oyin
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Oyìn àwè
Oyin tó ba lórí òdòdó 
Ìyọkúrò oyin láti inú afárá oyin 
Igi oyin pẹ̀lú èso
Ayere
Noun
oyin
References
- Roger Blench, The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities (2007), page 3
Gun
Alternative forms
- onyì (Benin)
Etymology
From Proto-Gbe *-yĩ. Cognates include Fon nyì, Saxwe Gbe onyì, Ewe enyi
Pronunciation
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Noun
oyìn (plural oyìn lẹ́) (Nigeria)
Derived terms
Nkonya
Etymology
Cognate with Gikyode ɔnyen, Chumburung ɔnyare̱, Nawuri ɔnyɩn, Gonja enyɛn.
Pronunciation
Noun
oyin (plural ayin)
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *o-ɲĩ, from Proto-Edekiri *o-ɲĩ. Compare with Olukumi oyin, Ifè oyin, Itsekiri oyin, Aja enyi, Fon wiin, Gun owín
Pronunciation
Noun
oyin
- bee
- Synonym: oyin àdò
- àwọn oyín ṣí sí ara igi ― The bees swarmed around the tree
- honey
- Synonym: oyin ìgàn
- wọ́n fi ahán lá oyin ― They licked honey with their tongue
- sweetness (in comparison to honey)
- Synonym: adùn
- ìpàdé e wa bí oyin o ― May our meeting be as sweet as honey
Derived terms
- afárá oyin (“honeycomb”)
- alóyinlóhùn (“one with a sweet voice”)
- dùn bí oyin (“to be as sweet as honey”)
- ẹ̀wà olóyin (“honey beans”)
- ilé oyin (“beehive”)
- iṣẹ́-ọ̀sìn-oyin (“apiculture”)
- olóyin (“beekeeper, something that is sweet”)
- Oyinadé (“A Yoruba name meaning, "The sweetness of royalty"”)
- Oyínkánsọ́lá (“A Yoruba name meaning, "Sweetness has been added to honor"”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
oyin
- African mango tree (Irvingia gabonensis), of which the seeds of its fruit are used in soups like ọgbọnọ and ààpọ̀n
- Synonym: oró