ẹ̀rin
num
/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̄/
ẹ̀rịn (alternative)
Definitions
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Used inbẹ́rindẹ̀rinẹẹ́rinnumẹgbẹ̀rinẹgbàarinẹlẹ́rinẹ̀rẹ̀ẹ̀rinjẹ̀rinmẹ́rinadjọgọ́rinṣẹ̀rinìbẹ́rinìdarinnounìdunrínìjẹrinìjẹ̀rinìkẹrinìlàrin
Etymology
From Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lɪ̃, see there for other Niger-Congo cognates. Within Yoruboid, cognate with Ifè mɛ́ɛrɛ̃, Igala ẹ̀lẹ̀, Itsekiri mẹ́ẹrẹn, and Olukumi mẹ́rẹ̀n.
Proposed to be a distant doublet of erin, as they both are believed to be from the same root as Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni from earlier Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nani.
Used in
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
erínLucumí
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ẹrin”.
Reference:
en-ẹrin-yo-num-BO-vCA9a