erin

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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

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Finnish

Noun

erin

  1. instructive plural of erä

Anagrams

Manchu

Romanization

erin

  1. Romanization of ᡝᡵᡳᠨ

Olukumi

Etymology

Erin

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

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

Erin

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

Noun

erin

  1. elephant
  2. a nickname for a mighty person, in comparison to an elephant
    Synonym: àjànàkú
    ErínThe mighty one has fallen (said when a respected person dies)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

erin

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

Etymology 3

Ewé erin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

erin

  1. (Ekiti) The herb Peperomia pellucida

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

erín

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

Etymology 5

Erín

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Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

Noun

erin

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