ẹni

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eni"

Yoruba

Etymology 1

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”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.nĩ̄/

Noun

ẹni

1. person, one

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties (person, one)

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	ọni
		Ìkálẹ̀	ọnẹ
		Ìlàjẹ	ọnẹ
		Oǹdó	ọnẹ
		Ọ̀wọ̀	ọnẹ
		Usẹn	-
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	ọnị
		Ifẹ̀	-
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	-
		Western Àkókó	ọni
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	ẹni
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	ẹni
		Òǹkò	-
		Ọ̀yọ́	ẹni
		Standard Yorùbá	ẹni
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	-
		Owé	ọni
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-

Derived terms

• ẹlẹ́ni
• ẹlòmíì
• ẹni a fẹ́ la mọ̀
• ẹni tí ò gbọ́n lààwẹ̀ ń gbò
• ẹni tí ò lówó á léèyàn
• ẹnikẹ́ni (“anyone”)
• ẹnìkan (“a person”)
• mọni (“to know a person”)
• Ọlọ́run ẹlẹ́ni mẹ́ta (“triune god”)

 

Etymology 2

Compare with Ifè aní, Itsekiri ẹní, Olukumi ẹní

Ẹní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.nĩ́/

Noun

ẹní

1. straw mat; usually used for sleeping

   baba ń hun ẹní ― The father is weaving a mat

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties (straw mat)

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	ẹní
		Ìkálẹ̀	-
		Ìlàjẹ	-
		Oǹdó	-
		Ọ̀wọ̀	-
		Usẹn	-
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	ení
		Ifẹ̀	-
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	-
		Western Àkókó	-
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	ẹní
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	ẹní
		Òǹkò	-
		Ọ̀yọ́	ẹní
		Standard Yorùbá	ẹní
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	-
		Owé	aní
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-

Derived terms

• ẹlẹ́ní (“mat seller”)

Etymology 3

Cognate with Itsekiri ẹnẹ (“we, us, our”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.nĩ̄/

Determiner

ẹni

1. (Ijebu) our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)

   Ulé ẹni rèé ― This is our house

Pronoun

ọ̀wọn

1. (Ijebu) us (first-person plural object pronoun)

See also

Ijebu personal pronouns

Number	Person	Affirmative Subject Pronoun	Negative Subject Pronoun	Emphatic Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Determiner	Reflexive Pronoun
Singular	First	mo	mí	èmi	tèmi	mi		ara mi
	Second	wo	wé	ùwọ	tiẹ	ẹ		ara ẹ
	Third	ó, é	[pronoun dropped]	òwun, òun	tiẹ̀	ẹ̀		ara ẹ̀
Plural and Honorific	First	a	á	àwa	tẹni	ẹni		ara ẹni
	Second	wẹn	wẹ́n	ẹ̀wẹn	tiwẹn	wẹn		ara wẹn
	Third	wọ́n		ọ̀wọn	tiwọn	wọn		ara wọn