ẹghẹn

Olukumi

Etymology

Ẹ̀gígán ẹghẹn

Cognates with Itsekiri ẹghẹn, Ondo & Owo Yoruba ẹghẹn, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ẹwẹn, Yoruba ẹyin, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹịn, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ́.ɣɛ̃́/

Noun

ẹ́ghẹ́n

1. egg

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates with Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ẹ̀wẹn, Yoruba ẹ̀yin, Èkìtì Yoruba ìn-in

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.ɣɛ̃̄/

Pronoun

ẹ̀ghẹn

1. (Ọwọ) you (emphatic second-person plural honorific personal pronoun)

Etymology 2

Agbàn ẹghẹn

Cognates with Itsekiri ẹghẹn, Olukumi ẹ́ghẹ́n, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ẹwẹn, Yoruba ẹyin, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹịn, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɣɛ̃̄/

Noun

ẹghẹn

1. (Ọwọ, Ondo) egg