yeye

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See also: yéye, yéyé, yé-yé, yěyé, yèyè, and yeyə

Luba-Kasai

Pronoun

yeye

  1. him

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Possibly from Yoruba yẹ̀yẹ́.

Adjective

yeye

  1. useless, senseless, trivial, bad
    • (Can we date this quote?), Anthonia Ujene, “Khalai yan with plant”, in Storybooks African Languages‎:
      Khalai dey yan to flower wen surround her school. “Abeg oo flower, make grow strong oo so yeye person no go fit enter our school.”
      Khalai talks to the flower around her school. “Please flower, grow strong so bad people won't come into our school.”

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

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Noun

yeye

  1. spirit, ghost

Derived terms

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Pronoun

yeye

  1. he/she/it/they (singular) (third-person singular pronoun)

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
Number Person Independent Subject concord Object concord Combined forms Possessive
affirmative negative na ndi- si-
Singular First mimi ni- si- -ni- nami, na mimi ndimi, ndiye simi, siye -angu
Second wewe u- hu- -ku- nawe, na wewe ndiwe, ndiye siwe, siye -ako
Third yeye a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- naye, na yeye ndiye siye -ake
Plural First sisi tu- hatu- -tu- nasi, na sisi ndisi, ndio sio -etu
Second ninyi m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -wa- nanyi, na ninyi ndinyi, ndio sinyi, sio -enu
Third wao wa- hawa- -wa- nao ndio sio -ao
Reflexive — — -ji- — —
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Noun

yèyé

  1. mother, a title of respect for an older woman or a priestess of the orisha
    Synonyms: ìyá, màmá, mọ́mì, abiyamọ, iye, màámi, ìmọ́ọ̀
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Likely from a partial reduplication of *ye (“to be many”). Compare with Olukumi yéye, Itsekiri toye, Igala wéwe, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *yéye, from Proto-Edekiri *yéye, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *wéwe. Also see Ayere yè. iye (“amount, value”) may come from that same *ye root.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

yéye

  1. (Èkìtì, SEY, and Ìyàgbà) large quantity; numerous ones
    Synonym: púpọ̀

Adverb

yéye

  1. very much
    Synonym: púpọ̀

Determiner

yéye

  1. much
    Synonym: púpọ̀
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