ẹyẹ

See also: Eye, eye, and ɛyɛ

Olukumi

Etymology 1

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Yoruba ẹyẹ, likely related to Edo áwẹ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹyẹ

1. bird

Etymology 2

Compare with Yoruba ìyẹ́, Igala ìwẹ́, probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́, and likely on analogy with Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ́/

Noun

ẹyẹ́

1. feather

References

• Arokoyo, Bolanle E. & Mabodu, Olamide (2017) Olukumi Bilingual Dictionary‎^[1], Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Olukumi ẹyẹ, Ifè ɛyɛ. Likely related to Edo áwẹ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹyẹ

1. bird

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹyẹ (“bird”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)	ẹyẹ
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ẹyẹ
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ẹyẹ
				Ìkòròdú	ẹyẹ
				Ṣágámù	ẹyẹ
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	ẹyẹ
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	ẹyẹ
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	ẹyẹ
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	ẹyẹ
		Usẹn		Usẹn	ẹyẹ
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	ègbélé (also means chicken)
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ẹyẹ
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ẹyẹ
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ẹyẹ
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ẹyẹ
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	ẹyẹ
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)		Iléṣà (Uléṣà)	ẹyẹ
		Òkè Igbó		Òkè Igbó	ẹyẹ
		Western Àkókó		Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó	ẹyẹ
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ẹyẹ
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	ẹyẹ
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ìjàká	ẹyẹ
		Èkó		Èkó	ẹyẹ
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ẹyẹ
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	ẹyẹ
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	ẹyẹ
		Ìgbómìnà		Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	ẹyẹ
				Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	ẹyẹ
				Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	ẹyẹ
				Ìsin LGA	ẹyẹ
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ẹyẹ
		Oǹkó		Òtù	ẹyẹ
				Ìwéré Ilé	ẹyẹ
				Òkèhò	ẹyẹ
				Ìsẹ́yìn	ẹyẹ
				Ṣakí	ẹyẹ
				Tedé	ẹyẹ
				Ìgbẹ́tì	ẹyẹ
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ẹyẹ
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ẹyẹ
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ɛyɛ
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	ẹyẹ
		Owé		Kabba	ẹyẹ
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	ɛyɛ
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	ɛyɛ
				Tchaourou	ɛyɛ
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	ɛyɛ
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ɛyɛ
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ɛyɛ
				Onigbolo	ɛyɛ
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	ɛyɛ
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ɛyɛ
				Atakpamɛ	ɛyɛ
				Boko	ɛyɛ
				Moretan	ɛyɛ
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	ɛyɛ
		Kura		Awotébi	éyɛ́
				Partago	eyɛ
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	yɛ́í
		Northern Nago		Kambole	ɛyɛ
				Manigri	ɛyɛ
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

• ẹlẹyẹ (“witch”)
• ẹlẹ́yẹ (“someone who sells birds, someone who owns birds”)
• ẹyẹ agánrán
• ẹyẹ agbe
• ẹyẹ atíálá (“hornbill”)
• ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà (“village weaver”)
• ẹyẹ olongo
• ẹyẹ olóòféèré
• ẹyẹ oriri
• ẹyẹ ọ̀sìn
• ẹyẹ Ṣàngó
• ẹyẹ yọja-yọja (“anhinga”)
• ẹyẹ àdàbà (“turtle dove”)
• ẹyẹ àgbìgbò
• ẹyẹ àkọ̀ (“heron, stork”)
• ẹyẹ àkókó (“woodpecker”)
• ẹyẹ àlùkò
• ẹyẹ àparò
• ẹyẹ àpọ́n (“kingfisher”)
• ẹyẹ àrọ̀nì
• ẹyẹ àṣá (“hawk”)
• ẹyẹ òdèréekókò
• ẹyẹ ògé (“egyptian plover”)
• ẹyẹ òrofó (“green pigeon”)
• ẹyẹ òtété
• ẹyẹ òwìwí (“barn owl”)
• ẹyẹ-ọba
• ẹyẹ-ọ̀pẹ́ẹ̀rẹ́ (“bulbul”)
• ẹyẹkẹ́ye (“any bird, a bad bird”)
• ẹyẹlé (“pigeon”)
• ẹyẹòbàlè-efinrin
• ilé ẹyẹ (“nest”)
• kòṣeku-kòṣẹyẹ (“a species of bat”)
• àgógónu ẹyẹ (“beak”)
• ààbọ̀ isinmi ẹyẹ (“nest”)

Etymology 2

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ yẹ (“to befit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹ̀yẹ

1. honor, respect, dignity, a common suffix in many Yoruba names

   Synonyms: iyì, ọ̀wọ̀

Derived terms

• Akínlẹ́yẹ
• ẹlẹ́yẹ (“celebrant, an honorable person”)
• Oyèélẹ́yẹ
• Ọlọ́finmẹ̀yẹ