oyin

Ayere

Noun

oyin

1. water

References

• Roger Blench, The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities (2007), page 3

Gun

Oyìn àwè

Alternative forms

• onyì (Benin)

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-yĩ. Cognates include Fon nyì, Saxwe Gbe onyì, Ewe enyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ɲĩ̀/

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Noun

oyìn (plural oyìn lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. cow, cattle

   Oyìn lọ́ kló táún ― The cow is big

Derived terms

• oyìnsì (“cow (female)”)
• oyìnsú (“cow (male)”)
• oyìnvú (“calf”)

 

Nkonya

Etymology

Cognate with Gikyode ɔnyen, Chumburung ɔnyare̱, Nawuri ɔnyɩn, Gonja enyɛn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oyĩ/

Noun

oyin (plural ayin)

1. man

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Oyin tó ba lórí òdòdó

Ìyọkúrò oyin láti inú afárá oyin

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *o-ɲĩ, from Proto-Edekiri *o-ɲĩ. Compare with Olukumi oyin, Ifè oyin, Itsekiri oyin, Aja enyi, Fon wiin, Gun owín

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.jĩ̄/

Noun

oyin

1. bee

   Synonym: oyin àdò

   àwọn oyín ṣí sí ara igi ― The bees swarmed around the tree

2. honey

   Synonym: oyin ìgàn

   wọ́n fi ahán lá oyin ― They licked honey with their tongue

3. sweetness (in comparison to honey)

   Synonym: adùn

   ìpàdé e wa bí oyin o ― May our meeting be as sweet as honey

Derived terms

• afárá oyin (“honeycomb”)
• alóyinlóhùn (“one with a sweet voice”)
• dùn bí oyin (“to be as sweet as honey”)
• ẹ̀wà olóyin (“honey beans”)
• ilé oyin (“beehive”)
• iṣẹ́-ọ̀sìn-oyin (“apiculture”)
• olóyin (“beekeeper, something that is sweet”)
• Oyinadé (“A Yoruba name meaning, "The sweetness of royalty"”)
• Oyínkánsọ́lá (“A Yoruba name meaning, "Sweetness has been added to honor"”)

 

Etymology 2

Igi oyin pẹ̀lú èso

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.jĩ̄/

Noun

oyin

1. African mango tree (Irvingia gabonensis), of which the seeds of its fruit are used in soups like ọgbọnọ and ààpọ̀n

   Synonym: oró