iyẹn

Yoruba

Etymology

An intralingual borrowing from SEY spoken varieties into NWY and CY. The opposition between the demonstrative pronouns 'this' and 'that' is expressed by èyí and èyinì respectively in NWY and CY. In some SEY spoken varieties, however, it is ìyí and ìyẹn. In some NWY and CY spoken varieties èyinì and ìyẹn are still used side by side, but with ìyẹn gaining ground over èyinì.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ì.jɛ̃̄/
  • (Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìkálẹ̀) IPA(key): /ì.jɛ̃̀/

Pronoun

ìyẹn

  1. that thing/person
    Synonyms: (NWY, CY) èyinì (“that”), ìyun-ùn
    Antonyms: èyí (“this”), (SEY) ìyí (“this”)

Pronoun

ìyẹ̀n

  1. (Ikalẹ, Ijebu) that thing/person

Derived terms
  • nìyẹn
Standard Yorùbá
Ìjẹ̀bú
Ìkálẹ̀
  • ghànyẹ̀n (“those”)
  • ghànyí (“these”)
  • yẹ̀n (“this”)
  • yí (“this”)
  • ìghànyẹ̀n (“those”)
  • ìghànyí (“these”)
  • ìyí (“this”)

References
  1. Abiodun, Adetugbọ (1967) “The Yoruba Language in Western Nigeria: Its major dialect areas”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
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