ení
num
/ē.nĩ́/
èènì (alternative)
Definitions
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one
Ení, èjì, ẹ̀ta, ẹ̀rin, àrún… one, two, three, four, five…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)Similar wordsọ̀kannum 2 entries are spelled “ọ̀kan”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ọ̀kan one ọ̀kan Sorindeia juglandifoliaUsed inkìíníadjméní
Dialect
Èbúté Mẹ́tà, Èkó, Ìbàdàn, Ìlọrin, Ọ̀yọ́, Nàìjíríà, Bɛ̀nɛ̀, Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú), Tchaourou, Baàtɛ
dialect form of
ọ̀kan
num
Etymology
Proposed to be from Proto-Yoruboid *ínḭ́. Likely cognates with Igala ényẹ́ and Ifè ɛnɛ́.
Possibly used in
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Source: Wiktionary · etymology 3,
where this word is spelled “eni”.
Reference:
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