See eniyan in All languages combined, or 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"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
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"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櫽Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeònìyọ̀n櫽Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ònìyọ̀n櫽Ìkòròdúònìyọ̀n櫽Ṣágámùònìyọ̀n櫽Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupairáyé櫽ÌlàjẹMahiniráyé櫽OǹdóOǹdóiáyé櫽ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹirẹ́yé櫽Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n櫽"
},
{
"word": "ịráyé櫽Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n櫽Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n櫽"
},
{
"roman": "Uléṣà",
"word": "ịráyé櫽Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n櫽Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàònìyàn櫽Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáònìyàn櫽ÈkóÈkóènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽ÌbàdànÌbàdànènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽ÌlọrinÌlọrinènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽OǹkóÒtùèèyẹ̀n櫽Ìwéré Iléèèyẹ̀n櫽Òkèhòèèyẹ̀n櫽Ìsẹ́yìnèèyẹ̀n櫽Ṣakíèèyẹ̀n櫽Tedéèèyẹ̀n櫽Ìgbẹ́tìèèyẹ̀n櫽Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽Bɛ̀nɛ̀ènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "èèyàn櫽Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaǸcàBaàtɛònìɔ̀n櫽ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàònìyàn櫽Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ònìyàn櫽Onigboloònìyàn櫽Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuònìyàn櫽Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀nyà櫽Atakpamɛɔ̀nyà櫽Est-Monoɔ̀nyà櫽Tchettiɔ̀nyà櫽Southern NagoÌsakétéònìyàn櫽櫽Ìfànyìnònìyàn櫽櫽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櫽Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeònìyọ̀n櫽Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ònìyọ̀n櫽Ìkòròdúònìyọ̀n櫽Ṣágámùònìyọ̀n櫽Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupairáyé櫽ÌlàjẹMahiniráyé櫽OǹdóOǹdóiáyé櫽ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹirẹ́yé櫽Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n櫽"
},
{
"word": "ịráyé櫽Ìfàkì Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n櫽Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n櫽"
},
{
"roman": "Uléṣà",
"word": "ịráyé櫽Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìọ̀nị̀yọ̀n櫽Ìjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàònìyàn櫽Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáònìyàn櫽ÈkóÈkóènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽ÌbàdànÌbàdànènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽ÌlọrinÌlọrinènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽OǹkóÒtùèèyẹ̀n櫽Ìwéré Iléèèyẹ̀n櫽Òkèhòèèyẹ̀n櫽Ìsẹ́yìnèèyẹ̀n櫽Ṣakíèèyẹ̀n櫽Tedéèèyẹ̀n櫽Ìgbẹ́tìèèyẹ̀n櫽Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́ènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"word": "èèyàn櫽Bɛ̀nɛ̀ènìyàn櫽"
},
{
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "èèyàn櫽Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaǸcàBaàtɛònìɔ̀n櫽ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàònìyàn櫽Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ònìyàn櫽Onigboloònìyàn櫽Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuònìyàn櫽Ifɛ̀Akpáréɔ̀nyà櫽Atakpamɛɔ̀nyà櫽Est-Monoɔ̀nyà櫽Tchettiɔ̀nyà櫽Southern NagoÌsakétéònìyàn櫽櫽Ìfànyìnònìyàn櫽櫽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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