"ẹyẹ" meaning in Yoruba

See ẹyẹ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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: 68 32 Categories (other): Ede Cabe links with redundant alt parameters, 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, Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters, Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts, Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters, Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters 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

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): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba terms prefixed with ẹ- (nominalizing prefix) Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 31 7 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 32 7 30 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Yoruba terms prefixed with ẹ- (nominalizing prefix): 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "word": "ẹyẹ agánrán"
        },
        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ agbe"
        },
        {
          "english": "hornbill",
          "word": "ẹyẹ atíálá"
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        {
          "english": "village weaver",
          "word": "ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà"
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        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ olongo"
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        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ olóòféèré"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ ọ̀sìn"
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        {
          "word": "ẹyẹ Ṣàngó"
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          "english": "anhinga",
          "word": "ẹyẹ yọja-yọja"
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          "english": "turtle dove",
          "word": "ẹyẹ àdàbà"
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          "word": "ẹyẹ àgbìgbò"
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          "english": "heron, stork",
          "word": "ẹyẹ àkọ̀"
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          "word": "ẹyẹ àkókó"
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          "word": "ẹyẹ àlùkò"
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          "word": "ẹyẹ àṣá"
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          "word": "ẹyẹ òdèréekókò"
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          "word": "ẹyẹ ògé"
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          "word": "ẹyẹ òrofó"
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          "word": "ẹyẹ òwìwí"
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "ẹyẹ atíálá"
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      "english": "village weaver",
      "word": "ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà"
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      "word": "ẹyẹ yọja-yọja"
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      "word": "ẹyẹ àkọ̀"
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      "word": "ẹyẹ àpọ́n"
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      "word": "ẹyẹ àṣá"
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    {
      "word": "ẹyẹ òdèréekókò"
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      "english": "egyptian plover",
      "word": "ẹyẹ ògé"
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      "english": "green pidgeon",
      "word": "ẹyẹ òrofó"
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      "word": "ẹyẹ òtété"
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      "english": "barn owl",
      "word": "ẹyẹ òwìwí"
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      "word": "ẹyẹ-ọba"
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      "word": "ẹyẹlé"
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      "word": "ilé ẹyẹ"
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      "english": "beak",
      "word": "àgógónu ẹyẹ"
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    },
    {
      "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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