ẹwẹn

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates with Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba ẹ̀ghẹn, Yoruba ẹ̀yin, Èkìtì Yoruba ìn-in

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.wɛ̃̄/

Pronoun

ẹ̀wẹn

1. (Ijebu) you (emphatic second-person plural honorific personal pronoun)

Derived terms

• wẹn (“you”)

 

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

Etymology 2

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃. Cognates with Itsekiri ẹghẹn, Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba ẹghẹn, Olukumi ẹghẹn, Yoruba ẹyin, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹịn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.wɛ̃̄/

Noun

ẹwẹn

1. (Ijebu) egg

   Ẹdùwẹ yẹ̀n yẹ́n ẹwẹn wọ̀nwé ― That chicken laid these eggs