erin

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Univerbation of er +‎ in.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈrɪn/, /ɛˈrɪn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧in
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Adverb

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erin

  1. pronominal adverb form of in + het

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Finnish

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Noun

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erin

  1. instructive plural of erä

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Manchu

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Romanization

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erin

  1. Romanization of ᡝᡵᡳᠨ

Olukumi

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Etymology

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Erin

Cognate with Yoruba erin, Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli. 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-.

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Noun

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erin

  1. elephant

Sumerian

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Romanization

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erin

  1. Romanization of 𒂞 (erin)

Turkish

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Noun

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erin

  1. genitive singular of er
  2. second-person singular possessive of er

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Erin

Cognate with Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin, 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 ẹ̀rin

Pronunciation

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Noun

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erin

  1. elephant
  2. a nickname for a mighty person, in comparison to an elephant
    Synonym: àjànàkú
    ErínThe mighty one has fallen (said when a respected person dies)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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erin

  1. The tree Picralima nitida and its seeds, which are used for traditional medicine

Etymology 3

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Ewé erin

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Noun

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erin

  1. (Ekiti) The herb Peperomia pellucida

Etymology 4

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erín

  1. The plant Hunteria umbellata, traditionally used to make arrow poison and used in traditional medicine

Etymology 5

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Erín

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Noun

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erín

  1. a corncob, ear

Etymology 6

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From Proto-Yoruba *o-rĩ, *e-rĩ, from Proto-Edekiri *e-rĩ, *o-rĩ, ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *é-lĩ. The use of e-/o- suffixes signify the retention of an obsolete singular/plural noun market that has been obsolete since Proto-Yoruboid. Compare with Olukumi orin, Ifè orin, Itsekiri ẹrín, Igala éli

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Noun

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erin

  1. (Ekiti, Eastern Akoko) Alternative form of orin (song)