ènìyàn
noun
عِنِيَن (alternative), ènìà (alternative, archaic)
Definitions
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person, people, human being
Used in
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *Vnḭ. A folk etymology states it comes from eni (“being, person”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yàn (“to choose”), literally “Chosen beings”, in comparison to earlier pre-human earthly beings called eníyán, translated as "the one's who were expelled."
Component words
enibeing, person
3 entries are spelled “eni”. The etymology calls it “being, person”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ènì
bonus after a purchase
èní
Lagos form of òní (“today”)
ení
one
ì-nominalizing prefixyànto choose
Dialectal synonyms “person” 40 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ọ̀bà Àkókó
- ènìyàniráyé
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- ònìyọ̀n
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- ònìyọ̀n
- Ìkòròdú
- ònìyọ̀n
- Ṣágámù
- ònìyọ̀n
- Òkìtìpupa
- iráyé
- Mahin
- iráyé
- Oǹdó
- iáyé
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- irẹ́yé
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ọ̀nị̀yọ̀nịráyé
- Ìfàkì Èkìtì
- ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n
- Àkúrẹ́
- ọ̀nị̀yọ̀nịráyé
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n
- Iléṣà (Uléṣà)
- ònìyàn
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Ìjàká
- ònìyàn
- Èkó
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Ìbàdàn
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Ìlọrin
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Òtù
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ìwéré Ilé
- èèyẹ̀n
- Òkèhò
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ṣakí
- èèyẹ̀n
- Tedé
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- èèyẹ̀n
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Nàìjíríà
- ènìyànèèyàn
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ènìyànèèyàn
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Baàtɛ
- ònìɔ̀n
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- ònìyàn
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- ònìyàn
- Onigbolo
- ònìyàn
- Kétu
- ònìyàn
- Akpáré
- ɔ̀nyà
- Atakpamɛ
- ɔ̀nyà
- Est-Mono
- ɔ̀nyà
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɔ̀nyà
- Ìsakété
- ònìyàn
- Ìfànyìn
- ònìyàn
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.
human, person
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “eniyan”.
Reference:
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