ẹyin

ẹyin

Yoruba

ẹyin ògòǹgò

Alternative forms

• ẹin (Èkìtì)
• ẹ̀gin (Ìgbómìnà)
• ẹ̀ghin (Owe)

Etymology 1

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-gɪ̃, see Igala ẹ́gẹ, Owé Yoruba ẹ̀ghin, Olukumi ẹ́ghẹ́n, Ifè ɛnyɛ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jĩ̄/

Noun

ẹyin

1. egg

   adìyẹ́ yé ẹyin mẹ́wàá ― The hen laid ten eggs

2. crust

Derived terms

• ẹlẹ́yin (“egg seller”)
• ẹyin díndín (“fried egg”)
• ẹyinjú (“eyeball”)
• ẹyinjú (“eye ball”)
• ẹyin sísè (“boiled egg”)
• pupa ẹyin (“egg yolk”)

 

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.jĩ̄/

Pronoun

ẹ̀yin

1. you (emphatic second-person plural personal pronoun)
2. you (emphatic honorific second-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn

Alternative forms

• ẹ̀hìn (old orthography)
• èyìn (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.jĩ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀yìn

1. back

   ẹ̀yìn ológbò kì í kanlẹ̀ ― The back of a cat never touches the ground

   ẹ̀yìn ìyàwó kò níí mọ ẹní ― May the back of the bride not know the mat - (May the bride not lie on her back for too long for copulation before getting pregnant) (a greeting issued to a bride after a wedding as a prayer for children)

2. aftermath

   ẹ wáá wo ẹ̀yìn ọ̀rọ̀ wò ― Come and see the aftermath of the matter

3. end, final

   àbámọ̀ níí gbẹ̀yìn ọ̀rọ̀ ― Regret is what normally ends all human endeavors

4. absence

Adverb

ẹ̀yìn

1. behind

   Synonym: ní ẹ̀yìn

   oògùn tí a kò fi owó ṣe, ẹ̀yìn ààrò níí gbé ― Any medicine that does not cost any money to make, usually ends up behind the clay oven (proverb against low premium)

2. afterwards
3. beyond

Derived terms

• alátìlẹyìn (“supporter”)
• eegun ẹ̀yìn (“spine”)
• ní àsẹ̀yìnwá àsẹ̀yìnbọ̀ (“ultimately”)
• ọ̀pá ẹ̀yìn (“backbone”)

 

Etymology 4

Ẹyìn púpọ̀

Alternative forms

• eyìn (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jĩ̀/

Noun

ẹyìn

1. palm nut

   mo kọ odi ẹyìn mẹ́wàá ― I cut ten bunches of palm nut

Derived terms

• epo ẹyìn (“red palm oil”)