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"
]
}
],
"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猍Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeònìyọ̀n猍Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ònìyọ̀n猍Ìkòròdúònìyọ̀n猍Ṣágámùònìyọ̀n猍Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupairáyé猍ÌlàjẹMahiniráyé猍OǹdóOǹdóiáyé猍ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹirẹ́yé猍Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n猍"
},
{
"word": "ịráyé猍Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n猍Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n猍"
},
{
"roman": "Uléṣà",
"word": "ịráyé猍Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n猍Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàònìyàn猍Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáònìyàn猍ÈkóÈkóènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍ÌbàdànÌbàdànènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍ÌlọrinÌlọrinènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍OǹkóÒtùèèyẹ̀n猍Ìwéré Iléèèyẹ̀n猍Òkèhòèèyẹ̀n猍Ìsẹ́yìnèèyẹ̀n猍Ṣakíèèyẹ̀n猍Tedéèèyẹ̀n猍Ìgbẹ́tìèèyẹ̀n猍Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍Bɛ̀nɛ̀ènìyàn猍"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "èèyàn猍Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaǸcàBaàtɛònìɔ̀n猍ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàònìyàn猍Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ònìyàn猍Onigboloònìyàn猍Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuònìyàn猍Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀nyà猍Atakpamɛɔ̀nyà猍Est-Monoɔ̀nyà猍Tchettiɔ̀nyà猍Southern NagoÌsakétéònìyàn猍猍Ìfànyìnònìyàn猍猍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": "عِنِيَن"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "ènìà"
}
]
}
],
"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"
]
}
],
"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猍Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeònìyọ̀n猍Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ònìyọ̀n猍Ìkòròdúònìyọ̀n猍Ṣágámùònìyọ̀n猍Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupairáyé猍ÌlàjẹMahiniráyé猍OǹdóOǹdóiáyé猍ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹirẹ́yé猍Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n猍"
},
{
"word": "ịráyé猍Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n猍Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n猍"
},
{
"roman": "Uléṣà",
"word": "ịráyé猍Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n猍Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàònìyàn猍Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáònìyàn猍ÈkóÈkóènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍ÌbàdànÌbàdànènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍ÌlọrinÌlọrinènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍OǹkóÒtùèèyẹ̀n猍Ìwéré Iléèèyẹ̀n猍Òkèhòèèyẹ̀n猍Ìsẹ́yìnèèyẹ̀n猍Ṣakíèèyẹ̀n猍Tedéèèyẹ̀n猍Ìgbẹ́tìèèyẹ̀n猍Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàènìyàn猍"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn猍Bɛ̀nɛ̀ènìyàn猍"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "èèyàn猍Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaǸcàBaàtɛònìɔ̀n猍ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàònìyàn猍Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ònìyàn猍Onigboloònìyàn猍Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuònìyàn猍Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀nyà猍Atakpamɛɔ̀nyà猍Est-Monoɔ̀nyà猍Tchettiɔ̀nyà猍Southern NagoÌsakétéònìyàn猍猍Ìfànyìnònìyàn猍猍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": "عِنِيَن"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "ènìà"
}
],
"word": "eniyan"
}
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