lẹ́yìn
verb
/lɛ́.jĩ̀/
lẹ́hìn (alternative), léyìn (alternative), nẹ́yìn (alternative)
Definitions
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to last for a long time; to have a legacy
Used intìlẹ́yìnApẹ́lẹ́yìn
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “lẹ́yìn”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From ní (“in; to have”) + ẹ̀yìn (“back, behind, legacy”). Older sources and many names will use the form lẹ́hìn
Component words
níin; to have
ẹ̀yìnback, behind, legacy
2 entries are spelled “ẹ̀yìn”. The etymology calls it “back, behind, legacy”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ẹ̀yìn
back
ẹ̀yìn
behind
Possibly used in
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Derived from
Listed as an opposite 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.
in front
alternative form of níwájú (“in front”)
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “lẹyin”.
Reference:
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