ẹyẹ

See also: Eye, eye, and ɛyɛ

Olukumi

Etymology 1

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Yoruba ẹyẹ, likely related to Edo áwẹ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹyẹ

1. bird

Etymology 2

Compare with Yoruba ìyẹ́, Igala ìwẹ́, probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́, and likely on analogy with Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ́/

Noun

ẹyẹ́

1. feather

References

• Arokoyo, Bolanle E. & Mabodu, Olamide (2017) Olukumi Bilingual Dictionary‎^[1], Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Olukumi ẹyẹ, Ifè ɛyɛ. Likely related to Edo áwẹ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹyẹ

1. bird

Derived terms

• ẹlẹ́yẹ (“someone who sells birds, someone who owns birds, a witch”)
• ẹyẹ agánrán
• ẹyẹ agbe
• ẹyẹ atíálá (“hornbill”)
• ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà (“village weaver”)
• ẹyẹ olongo
• ẹyẹ olóòféèré
• ẹyẹ oriri
• ẹyẹ ọ̀sìn
• ẹyẹ Ṣàngó
• ẹyẹ yọja-yọja (“anhinga”)
• ẹyẹ àdàbà (“turtle dove”)
• ẹyẹ àgbìgbò
• ẹyẹ àkọ̀ (“heron, stork”)
• ẹyẹ àkókó (“woodpecker”)
• ẹyẹ àlùkò
• ẹyẹ àparò
• ẹyẹ àpọ́n (“kingfisher”)
• ẹyẹ àrọ̀nì
• ẹyẹ àṣá (“hawk”)
• ẹyẹ òdèréekókò
• ẹyẹ ògé (“egyptian plover”)
• ẹyẹ òrofó (“green pidgeon”)
• ẹyẹ òtété
• ẹyẹ òwìwí (“barn owl”)
• ẹyẹ-ọba
• ẹyẹ-ọ̀pẹ́ẹ̀rẹ́ (“bulbul”)
• ẹyẹkẹ́ye (“any bird, a bad bird”)
• ẹyẹlé (“pigeon”)
• ẹyẹòbàlè-efinrin
• ilé ẹyẹ (“nest”)
• kòṣeku-kòṣẹyẹ (“a species of bat”)
• àgógónu ẹyẹ (“beak”)
• ààbọ̀ isinmi ẹyẹ (“nest”)

 

Etymology 2

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ yẹ (“to befit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹ̀yẹ

1. honor, respect, dignity, a common suffix in many Yoruba names

   Synonyms: iyì, ọ̀wọ̀

Derived terms

• Akínlẹ́yẹ
• ẹlẹ́yẹ (“celebrant, an honorable person”)
• Oyèélẹ́yẹ
• Ọlọ́finmẹ̀yẹ