yẹn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yen"

Gun

Etymology 1

Yẹn lẹ́

Alternative forms

• nyɛ (Benin)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲɛ̃̄/

Noun

yẹn (plural yẹn lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. cassava

   Synonyms: fẹ́nyẹn, fẹ́nlínyẹn

Etymology 2

Cognates include Fon nyɛ

Alternative forms

• nyɛ́ (Benin)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲɛ̃́/

Pronoun

yẹ́n (Nigeria)

1. I, me (emphatic first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Gungbe personal pronouns
Number	Person	Emphatic Pronoun	Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Determiner
Singular	First	nyɛ́, yẹ́n	ùn, n	mi	cé, ṣié
	Second	jɛ̀, jẹ̀, yẹ̀, hiẹ̀	à	wè	tòwè
	Third	éɔ̀, úɔ̀, éwọ̀	é	è	étɔ̀n, étọ̀n
Plural	First	mílɛ́, mílẹ́	mí		mítɔ̀n, mítọ̀n
	Second	mìlɛ́, mìlẹ́	mì		mìtɔ̀n, mìtọ̀n
	Third	yélɛ́, yélẹ́	yé		yétɔ̀n, yétọ̀n

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Clipping of ìyẹn. Coganate with Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba yẹ̀n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ꜜjɛ̃̄/

Determiner

yẹn

1. that

   Antonym: yìí (“this”)

   Ọdún kan náà yẹn ni mo gbéyàwó ― That same year is when I got married

   Mo fẹ́ ka ìwé yẹn ― I want to read that book

Related terms

• èyí (“this”), yìí (“this”)
• ìyẹn (“that”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of ìyẹ̀n. Cognates with Yoruba yẹn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ̃̀/

Determiner

yẹ̀n

1. (Ijebu, Ikalẹ) that

Derived terms

• wáyẹ̀n (“like that”)
• yẹ̀n wà (“is that”)

 

Related terms

• ìyẹ̀n (“that”)
• ọ̀wọ̀nyẹ̀n (“those”)
• wọ̀nyẹ̀n (“those”)
• ọ̀wọ̀nwé (“these”)
• wọ̀nwé (“these”)
• ìwé (“this”)
• wèé (“this”)

Etymology 3

Cognates with Yoruba yín

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ̃́/

Verb

yẹ́n

1. (Ijebu) to lay an egg

Etymology 4

Cognates with Yoruba yìn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ̃̀/

Verb

yẹ̀n

1. (Ijebu) to praise