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Etymology
Most Yoruboid languages have a common cognate form see Yoruba dialects, Ondo è sí, Ẹ̀gbá & Ìjẹ̀bú lè sí, Ijesha yè sí, Ọ̀wọ̀ sí, Iyagba nè ghí. Cognate with Itsekiri nè sín, Olukumi è ghí.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
lè é
- (interrogative) who, whom, whose
Lè é nẹ olìkọ́ pè?- who did the teacher call?
Usage notes
- An information-seeking question word for the human entity which is always followed by nẹ
References
- Muibat, Olawuwo Titilade (2021 December) “Contrastive Study of Question Markers in Standard Yorùbá and Ọ̀họ̀rí Dialect”, in African Scholar Publications & Research International, volume 23, number 8, Oyo, pages 1-14