erin

Dutch

Etymology

Univerbation of er +‎ in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈrɪn/, /ɛˈrɪn/

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• Hyphenation: er‧in
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Adverb

erin

1. pronominal adverb form of in + het

Inflection

Derived terms

• erin gaan

Anagrams

• nier, rein

Finnish

Noun

erin

1. instructive plural of erä

Anagrams

• Rein, rein

Manchu

Romanization

erin

1. Romanization of ᡝᡵᡳᠨ

Olukumi

Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba erin, Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ or Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.rĩ̄/

Noun

erin

1. elephant

Sumerian

Romanization

erin

1. Romanization of 𒂞 (erin)

Turkish

Noun

erin

1. genitive singular of er
2. second-person singular possessive of er

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin, in many cognate languages, this form was replaced by a form seen in Nupe dagba, Idoma adagba, Igala adagba. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ or Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-, and also suggests that it probably is of the same root as the root for four, thereby being a distant Doublet of ẹ̀rin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.ɾĩ̄/

Noun

erin

1. elephant
2. a nickname for a mighty person, in comparison to an elephant

   Synonym: àjànàkú

   Erín wó ― The mighty one has fallen (said when a respected person dies)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.ɾĩ̄/

Noun

erin

1. The tree Picralima nitida and its seeds, which are used for traditional medicine

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• enin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.ɾĩ̄/

Noun

erin

1. (Ekiti) The herb Peperomia pellucida

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.ɾĩ́/

Noun

erín

1. The plant Hunteria umbellata, traditionally used to make arrow poison and used in traditional medicine

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• erín àgbàdo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.ɾĩ́/

Noun

erín

1. a corncob, ear

Etymology 6

From Proto-Yoruba *o-rĩ, *e-rĩ, from Proto-Edekiri *e-rĩ, *o-rĩ, ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *é-lĩ. The use of e-/o- suffixes signify the retention of an obsolete singular/plural noun market that has been obsolete since Proto-Yoruboid. Compare with Olukumi orin, Ifè orin, Itsekiri ẹrín, Igala éli

Alternative forms

• orin
• oin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.ɾĩ̄/

Noun

erin

1. (Ekiti, Eastern Akoko) Alternative form of orin (“song”)