From Proto-Finnic . Related to Finnish nikama (“vertebra”) and Estonian nikastada (“to sprain”).
nikan
| Declension of nikan (type 15/syän, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | nikan | nikamet |
| genitive | nikamen | nikamiin |
| partitive | nikanta, nikant | nikamia |
| illative | nikamee | nikamii |
| inessive | nikamees | nikamiis |
| elative | nikamest | nikamist |
| allative | nikamelle | nikamille |
| adessive | nikameel | nikamiil |
| ablative | nikamelt | nikamilt |
| translative | nikameks | nikamiks |
| essive | nikamenna, nikameen | nikaminna, nikamiin |
| exessive1) | nikament | nikamint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
nikan
nikan
From ni (“to be”) + ọ̀kan (“one”).
nìkan • (Ajami Spelling نِكَن)
nìkan
| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - nìkan (“only, alone”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | nùkọn |
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | nùkọn | |||
| Ìkòròdú | nùkọn | ||||
| Ṣágámù | nùkọn | ||||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | nùkan | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | nọ̀kàn | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | nọ̀kàn | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | nùkan |
| Òdè Èkìtì | nùkan | ||||
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | nùkan | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | nùkan | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | nìkan | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | nìkan | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | nìkan | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | nìkan | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | nìkan | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | nìkan | |||
| Ọ̀fà | nìkan | ||||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | nìkan | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | nìkẹn | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | nìkẹn | ||||
| Òkèhò | nìkan | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | nìkẹn | ||||
| Ṣakí | nìkẹn | ||||
| Tedé | nìkẹn | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | nìkẹn | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | nìkan | |||
| Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | nìkan | ||||
| Ìkirè | nìkan | ||||
| Ìwó | nìkan | ||||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | nìkan | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | nìkan | ||||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | sɔ̃́ŋú | ||
| Atakpamɛ | sɔ̃́ŋú | ||||
| Est-Mono | sɔ̃́ŋú | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | sɔ̃́ŋú | ||||
| 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. | |||||