"ẹyẹ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Olukumi]

IPA: /ɛ̄.jɛ̄/
Etymology: Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Yoruba ẹyẹ, likely related to Edo áwẹ Etymology templates: {{inh|ulb|alv-yrd-pro|*ɛ́-wɛ}} Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ, {{cog|igl|ẹ́wẹ}} Igala ẹ́wẹ, {{cog|yo|ẹyẹ}} Yoruba ẹyẹ, {{cog|bin|áwẹ}} Edo áwẹ Head templates: {{head|ulb|noun|head=ẹyẹ}} ẹyẹ
  1. bird Categories (lifeform): Animals, Birds
    Sense id: en-ẹyẹ-ulb-noun-elF57swP Disambiguation of Animals: 59 41 Disambiguation of Birds: 75 25 Categories (other): Olukumi entries with incorrect language header, Zootomy Disambiguation of Olukumi entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Zootomy: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Olukumi]

IPA: /ɛ̄.jɛ́/ Forms: ẹyẹ́ [canonical]
Etymology: Compare with Yoruba ìyẹ́, Igala ìwẹ́, probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́, and likely on analogy with Etymology 1 Etymology templates: {{cog|yo|ìyẹ́}} Yoruba ìyẹ́, {{cog|igl|ìwẹ́}} Igala ìwẹ́, {{inh|ulb|alv-yrd-pro|*ɪ̀-wɛ́}} Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́ Head templates: {{head|ulb|noun|head=ẹyẹ́}} ẹyẹ́
  1. feather
    Sense id: en-ẹyẹ-ulb-noun-tSEV6lU8 Categories (other): Olukumi entries with incorrect language header, Zootomy Disambiguation of Olukumi entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Zootomy: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /ɛ̄.jɛ̄/
Etymology: Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Olukumi ẹyẹ, Ifè ɛyɛ. Likely related to Edo áwẹ Etymology templates: {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*ɛ́-wɛ}} Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ, {{cog|igl|ẹ́wẹ}} Igala ẹ́wẹ, {{cog|ulb|ẹyẹ}} Olukumi ẹyẹ, {{cog|ife|ɛyɛ}} Ifè ɛyɛ, {{cog|bin|áwẹ}} Edo áwẹ Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=ẹyẹ|head2=}} ẹyẹ, {{yo-pos|noun|ẹyẹ|}} ẹyẹ, {{yo-noun|ẹyẹ}} ẹyẹ
  1. bird Categories (lifeform): Birds
    Sense id: en-ẹyẹ-yo-noun-elF57swP Disambiguation of Birds: 85 15 Derived forms: ẹlẹ́yẹ (english: someone who sells birds, someone who owns birds, a witch), ẹyẹ agánrán, ẹyẹ agbe, ẹyẹ atíálá (english: hornbill), ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà (english: village weaver), ẹyẹ olongo, ẹyẹ olóòféèré, ẹyẹ oriri, ẹyẹ ọ̀sìn, ẹyẹ Ṣàngó, ẹyẹ yọja-yọja (english: anhinga), ẹyẹ àdàbà (english: turtle dove), ẹyẹ àgbìgbò, ẹyẹ àkọ̀ (english: heron, stork), ẹyẹ àkókó (english: woodpecker), ẹyẹ àlùkò, ẹyẹ àparò, ẹyẹ àpọ́n (english: kingfisher), ẹyẹ àrọ̀nì, ẹyẹ àṣá (english: hawk), ẹyẹ òdèréekókò, ẹyẹ ògé (english: egyptian plover), ẹyẹ òrofó (english: green pidgeon), ẹyẹ òtété, ẹyẹ òwìwí (english: barn owl), ẹyẹ-ọba, ẹyẹ-ọ̀pẹ́ẹ̀rẹ́ (english: bulbul), ẹyẹkẹ́ye (english: any bird, a bad bird), ẹyẹlé (english: pigeon), ẹyẹòbàlè-efinrin, ilé ẹyẹ (english: nest), kòṣeku-kòṣẹyẹ (english: a species of bat), àgógónu ẹyẹ (english: beak), ààbọ̀ isinmi ẹyẹ (english: nest)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /ɛ̀.jɛ̄/ Forms: ẹ̀yẹ [canonical]
Etymology: From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ (“to befit”). Etymology templates: {{affix|yo|ẹ̀-|yẹ|id1=nominalizing prefix|t1=nominalizing prefix|t2=to befit}} ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ (“to befit”) Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=ẹ̀yẹ|head2=}} ẹ̀yẹ, {{yo-pos|noun|ẹ̀yẹ|}} ẹ̀yẹ, {{yo-noun|ẹ̀yẹ}} ẹ̀yẹ
  1. honor, respect, dignity, a common suffix in many Yoruba names Synonyms: iyì, ọ̀wọ̀ Derived forms: Akínlẹ́yẹ, ẹlẹ́yẹ (english: celebrant, an honorable person), Oyèélẹ́yẹ, Ọlọ́finmẹ̀yẹ
    Sense id: en-ẹyẹ-yo-noun-ACWgyY1Z Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba terms prefixed with ẹ- (nominalizing prefix) Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with ẹ- (nominalizing prefix): 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "english": "someone who sells birds, someone who owns birds, a witch",
          "word": "ẹlẹ́yẹ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ agánrán"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ agbe"
        },
        {
          "english": "hornbill",
          "word": "ẹyẹ atíálá"
        },
        {
          "english": "village weaver",
          "word": "ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ olongo"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ olóòféèré"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ oriri"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ ọ̀sìn"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ Ṣàngó"
        },
        {
          "english": "anhinga",
          "word": "ẹyẹ yọja-yọja"
        },
        {
          "english": "turtle dove",
          "word": "ẹyẹ àdàbà"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ àgbìgbò"
        },
        {
          "english": "heron, stork",
          "word": "ẹyẹ àkọ̀"
        },
        {
          "english": "woodpecker",
          "word": "ẹyẹ àkókó"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ àlùkò"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ àparò"
        },
        {
          "english": "kingfisher",
          "word": "ẹyẹ àpọ́n"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ àrọ̀nì"
        },
        {
          "english": "hawk",
          "word": "ẹyẹ àṣá"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ òdèréekókò"
        },
        {
          "english": "egyptian plover",
          "word": "ẹyẹ ògé"
        },
        {
          "english": "green pidgeon",
          "word": "ẹyẹ òrofó"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ òtété"
        },
        {
          "english": "barn owl",
          "word": "ẹyẹ òwìwí"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ-ọba"
        },
        {
          "english": "bulbul",
          "word": "ẹyẹ-ọ̀pẹ́ẹ̀rẹ́"
        },
        {
          "english": "any bird, a bad bird",
          "word": "ẹyẹkẹ́ye"
        },
        {
          "english": "pigeon",
          "word": "ẹyẹlé"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹòbàlè-efinrin"
        },
        {
          "english": "nest",
          "word": "ilé ẹyẹ"
        },
        {
          "english": "a species of bat",
          "word": "kòṣeku-kòṣẹyẹ"
        },
        {
          "english": "beak",
          "word": "àgógónu ẹyẹ"
        },
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          "word": "ààbọ̀ isinmi ẹyẹ"
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        },
        {
          "word": "Oyèélẹ́yẹ"
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    "Olukumi nouns",
    "Olukumi palindromes",
    "Olukumi terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Olukumi terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Olukumi terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ulb:Animals",
    "ulb:Birds",
    "ulb:Zootomy",
    "yo:Birds"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ìyẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoruba ìyẹ́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ìwẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ìwẹ́",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*ɪ̀-wɛ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare with Yoruba ìyẹ́, Igala ìwẹ́, probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́, and likely on analogy with Etymology 1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ẹyẹ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ẹyẹ́"
      },
      "expansion": "ẹyẹ́",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Olukumi",
  "lang_code": "ulb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "feather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ̄.jɛ́/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ẹyẹ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba palindromes",
    "Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with ẹ- (nominalizing prefix)",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba terms with redundant head parameter",
    "yo:Birds"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "someone who sells birds, someone who owns birds, a witch",
      "word": "ẹlẹ́yẹ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ agánrán"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ agbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "hornbill",
      "word": "ẹyẹ atíálá"
    },
    {
      "english": "village weaver",
      "word": "ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ olongo"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ olóòféèré"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ oriri"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ ọ̀sìn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ Ṣàngó"
    },
    {
      "english": "anhinga",
      "word": "ẹyẹ yọja-yọja"
    },
    {
      "english": "turtle dove",
      "word": "ẹyẹ àdàbà"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ àgbìgbò"
    },
    {
      "english": "heron, stork",
      "word": "ẹyẹ àkọ̀"
    },
    {
      "english": "woodpecker",
      "word": "ẹyẹ àkókó"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ àlùkò"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ àparò"
    },
    {
      "english": "kingfisher",
      "word": "ẹyẹ àpọ́n"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ àrọ̀nì"
    },
    {
      "english": "hawk",
      "word": "ẹyẹ àṣá"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ òdèréekókò"
    },
    {
      "english": "egyptian plover",
      "word": "ẹyẹ ògé"
    },
    {
      "english": "green pidgeon",
      "word": "ẹyẹ òrofó"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ òtété"
    },
    {
      "english": "barn owl",
      "word": "ẹyẹ òwìwí"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ-ọba"
    },
    {
      "english": "bulbul",
      "word": "ẹyẹ-ọ̀pẹ́ẹ̀rẹ́"
    },
    {
      "english": "any bird, a bad bird",
      "word": "ẹyẹkẹ́ye"
    },
    {
      "english": "pigeon",
      "word": "ẹyẹlé"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẹyẹòbàlè-efinrin"
    },
    {
      "english": "nest",
      "word": "ilé ẹyẹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "a species of bat",
      "word": "kòṣeku-kòṣẹyẹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "beak",
      "word": "àgógónu ẹyẹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "nest",
      "word": "ààbọ̀ isinmi ẹyẹ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "alv-yrd-pro",
        "3": "*ɛ́-wɛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "igl",
        "2": "ẹ́wẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Igala ẹ́wẹ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulb",
        "2": "ẹyẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Olukumi ẹyẹ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ife",
        "2": "ɛyɛ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ifè ɛyɛ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bin",
        "2": "áwẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "Edo áwẹ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Olukumi ẹyẹ, Ifè ɛyɛ. Likely related to Edo áwẹ",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ẹyẹ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ẹyẹ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ẹyẹ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ẹyẹ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ẹyẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "ẹyẹ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bird"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ̄.jɛ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ẹyẹ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba nouns",
    "Yoruba palindromes",
    "Yoruba terms prefixed with ẹ- (nominalizing prefix)",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "yo:Birds"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Akínlẹ́yẹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "celebrant, an honorable person",
      "word": "ẹlẹ́yẹ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oyèélẹ́yẹ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọlọ́finmẹ̀yẹ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "ẹ̀-",
        "3": "yẹ",
        "id1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t1": "nominalizing prefix",
        "t2": "to befit"
      },
      "expansion": "ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ (“to befit”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yẹ (“to befit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ẹ̀yẹ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "ẹ̀yẹ",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ẹ̀yẹ",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ẹ̀yẹ",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ẹ̀yẹ",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ẹ̀yẹ"
      },
      "expansion": "ẹ̀yẹ",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "honor, respect, dignity, a common suffix in many Yoruba names"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
        [
          "respect",
          "respect"
        ],
        [
          "dignity",
          "dignity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "iyì"
        },
        {
          "word": "ọ̀wọ̀"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ̀.jɛ̄/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ẹyẹ"
}

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