eni

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eni"

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ní/

Noun

ení class 2

1. plural of mwini

Edo

Etymology

Cognate with Urhobo eni, Yoruba erin, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *E-ni. See Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.nĩ́/

Noun

ení

1. elephant

Etulo

Noun

ēní

1. water

   ḿ wēnî — I drink water

   ḿ wēnī — I drank water

References

• Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish [Term?] and Ottoman Turkish یكی (yeñi), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yaŋï. Compare Turkish yeni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈni/

Adjective

eni (comparative daha eni, superlative en eni)

1. new

Antonyms

• eski

Derived terms

• enilik

Itsekiri

Eni

Etymology

Either borrowed from Urhobo eni or a native word that is a cognate with Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin, and Yoruba ẹrin in many cognate languages, this form was replaced by a form seen in Nupe dagba, Idoma adagba, Igala adagba. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ or Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-, and also suggests that it probably is of the same root as the root for four, thereby being a distant Doublet of erin (elephant) and Doublet of ẹrẹn (four).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.nĩ̄/

Noun

eni

1. elephant

   Synonyms: erin, iyẹmẹriko, yẹmẹriko

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (“ghost, spirit of the dead”)

Noun

eni (indefinite enihmen)

1. demon, ghost

Inflection

Forms of eni

Demonstrative forms	Singular	Plural
1st person (near speaker)	enihe	enihkai
2nd person (near hearer)	enihn	enihken
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer)	eniho	enihk
Article forms
indefinite	enihmen	enihpwi
definite	eniwa	eniwa

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Pericú

Noun

eni

1. water

References

• Rosa Elba Rodríguez Tomp, Cautivos de dios: los cazadores-recolectores de Baja California (2002): Palabras utilizadas por los indigenas de la isla Espiritu Santo, consignadas por Esteban Carbonel en 1632: Ipiri: cuchillo. Unoa: "daca aquello". Boox [sic]: perla. Nacui: concha. Itaurigui: capitán. [...] Vocabulos de los indigenas de las islas de San José y Espiritu Santo registrados per Diego de Parra en 1683: Eni: agua. Boxo [sic]: perla. Aynu: pescado.
• Atlas cultural de México: Lingüística (1988), page 31: El vocabulario pericú que ha logrado compilar León-Portilla es: ipiri “cuchillo”, booxo “perla”, nacui “concha”, eni “agua”, aynu “pescado”, miñicari “cielo”, uriuri “andar”, utere “sentarse”, unoa “dar”, itauriqui “jefe, capitán”.

Pohnpeian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (“ghost, spirit of the dead”)

Noun

eni

1. ghost

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• enis, eniu

Etymology

Possibly related to Albanian enjë (“yew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeni/

Noun

eni m

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

1. (botany) yew (Taxus baccata)

References

• “eni” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it

Turkish

Noun

eni

1. accusative singular of en
2. third-person singular possessive of en

Urhobo

Etymology

Cognate with Edo eni, Yoruba erin, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *E-ni. See Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.nī/

Noun

eni

1. elephant

Derived terms

• eniame (“hippo”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːni/, /ˈɛni/

Verb

eni

1. Soft mutation of geni.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
geni	eni	ngeni	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• èènì

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.nĩ̀/

Noun

ènì

1. bonus after a purchase

   Synonym: járá

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Òní lẹ̀gbọ́n ọ̀la, ìrì wọ̀wọ̀ọ́ ṣẹ̀gbọ́n òjò; ibi ènì l'à á pa ọmọ-alákàràá sí.

     Today is the older sibling to tomorrow, just as heavy dews are the older siblings to the rain; the child seller of fried bean cake gets killed on the issue of a bonus (proverb on degrees and consequences))

Derived terms

• elénì (“the one that involves a bonus after a purchase”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.nĩ́/

Noun

èní

1. Lagos form of òní (“today”)

   Èní ni ọjọ́-ọjà

   Today is the market day.

Derived terms

• lénìí

Etymology 3

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení     Counting: oókan     Adjectival: kan, méní     Ordinal: kìíní, kìn-ín-ní     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan     Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan     Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan

Proposed to be from Proto-Yoruboid *ínḭ́. Likely cognates with Igala ényẹ́ and Ifè ɛnɛ́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.nĩ́/

Numeral

ení

1. one

   Synonym: ọ̀kan

   Ení, èjì, ẹ̀ta, ẹ̀rin, àrún…

   one, two, three, four, five…

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adeoye, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba Ibadan‎^[2], number LDC2008L03, 1979, page 56, Oxford University Press, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Ení bí ení; èjì bí èjì; ẹ̀ta ǹ tagbá; ẹ̀rin wọ̀rọ̀kọ́; àrún ń gódó; ẹ̀fà ti èlè; bí ó ròó, bí ó ròó, èróo bàtá; mo já kẹ́sàn-án; gbangba lẹ̀wá

     One is like one; two is like two; three is like shooting at a calabash; four is like the twisted; five is like pounding a mortar; six is that of ability; as if it will sound a sound as if it will sound a sound; I plucked the ninth; ten is right in the open (lyric for teaching enumeration)

Derived terms

• kìíní
• méní

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[3], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
• Salem Ǒchála È̩jè̩bá (2016) A Grammar of Ígálâ, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria: The Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), →ISBN
• SIL International (2016) Dictionnaire Ifè‎^[4] (in French)