ounjẹ

Yoruba

Etymology

From ohun (“thing”) +‎ jíjẹ (“edible”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ō.ṹ.d͡ʒɛ̄/

Noun

oúnjẹ

food
Synonym: ìjẹ

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - oúnjẹ (“food”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)	jẹ̀rí
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	urúnjẹ
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	ejíjẹ, eíjẹ
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	eíjẹ
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	eíjẹ
		Usẹn		Usẹn	ijíjẹ
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	ọ̀jẹ̀
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	jị́jẹ, ụ̀jị́jẹ
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	jị́jẹ, ụ̀jị́jẹ
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	jị́jẹ, ụ̀jị́jẹ
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	jíjẹ
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	oúnjẹ
		Èkó		Èkó	oúnjẹ
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	oúnjẹ
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	oúnjẹ
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	oúnjẹ
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	oúnjẹ
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	oúnjẹ
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	oúnjẹ, ìjẹ
		Standard Yorùbá		Bɛ̀nɛ̀	oúnjɛ, ìjɛ
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	jíjẹ
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀		Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	dzídzɛ, èsè, ìdzɛ
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.

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