ẹnu
Yoruba
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Etymology
[edit]Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-lʊ̃ or Proto-Yoruboid *á-rʊ̃ã. Cognates include Ifè arũ, Itsekiri arun, Igbo ọnụ (“mouth”), Igala álu (“mouth”), Ayere anu, Àhàn arũ, Akpes onu, Arigidi orũ, and Ewe nu (“mouth”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ẹnu
Synonyms
[edit]| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹnu (“mouth”) | ||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè | Ìdànrè | ẹun |
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ẹrun | ||
| Ìkòròdú | ẹrun | |||
| Ṣágámù | ẹrun | |||
| Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ẹrun | |||
| Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | ẹrun | ||
| Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | ẹrun, arun | ||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ẹun | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | ẹrun | ||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | ẹrun | ||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | arun | ||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ẹrun | ||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ẹrụn |
| Àkúrẹ́ | ẹrụn | |||
| Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ẹrụn | |||
| Ìgbómìnà | Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | arun | ||
| Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | ẹnu | |||
| Ìsin LGA | ẹnu | |||
| Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | arun | ||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹnu | |
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ẹrun | ||
| Èkó | Èkó | ẹnu | ||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹnu | ||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | ẹnu | ||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹnu | ||
| Oǹkó | Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA | ẹnu | ||
| Ìwàjówà LGA | ẹnu | |||
| Kájọlà LGA | ẹnu | |||
| Ìsẹ́yìn LGA | ẹnu | |||
| Ṣakí West LGA | ẹnu | |||
| Atisbo LGA | ẹnu | |||
| Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA | ẹnu | |||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹnu | ||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹnu | ||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛnu | |||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | arun | |
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | anu | |
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | anu | ||
| Tchaourou | anu | |||
| Ìcà | Agoua | anu | ||
| Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | ɔrun | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ɛnu | ||
| Kétu | ɛnu | |||
| Onigbolo | ɛnu | |||
| Yewa | ẹnu | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | arũ | ||
| Atakpamé | arũ | |||
| Boko | ɔrũ | |||
| Moretan | arũ | |||
| Tchetti | arũ | |||
| Kura | Awotébi | ánɔ́ | ||
| Partago | anɔ | |||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | ɡɛ́lé | ||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | anu | ||
| Manigri | anu | |||
| Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ɛnu | ||
| Ìfànyìn | ɛnu | |||
| Overseas Yoruba | Lucumí | Havana | enu | |
| 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, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]- ẹlẹ́nu irú (“one with a smelly mouth”)
- ẹnu iṣẹ́ (“state of work”)
- fẹnu kò (“to kiss”)
- gbẹ́nu dákẹ́ (“to shut up”)
- gbẹ́nu sọ́hùn-ún (“to shut up”)
- lanu (“to open the mouth”)
- mẹ́nu kàn (“to mention”)
- panu dé (“to quieten”)
- panu mọ́ (“to shut up”)
- ta lẹ́nu (“to be spicy”)
- tẹnu mọ́ (“to refer to”)
- yà lẹ́nu (“to surprise”)
- ìsọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu di ọ̀rọ̀ ìwé (“speech recognition”)