ẹrin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "erin"

Yoruba

Etymology 1

**Yoruba numbers ^(edit)**
	40
← 3	4	5 →
Cardinal: ẹ̀rin Counting: ẹẹ́rin Adjectival: mẹ́rin Ordinal: kẹrin Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹrin Distributive: mẹ́rin mẹ́rin Collective: mẹ́rẹ̀ẹ̀rin Fractional: ìdarin

From Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lɪ̃, see there for other Niger-Congo cognates. Within Yoruboid, cognate with Ifè mɛ́ɛrɛ̃, Igala ẹ̀lẹ̀, Itsekiri mẹ́ẹrẹn, and Olukumi mẹ́rẹ̀n.

Proposed to be a distant doublet of erin, as they both are believed to be from the same root as Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni from earlier Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nani.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.ɾĩ̄/

Numeral

ẹ̀rin

four

Alternative forms

ẹ̀rịn (Ekiti)

Derived terms

bẹ́rin (“to give birth to quadruplets”)
dẹ̀rin (“to become four”)
ẹẹ́rin (“four, counting/long form”)
ẹgbẹ̀rin (“eight hundred”)
ẹgbàarin (“eight thousand”)
ẹlẹ́rin (“owner of four”)
(very rare) ẹ̀rẹ̀ẹ̀rin (“all four”)
jẹ̀rin (“win a game of ayo”)
mẹ́rin (“four, adjectival form”)
ọgọ́rin (“eighty”)
ṣẹ̀rin (“for two people's eyes to meet”)
ìbẹ́rin (“quadruplets”)
ìdarin (“fourth, fraction”)
ìdunrín (“three years ago”)
ìjẹrin (“three days ago”)
ìjẹ̀rin (“style of ayo game”)
ìkẹrin (“fourth”)
ìlàrin (“fourth, used with liquids”)

Descendants

Lucumí: erín

Etymology 2

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rín (“to smile; to laugh”).

Alternative forms

èrín (Ekiti)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.ɾĩ́/

Noun

ẹ̀rín

smile; grin
laugh; giggling

Derived terms

apanilẹ́rìn-ín (“comedian, comedic”)
bú sẹ́rìn-ín (“to burst into laughter”)
bú sẹ́rìn-ín kèékèé (“to burst into laughter”)
ẹlẹ́rìn-ín (“one who laughs”)
ẹ̀rín kk (“lol, hahaha”)
ẹ̀rín múṣẹ́ (“friendly smile”)
ẹ̀rín àríntàkìtì (“laughter to the extent of falling down”)
ẹ̀rín ìyàngì (“awkward smile, fake smile”)
pa lẹ́rìn-ín (“to make laugh”)
rẹ́rìn-ín (“to laugh; to smile”)
rẹ́rìn-ín kèékèé (“to laugh”)

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀/

Noun

ẹ̀rìn

Name of a plant. Further details are uncertain.

References

Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN