kiniun

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Yoruba

Kìnìún

Etymology

Compare with Ifè kìnìwú. It is not related to almost any Volta-Niger roots for lion, and cognates do not exist in other Proto-Edekiri or Proto-Yoruba descended languages spoken east of the Yoruba homeland, such as Itsekiri, Olukumi, or Igala. Its relation to Fon kinikíní, Gun kinnikinni, Aja kinnikinni, as well as the significance of the "lion" in the cultures of Gbe-speaking peoples, but a lack of significance of the lion in Yorubaland (compared to the leopard) because of its absence in the tropical forests of most of Yorubaland (words for "lion" do not exist in many Niger-delta languages, as well as in Ayere or Ukaan), may explain why a native root did not persist. Thus, perhaps this comes from any of the various Gbe-roots, which was then borrowed and spread east across the forest among Yoruba-dialects, and then ending at the savanna (where native or locally derived terms for lion would exist).

See Proto-Yoruba *kɪ̃̀nɪ̃̀wṹ, while this term is shared between many Yoruba dialects, but a single form cannot be formally reconstructed to the level of Proto-Yoruboid because of linguistic considerations.

Pronunciation

Noun

kìnìún

  1. lion

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - kìnìún (“lion”)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaEastern ÀkókóỌ̀bàỌ̀bà Àkókókìnnìún
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupakẹ̀nnẹ̀ún
OǹdóOǹdókẹ̀nnẹ̀ún
Ọ̀wọ̀Ọ̀wọ̀ìkìnnìún
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹokpoghorokpò
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìị̀kị̀nnị̀ún, kị̀nnị̀ụ́n
Òdè Èkìtìị̀kị̀nnị̀ún, kị̀nnị̀ụ́n
Òmùò Èkìtìị̀kị̀nnị̀ún, kị̀nnị̀ụ́n
Awó Èkìtìị̀kị̀nnị̀ún, kị̀nnị̀ụ́n
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ị̀kị̀nnị̀ún, kị̀nnị̀ụ́n
Northwest YorubaÈkóÈkókìnìún, kìnnìún
ÌbàdànÌbàdànkìnìún, kìnnìún
ÌlọrinÌlọrinkìnìún, kìnnìún
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kìnìún, kìnnìún
Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́kìnìún, kìnnìún
Ìkirèkìnìún, kìnnìún
Ìwókìnìún, kìnnìún
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàkìnìún, kìnnìún
Bɛ̀nɛ̀kìnìún, kìnnìún
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbakìnìùn
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèKétu/ÀnàgóÌmẹ̀kọkẹ̀nnẹ̀ún
Ifɛ̀Akpárékìnìwú, dzàntá
Atakpamékìnìwú, dzàntá
Est-Monokìnìwú, dzàntá
Tchettikìnìwú, dzàntá
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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