eefin

English

Noun

eefin (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of eefing

Anagrams

• -ifene, Fiene, in fee, neife

Yoruba

Èéfín

Etymology

From Contraction of èfínfín, ultimately from è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ fínfín (“reduplication of fín "to blow air onto something"”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /èé.fĩ́/

Noun

èéfín

1. smoke

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - èéfín (“smoke”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ọ̀bà	Ọ̀bà Àkókó	èéfín
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	èwọ̀rìwọ̀, ìwọ̀rìwọ̀
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	èfífí
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	èfífí, èéfí
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	èìghọ̀
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	èfínfín
		Usẹn		Usẹn	èfífí
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	èghẹ̀rìghọ̀
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	èghìghọ̀
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	èéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	èéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	èéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	èéfí, èfífí
	Northwest Yoruba	Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	èéfín
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	èéfín
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	èéfín, ẹ̀ẹ́fín
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	èéfín, ɛ̀ɛ́fín
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	afífí
		Owé		Kabba	afí, èfí
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	òwúwɔ̀
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	òwúwɔ̀
				Tchaourou	òwúwɔ̀
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	òrúrɔ̀
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	òwúrɔ̀
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	owóiwɔ
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	èéfín
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	òwúrɔ̀
				Atakpamɛ	òwúwɔ̀, òrúrɔ̀
				Boko	òwúrɔ̀
				Moretan	òwúrɔ̀
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	òwúrɔ̀
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	cùà
		Northern Nago		Kambole	òwúwɔ̀
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

• èéfín onímáńganíìsì (“manganese dioxide”)