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"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"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"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*é-lĩ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yrd-pro",
"3": "*é-nĩ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ",
"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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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "erin",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "erin",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "erin",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "erin",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "erin"
},
"expansion": "erin",
"name": "yo-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "28 24 2 21 19 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Mammals",
"orig": "yo:Mammals",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 7 25 23 0 13",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "yo:Music",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 15 7 23 27 10 7",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "yo:Plants",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"elephant"
],
"id": "en-erin-yo-noun-zQjExDFt",
"links": [
[
"elephant",
"elephant"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 95",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Cabe links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ica links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Idaca links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ede Ije links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 84",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Kura Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 89",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Kura Ede Nago terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 84",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Manigri-Kambolé Ede Nago links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 28 4 31 28 5 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 27 3 33 27 4 3",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Foods",
"orig": "yo:Foods",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 24 2 21 19 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Mammals",
"orig": "yo:Mammals",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 7 25 23 0 13",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 15 7 23 27 10 7",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Plants",
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"parents": [],
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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尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "erin尙OlùkùmiUgbódùerin尙Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÌfàkì Èkìtìerin尙Northwest YorubaẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútaerin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú尙Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròàjìnàkú尙Igbógilaàjìnàkú尙Ìjàkáàjìnàkú尙Ìlaròóàjìnàkú尙Ìṣàwọ́njọàjìnàkú尙ÈkóÈkóerin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú尙ÌbàdànÌbàdànerin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú尙ÌlọrinÌlọrinerin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú尙Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́erin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Ògbómọ̀sọ́",
"word": "àjànàkú尙Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́erin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú尙Ìwóerin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú尙Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàerin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjànàkú尙Bɛ̀nɛ̀erin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "àjànàkú尙Northeast Yoruba"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "OkunOwéKabbaerin尙Ede languages"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Dasa Zunmɛ̀",
"word": "Southwest YorubaCábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́àjɛ̀nɛ̀kú尙Tchaourouàjɛ̀nɛ̀kú尙ǸcàBaàtɛàjìnàkú尙Piraàjìnàkú尙Banonàjìnàkú尙ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácàerin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Glazwé",
"word": "àjɛ̀nàkú尙Gbómìnàerin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjɛ̀nàkú尙Ọ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́erin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
"word": "àjìnàkú尙Ọ̀húnbẹ́àjìnàkú尙Onigboloàjìnàkú尙Kétu/ÀnàgóÌláráàjìnàkú尙Ìdọ̀fààjìnàkú尙Ìmẹ̀kọàjìnàkú尙Ìwòyè Kétuàjìnàkú尙Kétuerin尙Ifɛ̀Akpáréàdzùnàkú尙Bokoàdzìnàkú尙Moretanàjìnàkú尙Tchettiàdzènàkúrú尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "àjìnàkú尙KuraAwotébiílí尙尙Partagoerin尙尙Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandijua尙Northern NagoKamboleàjànàkú尙Manigriàjànàkú尙Overseas YorubaLucumíHavanaalufán尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ayanakú尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ayanakun尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "elufán尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "eñi尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "erin尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "karakundo尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "malú allanacú尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "malú尙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ayanuko尙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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{
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"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "erin",
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},
"expansion": "erin",
"name": "head"
},
{
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"2": "erin",
"3": ""
},
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},
{
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},
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],
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{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"The tree Picralima nitida and its seeds, which are used for traditional medicine"
],
"id": "en-erin-yo-noun-6zhONNxt"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ē.ɾĩ̄/"
}
],
"word": "erin"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"forms": [
{
"form": "enin",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "erin",
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},
"expansion": "erin",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "erin",
"3": ""
},
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},
{
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},
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],
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 28 4 31 28 5 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "3 27 3 33 27 4 3",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 24 2 21 19 3 3",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 7 25 23 0 13",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 15 7 23 27 10 7",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"The herb Peperomia pellucida"
],
"id": "en-erin-yo-noun-7q4bTQGG",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ekiti) The herb Peperomia pellucida"
],
"tags": [
"Ekiti"
]
}
],
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{
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}
],
"word": "erin"
}
{
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{
"form": "erín",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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{
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"2": "noun",
"head": "erín",
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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"3": ""
},
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},
{
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},
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],
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{
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{
"_dis": "1 28 4 31 28 5 3",
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"name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 27 3 33 27 4 3",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 24 2 21 19 3 3",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 7 25 23 0 13",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 15 7 23 27 10 7",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "yo",
"name": "Plants",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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],
"id": "en-erin-yo-noun-jXH8Ds38"
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ē.ɾĩ́/"
}
],
"word": "erin"
}
{
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"forms": [
{
"form": "erín",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "erín àgbàdo",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "noun",
"head": "erín",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "erín",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun",
"2": "erín",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "erín",
"name": "yo-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "erín"
},
"expansion": "erín",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "yo",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"a corncob, ear"
],
"id": "en-erin-yo-noun-411UFGjB",
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[
"corncob",
"corncob"
],
[
"ear",
"ear"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ē.ɾĩ́/"
}
],
"word": "erin"
}
{
"etymology_number": 6,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yor-pro",
"3": "*o-rĩ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruba *o-rĩ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-edk-pro",
"3": "*e-rĩ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Edekiri *e-rĩ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "alv-yor-pro",
"3": "*é-lĩ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Yoruba *é-lĩ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ulb",
"2": "orin"
},
"expansion": "Olukumi orin",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ife",
"2": "orin"
},
"expansion": "Ifè orin",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "its",
"2": "ẹrín"
},
"expansion": "Itsekiri ẹrín",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "igl",
"2": "éli"
},
"expansion": "Igala éli",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Yoruba *o-rĩ, *e-rĩ, from Proto-Edekiri *e-rĩ, *o-rĩ, ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *é-lĩ. The use of e-/o- suffixes signify the retention of an obsolete singular/plural noun market that has been obsolete since Proto-Yoruboid. Compare with Olukumi orin, Ifè orin, Itsekiri ẹrín, Igala éli",
"forms": [
{
"form": "orin",
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"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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