eni
Chichewa edit
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ení class 2
Edo edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Urhobo eni, Yoruba erin, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *E-ni. See Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. 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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ení
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ēní
- water
- ḿ wēnî — I drink water
- ḿ wēnī — I drank water
References edit
- Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)
Gagauz edit
Adjective edit
eni (comparative daha eni, superlative en eni)
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Pericú edit
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eni
References edit
- Rosa Elba Rodríguez Tomp, Cautivos de dios: los cazadores-recolectores de Baja California (2002): Palabras utilizadas por los indigenas de la isla Espiritu Santo, consignadas por Esteban Carbonel en 1632: Ipiri: cuchillo. Unoa: "daca aquello". Boox [sic]: perla. Nacui: concha. Itaurigui: capitán. [...] Vocabulos de los indigenas de las islas de San José y Espiritu Santo registrados per Diego de Parra en 1683: Eni: agua. Boxo [sic]: perla. Aynu: pescado.
- Atlas cultural de México: Lingüística (1988), page 31: El vocabulario pericú que ha logrado compilar León-Portilla es: ipiri “cuchillo”, booxo “perla”, nacui “concha”, eni “agua”, aynu “pescado”, miñicari “cielo”, uriuri “andar”, utere “sentarse”, unoa “dar”, itauriqui “jefe, capitán”.
Pohnpeian edit
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eni
Sardinian edit
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Etymology edit
Possibly related to Albanian enjë (“yew”).
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eni m
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- (botany) yew (Taxus baccata)
References edit
- “eni” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it
Turkish edit
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eni
- accusative singular of en
- third-person singular possessive of en
Urhobo edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Edo eni, Yoruba erin, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *E-ni. See Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. 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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eni
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Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛnɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈeːni/, /ˈɛni/
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eni
- Soft mutation of geni.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
geni | eni | ngeni | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Yoruba edit
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ènì
- bonus after a purchase
- Synonym: járá
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN:
- Òní lẹ̀gbọ́n ọ̀la, ìrì wọ̀wọ̀ọ́ ṣẹ̀gbọ́n òjò; ibi ènì l'à á pa ọmọ-alákàràá sí.
- Today is the older sibling to tomorrow, just as heavy dews are the older siblings to the rain; the child seller of fried bean cake gets killed on the issue of a bonus (proverb on degrees and consequences))
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- elénì (“the one that involves a bonus after a purchase”)
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èní
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10 | ||||
← 0 | 1 | 2 → | 10 → | |
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Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení Counting: oókan Adjectival: kan, méní Ordinal: kìíní, kìn-ín-ní Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan |
Proposed to be from Proto-Yoruboid *ínḭ́. Likely cognates with Igala ényẹ́ and Ifè ɛnɛ́.
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ení
- one
- Synonym: ọ̀kan
- Ení, èjì, ẹ̀ta, ẹ̀rin, àrún…
- one, two, three, four, five…
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adeoye, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba Ibadan[2], number LDC2008L03, 1979, page 56, Oxford University Press, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN:
- Ení bí ení; èjì bí èjì; ẹ̀ta ǹ tagbá; ẹ̀rin wọ̀rọ̀kọ́; àrún ń gódó; ẹ̀fà ti èlè; bí ó ròó, bí ó ròó, èróo bàtá; mo já kẹ́sàn-án; gbangba lẹ̀wá
- One is like one; two is like two; three is like shooting at a calabash; four is like the twisted; five is like pounding a mortar; six is that of ability; as if it will sound a sound as if it will sound a sound; I plucked the ninth; ten is right in the open (lyric for teaching enumeration)
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References edit
- Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0[3], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN
- Salem Ǒchála È̩jè̩bá (2016) A Grammar of Ígálâ, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria: The Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), →ISBN
- SIL International (2016) Dictionnaire Ifè[4] (in French)