ẹwẹn

See also: ewen, Éwén, and Ewen

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates with Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba ẹ̀ghẹn, Yoruba ẹ̀yin, Èkìtì Yoruba ìn-in

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.wɛ̃̄/

Pronoun

ẹ̀wẹn

  1. (Ijebu) you (emphatic second-person plural honorific personal pronoun)
Derived terms
  • wẹn (“you”)

See also

Ijebu personal pronouns
subject object1 emphatic
affirmative negative
singular 1st person mo mèé mi èmi
2nd person wo wé ẹ ìwọ
3rd person ó, é [pronoun dropped] [preceding vowel repeated for mono­syllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ òwun, òun
plural 1st person a á ẹni àwa
2nd person wẹn wẹ́n wẹn ẹ̀wẹn
3rd person wọ́n wọn wọn ọ̀wọn
1 Object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Etymology 2

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃. Cognates with Itsekiri ẹghẹn, Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba ẹghẹn, Olukumi ẹghẹn, Yoruba ẹyin, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹịn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.wɛ̃̄/

Noun

ẹwẹn

  1. (Ijebu) egg
    Ẹdùwẹ yẹ̀n yẹ́n ẹwẹn wọ̀nwé ― That chicken laid these eggs
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