eni

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eni"

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ní/

Noun

ení class 2

1. plural of mwini

Edo

Etymology

Cognate with Urhobo eni, Yoruba erin, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *E-ni. See Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.nĩ́/

Noun

ení

1. elephant

Etulo

Noun

ēní

1. water

   ḿ wēnî — I drink water

   ḿ wēnī — I drank water

References

• Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)

Gagauz

Adjective

eni (comparative daha eni, superlative en eni)

1. new

Antonyms

• eski

Derived terms

• enilik

Pericú

Noun

eni

1. water

References

• Rosa Elba Rodríguez Tomp, Cautivos de dios: los cazadores-recolectores de Baja California (2002): Palabras utilizadas por los indigenas de la isla Espiritu Santo, consignadas por Esteban Carbonel en 1632: Ipiri: cuchillo. Unoa: "daca aquello". Boox [sic]: perla. Nacui: concha. Itaurigui: capitán. [...] Vocabulos de los indigenas de las islas de San José y Espiritu Santo registrados per Diego de Parra en 1683: Eni: agua. Boxo [sic]: perla. Aynu: pescado.
• Atlas cultural de México: Lingüística (1988), page 31: El vocabulario pericú que ha logrado compilar León-Portilla es: ipiri “cuchillo”, booxo “perla”, nacui “concha”, eni “agua”, aynu “pescado”, miñicari “cielo”, uriuri “andar”, utere “sentarse”, unoa “dar”, itauriqui “jefe, capitán”.

Pohnpeian

Noun

eni

1. ghost

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• enis, eniu

Etymology

Possibly related to Albanian enjë (“yew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeni/

Noun

eni m

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1. (botany) yew (Taxus baccata)

References

• “eni” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it

Turkish

Noun

eni

1. accusative singular of en
2. third-person singular possessive of en

Urhobo

Etymology

Cognate with Edo eni, Yoruba erin, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *E-ni. See Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.nī/

Noun

eni

1. elephant

Derived terms

• eniame (“hippo”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːni/, /ˈɛni/

Verb

eni

1. Soft mutation of geni.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
geni	eni	ngeni	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• èènì

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.nĩ̀/

Noun

ènì

1. bonus after a purchase

   Synonym: járá

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

     Òní lẹ̀gbọ́n ọ̀la, ìrì wọ̀wọ̀ọ́ ṣẹ̀gbọ́n òjò; ibi ènì l'à á pa ọmọ-alákàràá sí.

     Today is the older sibling to tomorrow, just as heavy dews are the older siblings to the rain; the child seller of fried bean cake gets killed on the issue of a bonus (proverb on degrees and consequences))

Derived terms

• elénì (“the one that involves a bonus after a purchase”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.nĩ́/

Noun

èní

1. Lagos form of òní (“today”)

   Èní ni ọjọ́-ọjà

   Today is the market day.

Derived terms

• lénìí

Etymology 3

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení     Counting: oókan     Adjectival: kan, méní     Ordinal: kìíní, kìn-ín-ní     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan     Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan     Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan

Proposed to be from Proto-Yoruboid *ínḭ́. Likely cognates with Igala ényẹ́ and Ifè ɛnɛ́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.nĩ́/

Numeral

ení

1. one

   Synonym: ọ̀kan

   Ení, èjì, ẹ̀ta, ẹ̀rin, àrún…

   one, two, three, four, five…

   • 2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adeoye, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba Ibadan‎^[2], number LDC2008L03, 1979, page 56, Oxford University Press, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

     Ení bí ení; èjì bí èjì; ẹ̀ta ǹ tagbá; ẹ̀rin wọ̀rọ̀kọ́; àrún ń gódó; ẹ̀fà ti èlè; bí ó ròó, bí ó ròó, èróo bàtá; mo já kẹ́sàn-án; gbangba lẹ̀wá

     One is like one; two is like two; three is like shooting at a calabash; four is like the twisted; five is like pounding a mortar; six is that of ability; as if it will sound a sound as if it will sound a sound; I plucked the ninth; ten is right in the open (lyric for teaching enumeration)

Derived terms

• kìíní
• méní

References

• Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[3], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
• Salem Ǒchála È̩jè̩bá (2016) A Grammar of Ígálâ, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria: The Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), →ISBN
• SIL International (2016) Dictionnaire Ifè‎^[4] (in French)