ẹwẹn

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates with Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba ẹ̀ghẹn, Yoruba ẹ̀yin, Èkìtì Yoruba ìn-in

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.wɛ̃̄/

Pronoun

ẹ̀wẹn

  1. (Ijebu) you (emphatic second-person plural honorific personal pronoun)
Derived terms
  • wẹn (“you”)

See also
Ijebu personal pronouns
Number Person Affirmative Subject Pronoun Negative Subject Pronoun Emphatic Pronoun Possessive Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner Reflexive Pronoun
SingularFirst mo mí èmi tèmi mi ara mi
Second wo wé ùwọ tiẹ ẹ ara ẹ
Third ó, é [pronoun dropped] òwun, òun tiẹ̀ ẹ̀ ara ẹ̀
Plural and HonorificFirst a á àwa tẹni ẹni ara ẹni
Second wẹn wẹ́n ẹ̀wẹn tiwẹn wẹn ara wẹn
Third wọ́n ọ̀wọn tiwọn wọn ara wọn

Etymology 2

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃. Cognates with Itsekiri ẹghẹn, Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba ẹghẹn, Olukumi ẹghẹn, Yoruba ẹyin, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹịn

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.wɛ̃̄/

Noun

ẹwẹn

  1. (Ijebu) egg
    Ẹdùwẹ yẹ̀n yẹ́n ẹwẹn wọ̀nwé ― That chicken laid these eggs
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