See eniyan on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*Vnḭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *Vnḭ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "eni",
"3": "ì-",
"4": "yàn",
"lit": "Chosen beings",
"t1": "being, person",
"t2": "nominalizing prefix",
"t3": "to choose"
},
"expansion": "eni (“being, person”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yàn (“to choose”), literally “Chosen beings”",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *Vnḭ. A folk etymology states it comes from eni (“being, person”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yàn (“to choose”), literally “Chosen beings”, in comparison to earlier pre-human earthly beings called eníyán, translated as \"the one's who were expelled.\"",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ènìyàn",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "عِنِيَن",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ènìà",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ènìyàn",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ènìyàn",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ènìyàn",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ènìyàn",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ènìyàn"
},
"expansion": "ènìyàn",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "homo sapiens",
"word": "ẹ̀dá-ènìyàn"
}
],
"glosses": [
"person, people, human being"
],
"id": "en-eniyan-yo-noun-LzHubUMc",
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"human being",
"human being"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ènìyànview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ùlàjẹ",
"word": "iráyé弙Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeònìyọ̀n弙Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ònìyọ̀n弙Ìkòròdúònìyọ̀n弙Ṣágámùònìyọ̀n弙Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupairáyé弙ÌlàjẹMahiniráyé弙OǹdóOǹdóiáyé弙ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹirẹ́yé弙Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n弙"
},
{
"word": "ịráyé弙Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n弙Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n弙"
},
{
"roman": "Uléṣà",
"word": "ịráyé弙Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n弙Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàònìyàn弙Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáònìyàn弙ÈkóÈkóènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙ÌbàdànÌbàdànènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙ÌlọrinÌlọrinènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙OǹkóÒtùèèyẹ̀n弙Ìwéré Iléèèyẹ̀n弙Òkèhòèèyẹ̀n弙Ìsẹ́yìnèèyẹ̀n弙Ṣakíèèyẹ̀n弙Tedéèèyẹ̀n弙Ìgbẹ́tìèèyẹ̀n弙Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙Bɛ̀nɛ̀ènìyàn弙"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "èèyàn弙Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaǸcàBaàtɛònìɔ̀n弙ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàònìyàn弙Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ònìyàn弙Onigboloònìyàn弙Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuònìyàn弙Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀nyà弙Atakpamɛɔ̀nyà弙Est-Monoɔ̀nyà弙Tchettiɔ̀nyà弙Southern NagoÌsakétéònìyàn弙弙Ìfànyìnònìyàn弙弙Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "/è.nĩ̀.jã̀/"
}
],
"word": "eniyan"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "homo sapiens",
"word": "ẹ̀dá-ènìyàn"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*Vnḭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *Vnḭ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "eni",
"3": "ì-",
"4": "yàn",
"lit": "Chosen beings",
"t1": "being, person",
"t2": "nominalizing prefix",
"t3": "to choose"
},
"expansion": "eni (“being, person”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yàn (“to choose”), literally “Chosen beings”",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *Vnḭ. A folk etymology states it comes from eni (“being, person”) + ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yàn (“to choose”), literally “Chosen beings”, in comparison to earlier pre-human earthly beings called eníyán, translated as \"the one's who were expelled.\"",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ènìyàn",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "عِنِيَن",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ènìà",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "ènìyàn",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "ènìyàn",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "ènìyàn",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "ènìyàn",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ènìyàn"
},
"expansion": "ènìyàn",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
"Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Yoruba compound terms",
"Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"Yoruba lemmas",
"Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"Yoruba nouns",
"Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
"Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"person, people, human being"
],
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"human being",
"human being"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "/è.nĩ̀.jã̀/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"person"
],
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ènìyànview map"
},
{
"roman": "Ùlàjẹ",
"word": "iráyé弙Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeònìyọ̀n弙Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ònìyọ̀n弙Ìkòròdúònìyọ̀n弙Ṣágámùònìyọ̀n弙Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupairáyé弙ÌlàjẹMahiniráyé弙OǹdóOǹdóiáyé弙ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹirẹ́yé弙Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n弙"
},
{
"word": "ịráyé弙Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n弙Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n弙"
},
{
"roman": "Uléṣà",
"word": "ịráyé弙Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n弙Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàònìyàn弙Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáònìyàn弙ÈkóÈkóènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙ÌbàdànÌbàdànènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙ÌlọrinÌlọrinènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙OǹkóÒtùèèyẹ̀n弙Ìwéré Iléèèyẹ̀n弙Òkèhòèèyẹ̀n弙Ìsẹ́yìnèèyẹ̀n弙Ṣakíèèyẹ̀n弙Tedéèèyẹ̀n弙Ìgbẹ́tìèèyẹ̀n弙Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàènìyàn弙"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn弙Bɛ̀nɛ̀ènìyàn弙"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "èèyàn弙Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaǸcàBaàtɛònìɔ̀n弙ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàònìyàn弙Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ònìyàn弙Onigboloònìyàn弙Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuònìyàn弙Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀nyà弙Atakpamɛɔ̀nyà弙Est-Monoɔ̀nyà弙Tchettiɔ̀nyà弙Southern NagoÌsakétéònìyàn弙弙Ìfànyìnònìyàn弙弙Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
},
{
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
"word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
},
{
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "eniyan"
}
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