ẹni
noun
/ɛ̄.nĩ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
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person, one
Used inẹlẹ́niẹlòmíìnounẹni a fẹ́ la mọ̀ẹni tí ò gbọ́n lààwẹ̀ ń gbòẹni tí ò lówó á léèyàn ẹnikẹ́ninoun 3 entries are spelled “ẹnikẹ́ni”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ẹnikẹ́ni anyone ọnikọ́ni anyone ọnịkọ́nị anyone ẹnìkanmọniỌlọ́run ẹlẹ́ni mẹ́ta
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “ẹni”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-nɪ̃ (of which the Central Yoruba form maintains the same form), compare with Arigidi ẹ̀nẹn, Igbo onye, Igala ẹ́nẹ.
Possibly equivalent to ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ni (“to be”), literally “That which exists”
Component words
ẹ-nominalizing prefix
nito be
2 entries are spelled “ni”. The etymology calls it “to be”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ni
to be (to have a quality or identification)
ni
to be bloated, to be tumid
Dialectal synonyms “person, one” 42 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- ọni
- Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)
- ọnà
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- ọnẹ
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- ọni
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- ọni
- Ìkòròdú
- ọni
- Ṣágámù
- ọni
- Òkìtìpupa
- ọnẹ
- Mahin
- ọnẹ
- Oǹdó
- ọnẹ
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- ọnẹ
- Usẹn
- ọnẹẹnẹ
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- ọnẹ
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ọnị
- Àkúrẹ́
- ọnị
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ọnị
- Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó
- ọni
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- ẹni
- Abẹ́òkúta
- ẹni
- Èkó
- ẹni
- Ìbàdàn
- ẹni
- Igbó Òrà
- ẹni
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- ẹni
- Ìlọrin
- ẹni
- Òtù
- ẹni
- Ìwéré Ilé
- ẹni
- Òkèhò
- ẹni
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- ẹni
- Ṣakí
- ẹni
- Tedé
- ẹni
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- ẹni
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ẹni
- Nàìjíríà
- ẹni
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ɛni
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- ọni
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- ɔni
- Akpáré
- ɛnɛ
- Atakpamɛ
- ɛnɛ
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɛnɛ
- Aledjo-Koura
- ɛni
- Awotébi
- ɛni
- Partago
- ɛni
Possibly used in
We are not certain about these, for one of two reasons.
Wiktionary says some of them were built from a word spelled like this one, without saying which meaning, so we show each under every meaning it could have come from.
The rest are spelled a little differently from anything here — a tone mark or an underdot apart — so we cannot tell a misspelling of this word from a word that has no page yet.
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Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ẹni”.
Reference:
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