ẹghẹn

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Olukumi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ẹ̀gígán ẹghẹn

Cognates with Itsekiri ẹghẹn, Ondo & Owo Yoruba ẹghẹn, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ẹwẹn, Yoruba ẹyin, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹịn, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ẹ́ghẹ́n

  1. egg

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognates with Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ẹ̀wẹn, Yoruba ẹ̀yin, Èkìtì Yoruba ìn-in

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ẹ̀ghẹn

  1. (Ọwọ) you (emphatic second-person plural honorific personal pronoun)

Etymology 2[edit]

Agbàn ẹghẹn

Cognates with Itsekiri ẹghẹn, Olukumi ẹ́ghẹ́n, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ẹwẹn, Yoruba ẹyin, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹịn, see Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ẹghẹn

  1. (Ọwọ, Ondo) egg