yẹn
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Yẹn lẹ́
See also: Appendix:Variations of "yen"
Gun
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- nyɛ (Benin)
Pronunciation
Noun
yẹn (plural yẹn lẹ́) (Nigeria)
- cassava
- Synonyms: fẹ́nyẹn, fẹ́nlínyẹn
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- nyɛ́ (Benin)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
yẹ́n (Nigeria)
See also
| Gungbe personal pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Emphatic Pronoun | Subject Pronoun | Object Pronoun | Possessive Determiner | |
| Singular | First | nyɛ́, yẹ́n | ùn, n | mi | cé, ṣié | |
| Second | jɛ̀, jẹ̀, yẹ̀, hiẹ̀ | à | wè | tòwè | ||
| Third | éɔ̀, úɔ̀, éwọ̀ | é | è | étɔ̀n, étọ̀n | ||
| Plural | First | mílɛ́, mílẹ́ | mí | mítɔ̀n, mítọ̀n | ||
| Second | mìlɛ́, mìlẹ́ | mì | mìtɔ̀n, mìtọ̀n | |||
| Third | yélɛ́, yélẹ́ | yé | yétɔ̀n, yétọ̀n | |||
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Clipping of ìyẹn. Coganate with Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba yẹ̀n
Pronunciation
Determiner
yẹn
- that
- Antonym: yìí (“this”)
- Ọdún kan náà yẹn ni mo gbéyàwó ― That same year is when I got married
- Mo fẹ́ ka ìwé yẹn ― I want to read that book
Related terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of ìyẹ̀n. Cognates with Yoruba yẹn
Pronunciation
Determiner
yẹ̀n
Derived terms
Related terms
- ìyẹ̀n (“that”)
- ọ̀wọ̀nyẹ̀n (“those”)
- wọ̀nyẹ̀n (“those”)
- ọ̀wọ̀nwé (“these”)
- wọ̀nwé (“these”)
- ìwé (“this”)
- wèé (“this”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
yẹ́n
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Verb
yẹ̀n