀rà | ||||
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ɛ̀rà | ||||
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. |