oúnjẹ
noun
/ō.ṹ.d͡ʒɛ̄/
Definitions
- food
Etymology
From ohun (“thing”) + jíjẹ (“edible”)
Component words
Dialectal synonyms “food” 22 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)
- jẹ̀rí
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- urúnjẹ
- Òkìtìpupa
- ejíjẹeíjẹ
- Mahin
- eíjẹ
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- eíjẹ
- Usẹn
- ijíjẹ
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- ọ̀jẹ̀
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- jị́jẹụ̀jị́jẹ
- Àkúrẹ́
- jị́jẹụ̀jị́jẹ
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- jị́jẹụ̀jị́jẹ
- Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)
- jíjẹ
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- oúnjẹ
- Èkó
- oúnjẹ
- Ìbàdàn
- oúnjẹ
- Igbó Òrà
- oúnjẹ
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- oúnjẹ
- Ìlọrin
- oúnjẹ
- Ọ̀yọ́
- oúnjẹ
- Nàìjíríà
- oúnjẹìjẹ
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- oúnjɛìjɛ
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- jíjẹ
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- dzídzɛèsèìdzɛ
Derived from
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
food, sustenance
food
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ounjẹ”.
Reference:
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