eghe

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• èe, ìe (Akure, Ekiti)

Etymology 1

No cognate term in Standard or Western Yoruba exists (or perhaps became obsolete before it could be recorded in dictionaries), it and its cognate terms have almost been completely replaced by ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ or ẹ̀ẹ̀kẹ́ amongst the dialects it exists in, where it is almost obsolete. Its existence however is documented in Central Yoruba and Northeast Yoruba dialects, which suggests its existence in Proto-Yoruba. See Proto-Yoruba *è-ɣe, *ì-ɣe. Cognate with Itsekiri èghemẹ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.ɣē/

Noun

èghe

1. (Ondo, Owe, archaic) cheek

   Synonyms: ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́, èe, ìe

References

• Adetugbọ, Abidoun. The Yoruba language in Western Nigeria: Its major dialect areas [1], 1967

Etymology 2

See Yoruba ewé for more details

Alternative forms

• ewé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.ɣé/

Noun

eghé

1. (Owe) leaf