ẹyẹ

See also: Eye, eye, and ɛyɛ

Olukumi

Etymology 1

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Yoruba ẹyẹ, likely related to Edo áwẹ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹyẹ

bird

Etymology 2

Compare with Yoruba ìyẹ́, Igala ìwẹ́, probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ̀-wɛ́, and likely on analogy with Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ́/

Noun

ẹyẹ́

feather

References

Arokoyo, Bolanle E. & Mabodu, Olamide (2017) Olukumi Bilingual Dictionary‎, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-wɛ. Cognate with Igala ẹ́wẹ, Olukumi ẹyẹ, Ifè ɛyɛ. Likely related to Edo áwẹ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹyẹ

bird

Derived terms

ẹlẹ́yẹ (“someone who sells birds, someone who owns birds, a witch”)
ẹyẹ agánrán
ẹyẹ agbe
ẹyẹ atíálá (“hornbill”)
ẹyẹ ẹ̀gà (“village weaver”)
ẹyẹ olongo
ẹyẹ olóòféèré
ẹyẹ oriri
ẹyẹ ọ̀sìn
ẹyẹ Ṣàngó
ẹyẹ yọja-yọja (“anhinga”)
ẹyẹ àdàbà (“turtle dove”)
ẹyẹ àgbìgbò
ẹyẹ àkọ̀ (“heron, stork”)
ẹyẹ àkókó (“woodpecker”)
ẹyẹ àlùkò
ẹyẹ àparò
ẹyẹ àpọ́n (“kingfisher”)
ẹyẹ àrọ̀nì
ẹyẹ àṣá (“hawk”)
ẹyẹ òdèréekókò
ẹyẹ ògé (“egyptian plover”)
ẹyẹ òrofó (“green pidgeon”)
ẹyẹ òtété
ẹyẹ òwìwí (“barn owl”)
ẹyẹ-ọba
ẹyẹ-ọ̀pẹ́ẹ̀rẹ́ (“bulbul”)
ẹyẹkẹ́ye (“any bird, a bad bird”)
ẹyẹlé (“pigeon”)
ẹyẹòbàlè-efinrin
ilé ẹyẹ (“nest”)
kòṣeku-kòṣẹyẹ (“a species of bat”)
àgógónu ẹyẹ (“beak”)
ààbọ̀ isinmi ẹyẹ (“nest”)

Etymology 2

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ yẹ (“to befit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.jɛ̄/

Noun

ẹ̀yẹ

honor, respect, dignity, a common suffix in many Yoruba names
Synonyms: iyì, ọ̀wọ̀

Derived terms

Akínlẹ́yẹ
ẹlẹ́yẹ (“celebrant, an honorable person”)
Oyèélẹ́yẹ
Ọlọ́finmẹ̀yẹ

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