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Luba-Kasai
Pronoun
yeye
- him
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
Possibly from Yoruba yẹ̀yẹ́.
Adjective
yeye
- 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
Probably from Fon yɛ̀ (“shadow, spirit”).[1]
Noun
yeye
- spirit, ghost
Derived terms
References
- ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 475.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Pronoun
yeye
- he/she/it/they (singular) (third-person singular pronoun)
See also
| Number
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Person
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Independent
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Subject concord
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Object concord
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Combined forms
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Possessive
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| affirmative
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negative
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na
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ndi-
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si-
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| Singular |
First
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mimi
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ni-
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si-
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-ni-
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nami, na mimi
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ndimi, ndiye
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simi, siye
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-angu
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| Second
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wewe
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u-
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hu-
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-ku-
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nawe, na wewe
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ndiwe, ndiye
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siwe, siye
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-ako
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| Third
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yeye
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a-, yu-
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ha-, hayu-
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-m-, -mw-, -mu-
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naye, na yeye
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ndiye
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siye
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-ake
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| Plural |
First
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sisi
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tu-
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hatu-
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-tu-
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nasi, na sisi
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ndisi, ndio
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sio
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-etu
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| Second
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ninyi
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m-, mw-, mu-
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ham-, hamw-, hamu-
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-wa-
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nanyi, na ninyi
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ndinyi, ndio
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sinyi, sio
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-enu
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| Third
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wao
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wa-
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hawa-
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-wa-
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nao
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ndio
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sio
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-ao
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| Reflexive
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—
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—
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-ji-
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—
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—
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| For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.
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Yoruba
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Noun
yèyé
- 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
- yèyé omi (“A general name for female river orisha, A priestess of any one of the river orisha”)
- yèyé Onírá (“A nickname for the orisha Oya”)
- yèyé Ọ̀ṣun (“A priestess of Osun, a nickname for Osun”)
- yèyélúwa (“Queen”)
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
yéye
- (Èkìtì, SEY, and Ìyàgbà) large quantity; numerous ones
- Synonym: púpọ̀
Adverb
yéye
- very much
- Synonym: púpọ̀
Determiner
yéye
- much
- Synonym: púpọ̀