See erin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "A nickname for a warrior/hunter",
"word": "erin lákátabú"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "The orisha Erinlẹ̀",
"word": "Erinlẹ̀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "hippo",
"word": "erinmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "aloe vera",
"word": "ewé etí erin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "ivory",
"word": "eyín erin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "elephant hunter",
"word": "ọdẹ aperin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "elephant hunter",
"word": "parin"
}
],
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"1": "urh",
"2": "eni"
},
"expansion": "Urhobo eni",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bin",
"2": "ení"
},
"expansion": "Edo ení",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ig",
"2": "enyi"
},
"expansion": "Igbo enyi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "éli"
},
"expansion": "Igala éli",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ulb",
"2": "erin"
},
"expansion": "Olukumi erin",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nup",
"2": "dagba"
},
"expansion": "Nupe dagba",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "idu",
"2": "adagba"
},
"expansion": "Idoma adagba",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "adagba"
},
"expansion": "Igala adagba",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*é-lĩ"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*é-nĩ"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ibb",
"2": "eniin"
},
"expansion": "Ibibio eniin",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tkq",
"2": "ni"
},
"expansion": "Tee ni",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nic-lcr-pro",
"2": "*é-nì:n"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nic-ogo-pro",
"2": "*ǹnĩ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-pro",
"3": "*-ni-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "ẹ̀rin"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of ẹ̀rin",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin, in many cognate languages, this form was replaced by a form seen in Nupe dagba, Idoma adagba, Igala adagba. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ or Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-, and also suggests that it probably is of the same root as the root for four, thereby being a distant Doublet of ẹ̀rin",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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}
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],
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}
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"elephant"
],
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[
"elephant",
"elephant"
]
]
},
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},
{
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"Food and drink",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
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"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
4,
14
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "The mighty one has fallen",
"text": "Erín wó",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a nickname for a mighty person, in comparison to an elephant"
],
"id": "en-erin-yo-noun-tg67Ya~g",
"links": [
[
"nickname",
"nickname"
],
[
"mighty",
"mighty"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "àjànàkú"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ē.ɾĩ̄/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "elephant",
"word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - erinview map"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "eni户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "erin户OlùkùmiUgbódùerin户Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÌfàkì Èkìtìerin户Northwest YorubaẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaerin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú户Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròàjìnàkú户Igbógilaàjìnàkú户Ìjàkáàjìnàkú户Ìlaròóàjìnàkú户Ìṣàwọ́njọàjìnàkú户ÈkóÈkóerin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú户ÌbàdànÌbàdànerin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú户ÌlọrinÌlọrinerin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú户Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́erin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "àjànàkú户Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́erin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú户Ìwóerin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú户Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàerin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú户Bɛ̀nɛ̀erin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "àjànàkú户Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbaerin户Ede Languages"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́àjɛ̀nɛ̀kú户Tchaourouàjɛ̀nɛ̀kú户ǸcàBaàtɛàjìnàkú户Piraàjìnàkú户Banonàjìnàkú户ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàerin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Glazwé",
"word": "àjɛ̀nàkú户Gbómìnàerin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjɛ̀nàkú户Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́erin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "àjìnàkú户Ọ̀húnbẹ́àjìnàkú户Onigboloàjìnàkú户Kétu/ÀnàgóÌláráàjìnàkú户Ìdọ̀fààjìnàkú户Ìmẹ̀kọàjìnàkú户Ìwòyè Kétuàjìnàkú户Kétuerin户Ifɛ̀Akpáréàdzùnàkú户Bokoàdzìnàkú户Moretanàjìnàkú户Tchettiàdzènàkúrú户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjìnàkú户KuraAwotébiílí户户Partagoerin户户Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandijua户Northern NagoKamboleàjànàkú户Manigriàjànàkú户Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaalufán户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ayanakú户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ayanakun户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "elufán户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "eñi户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "erin户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "karakundo户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "malú allanacú户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "malú户"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ayanuko户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"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
}
],
"word": "erin"
}
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"_dis": "0 27 4 34 27 0 9",
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},
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"word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
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"roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
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"1": "erin"
},
"expansion": "erin",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "song",
"word": "orin"
}
],
"categories": [
"Eastern Akoko Yoruba",
"Ekiti Yoruba"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of orin (“song”)"
],
"links": [
[
"orin",
"orin#Yoruba"
],
[
"song",
"song"
]
],
"qualifier": "Eastern Akoko",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ekiti, Eastern Akoko) Alternative form of orin (“song”)"
],
"tags": [
"Ekiti",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ē.ɾĩ̄/"
}
],
"word": "erin"
}
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