eni
Edo
Etymology
Cognate with Urhobo eni, Yoruba erin, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *E-ni. See Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /è.nĩ́/
Etulo
References
- Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)
Gagauz
Antonyms
Derived terms
Pericú
References
- Rosa Elba Rodríguez Tomp, Cautivos de dios: los cazadores-recolectores de Baja California (2002): Palabras utilizadas por los indigenas de la isla Espiritu Santo, consignadas por Esteban Carbonel en 1632: Ipiri: cuchillo. Unoa: "daca aquello". Boox [sic]: perla. Nacui: concha. Itaurigui: capitán. [...] Vocabulos de los indigenas de las islas de San José y Espiritu Santo registrados per Diego de Parra en 1683: Eni: agua. Boxo [sic]: perla. Aynu: pescado.
- Atlas cultural de México: Lingüística (1988), page 31: El vocabulario pericú que ha logrado compilar León-Portilla es: ipiri “cuchillo”, booxo “perla”, nacui “concha”, eni “agua”, aynu “pescado”, miñicari “cielo”, uriuri “andar”, utere “sentarse”, unoa “dar”, itauriqui “jefe, capitán”.
Pohnpeian
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- enis, eniu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeni/
References
- “eni” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it
Urhobo
Etymology
Cognate with Edo eni, Yoruba erin, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *E-ni. See Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.nī/
Derived terms
- eniame (“hippo”)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛnɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈeːni/, /ˈɛni/
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- èènì
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /è.nĩ̀/
Noun
ènì
- bonus after a purchase
- Synonym: járá
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN:
- Òní lẹ̀gbọ́n ọ̀la, ìrì wọ̀wọ̀ọ́ ṣẹ̀gbọ́n òjò; ibi ènì l'à á pa ọmọ-alákàràá sí.
- Today is the older sibling to tomorrow, just as heavy dews are the older siblings to the rain; the child seller of fried bean cake gets killed on the issue of a bonus (proverb on degrees and consequences))
Derived terms
- elénì (“the one that involves a bonus after a purchase”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /è.nĩ́/
Derived terms
Etymology 3
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Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení Counting: oókan Adjectival: kan, méní Ordinal: kìíní, kìn-ín-ní Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan |
Proposed to be from Proto-Yoruboid *ínḭ́. Likely cognates with Igala ényẹ́ and Ifè ɛnɛ́.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.nĩ́/
Numeral
ení
- one
- Synonym: ọ̀kan
- Ení, èjì, ẹ̀ta, ẹ̀rin, àrún…
- one, two, three, four, five…
- 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adeoye, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba Ibadan, number LDC2008L03, 1979, page 56, Oxford University Press, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN:
- Ení bí ení; èjì bí èjì; ẹ̀ta ǹ tagbá; ẹ̀rin wọ̀rọ̀kọ́; àrún ń gódó; ẹ̀fà ti èlè; bí ó ròó, bí ó ròó, èróo bàtá; mo já kẹ́sàn-án; gbangba lẹ̀wá
- One is like one; two is like two; three is like shooting at a calabash; four is like the twisted; five is like pounding a mortar; six is that of ability; as if it will sound a sound as if it will sound a sound; I plucked the ninth; ten is right in the open (lyric for teaching enumeration)
References
- Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, , →ISBN
- Salem Ǒchála È̩jè̩bá (2016) A Grammar of Ígálâ, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria: The Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), →ISBN
- SIL International (2016) Dictionnaire Ifè (in French)