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Yoruba
Etymology
An intralingual borrowing from SEY spoken varieties into NWY and CY. The opposition between the demonstrative pronouns 'this' and 'that' is expressed by èyí and èyinì respectively in NWY and CY. In some SEY spoken varieties, however, it is ìyí and ìyẹn. In some NWY and CY spoken varieties èyinì and ìyẹn are still used side by side, but with ìyẹn gaining ground over èyinì.[1]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ìyẹn
- that thing/person
- Synonyms: (NWY, CY) èyinì (“that”), ìyun-ùn
- Antonyms: èyí (“this”), (SEY) ìyí (“this”)
Pronoun
ìyẹ̀n
- (Ikalẹ, Ijebu) that thing/person
Derived terms
(Standard Yorùbá):
(Ìjẹ̀bú):
(Ìkálẹ̀):
References
- ^ Abiodun, Adetugbọ (1967) “The Yoruba Language in Western Nigeria: Its major dialect areas”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)