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yẹn

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Etymology 1

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Yẹn lẹ́

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Noun

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yẹn (plural yẹn lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. cassava
    Synonyms: fẹ́nyẹn, fẹ́nlínyẹn

Etymology 2

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Cognates include Fon nyɛ

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yẹ́n (Nigeria)

  1. I, me (emphatic first-person singular personal pronoun)

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Gungbe personal pronouns
Number Person Emphatic Pronoun Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner
Singular First nyɛ́, yẹ́n ùn, n mi , ṣié
Second jɛ̀, jẹ̀, yẹ̀, hiẹ̀ à tòwè
Third éɔ̀, úɔ̀, éwọ̀ é è étɔ̀n, étọ̀n
Plural First mílɛ́, mílẹ́ mítɔ̀n, mítọ̀n
Second mìlɛ́, mìlẹ́ mìtɔ̀n, mìtọ̀n
Third yélɛ́, yélẹ́ yétɔ̀n, yétọ̀n

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of ìyẹn. Coganate with Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba yẹ̀n

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yẹn

  1. that
    Antonym: yìí (this)
    Ọdún kan náà yẹn ni mo gbéyàwóThat same year is when I got married
    Mo fẹ́ ka ìwé yẹnI want to read that book
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of ìyẹ̀n. Cognates with Yoruba yẹn

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yẹ̀n

  1. (Ijebu, Ikalẹ) that
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Etymology 3

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Cognates with Yoruba yín

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yẹ́n

  1. (Ijebu) to lay an egg

Etymology 4

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Cognates with Yoruba yìn

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yẹ̀n

  1. (Ijebu) to praise