ènìyàn
noun
عِنِيَن (alternative), ènìà (alternative, archaic)
Definitions
- person, people, human being
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *Vnḭ. A folk etymology states it comes from eni (“being, person”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yàn (“to choose”), literally “Chosen beings”, in comparison to earlier pre-human earthly beings called eníyán, translated as "the one's who were expelled."
Component words
enibeing, person
3 entries are spelled “eni”. The etymology calls it “being, person”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ènì
bonus after a purchase
èní
Lagos form of òní (“today”)
ení
one
ì-nominalizing prefixyànto choose
Dialectal synonyms “person” 40 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ọ̀bà Àkókó
- ènìyàniráyé
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- ònìyọ̀n
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- ònìyọ̀n
- Ìkòròdú
- ònìyọ̀n
- Ṣágámù
- ònìyọ̀n
- Òkìtìpupa
- iráyé
- Mahin
- iráyé
- Oǹdó
- iáyé
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- irẹ́yé
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ọ̀nị̀yọ̀nịráyé
- Ìfàkì Èkìtì
- ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n
- Àkúrẹ́
- ọ̀nị̀yọ̀nịráyé
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n
- Iléṣà (Uléṣà)
- ònìyàn
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Ìjàká
- ònìyàn
- Èkó
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Ìbàdàn
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Ìlọrin
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Òtù
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ìwéré Ilé
- èèyẹ̀n
- Òkèhò
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ṣakí
- èèyẹ̀n
- Tedé
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Nàìjíríà
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ènìyànèèyàn
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Baàtɛ
- ònìɔ̀n
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- ònìyàn
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- ònìyàn
- Onigbolo
- ònìyàn
- Kétu
- ònìyàn
- Akpáré
- ɔ̀nyà
- Atakpamɛ
- ɔ̀nyà
- Est-Mono
- ɔ̀nyà
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɔ̀nyà
- Ìsakété
- ònìyàn
- Ìfànyìn
- ònìyàn
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “eniyan”.
Reference:
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