èéfín
noun
/èé.fĩ́/
Definitions
-
smoke
Used inèéfín onímáńganíìsì
Etymology
Contraction of èfínfín, ultimately from è- (nominalizing prefix) + fínfín (reduplication of fín (“to blow air onto something”)).
Component words
è-fínfín
Dialectal synonyms “smoke” 34 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ọ̀bà Àkókó
- èéfín
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- èwọ̀rìwọ̀ìwọ̀rìwọ̀
- Òkìtìpupa
- èfífí
- Mahin
- èfífíèéfí
- Oǹdó
- èìghọ̀
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- èfínfín
- Usẹn
- èfífí
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- èghẹ̀rìghọ̀
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- èghìghọ̀
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- èéfíèfífíẹ̀ị̀ọ̀ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
- Àkúrẹ́
- èéfíèfífíẹ̀ị̀ọ̀ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- èéfíèfífíẹ̀ị̀ọ̀ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀
- Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)
- èéfí, èfífí
Northwest Yoruba
- Ìbàdàn
- èéfín
- Ọ̀yọ́
- èéfín
- Nàìjíríà
- èéfínẹ̀ẹ́fín
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- èéfínɛ̀ɛ́fín
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- afífí
- Kabba
- afíèfí
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- òwúwɔ̀
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- òwúwɔ̀
- Tchaourou
- òwúwɔ̀
- Baàtɛ
- òrúrɔ̀
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- òwúrɔ̀
- Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè
- awaiwɔ
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- owóiwɔ
- Kétu
- èéfín
- Akpáré
- òwúrɔ̀
- Atakpamɛ
- òwúwɔ̀òrúrɔ̀
- Boko
- òwúrɔ̀
- Moretan
- òwúrɔ̀
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- òwúrɔ̀
- Kandi
- cùà
- Kambole
- òwúwɔ̀
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
smoke
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “eefin”.
Reference:
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