erin
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of er + in.
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erin
- pronominal adverb form of in + het
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erin
- instructive plural of erä
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erin
- Romanization of ᡝᡵᡳᠨ
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Etymology edit
Cognate with Yoruba erin, Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ or Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-.
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erin
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erin
- Romanization of 𒂞 (erin)
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erin
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Etymology 1 edit
Cognate with Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin, in many cognate languages, this form was replaced by a form seen in Nupe dagba, Idoma adagba, Igala adagba. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ or Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-, and also suggests that it probably is of the same root as the root for four, thereby being a distant Doublet of ẹ̀rin
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erin
- elephant
- a nickname for a mighty person, in comparison to an elephant
- Synonym: àjànàkú
- Erín wó ― The mighty one has fallen (said when a respected person dies)
Derived terms edit
- erin lákátabú (“A nickname for a warrior/hunter”)
- Erinlẹ̀ (“The orisha Erinlẹ̀”)
- erinmi (“hippo”)
- ewé etí erin (“aloe vera”)
- eyín erin (“ivory”)
- ọdẹ aperin (“elephant hunter”)
- parin (“elephant hunter”)
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erin
- The tree Picralima nitida and its seeds, which are used for traditional medicine
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erin
- (Ekiti) The herb Peperomia pellucida
Etymology 4 edit
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erín
- The plant Hunteria umbellata, traditionally used to make arrow poison and used in traditional medicine
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erín
Etymology 6 edit
From Proto-Yoruba *o-rĩ, *e-rĩ, from Proto-Edekiri *e-rĩ, *o-rĩ, ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *é-lĩ. The use of e-/o- suffixes signify the retention of an obsolete singular/plural noun market that has been obsolete since Proto-Yoruboid. Compare with Olukumi orin, Ifè orin, Itsekiri ẹrín, Igala éli
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erin
- (Ekiti, Eastern Akoko) Alternative form of orin (“song”)