yeye

See also: yéye, yéyé, yé-yé, yěyé, yèyè, and yeyə

Bangi

Pronoun

yeye

1. he

Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjeje/ [ˈje.je]
• Rhymes: -eje
• Syllabification: ye‧ye

Verb

yeye

1. to jump rope made of woven rubber bands

Noun

yeye (plural yeye-yeye)

1. a game using a string of rubber bands, played by three or more people, two people holding the rope and the others jumping over the rope, starting from the lowest (knee) to the highest (semerdeka)

Further reading

• “yeye”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Lingala

Pronoun

yeye

1. he

Luba-Kasai

Pronoun

yeye

1. him

Middle English

Verb

yeye

1. (Ireland) alternative form of yeyen

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Possibly from Yoruba yẹ̀yẹ́.

Adjective

yeye

1. useless, senseless, trivial, bad
   • (Can we date this quote?), Anthonia Ujene, “Khalai yan with plant”, in Storybooks African Languages‎^[1]:

     Khalai dey yan to flower wen surround her school. “Abeg oo flower, make grow strong oo so yeye person no go fit enter our school.”

     Khalai talks to the flowers around her school. “Please, flowers, grow strong so that no bad person can enter our school.”

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably a reduplication of Fon yɛ̀ (“shadow, spirit”).

Noun

yeye

1. spirit, ghost
2. (Winti) in the Afro-Surinamese Winti belief system, the multi-component spiritual self in its entirety; the combination of the separate spiritual elements or entities that make up the soul

Derived terms

• Santa Yeye

Adjective

yeye

1. spiritual

Swahili

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa iyé (“3rd person singular pronoun”) and Tumbuka iye (“3rd person singular pronoun”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Pronoun

yeye

1. he/she/it/they (singular) (third-person singular pronoun)

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class_(I/II))

	person	independent	subject concord		object concord	combined forms			possessive
			affirmative	negative		na	ndi-	si-
singular	first	mimi	ni-	si-	-ni-	nami, na mimi	ndimi, ndiye	simi, siye	-angu
	second	wewe	u-	hu-	-ku-	nawe, na wewe	ndiwe, ndiye	siwe, siye	-ako
	third	yeye	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	naye, na yeye	ndiye	siye	-ake
plural	first	sisi	tu-	hatu-	-tu-	nasi, na sisi	ndisi, ndio	sio	-etu
	second	ninyi	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-wa-	nanyi, na ninyi	ndinyi, ndio	sinyi, sio	-enu
	third	wao	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	nao	ndio	sio	-ao
reflexive		—	—		-ji-	—			—

For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• èyé (Èkìtì)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jè.jé/

Noun

yèyé

1. mother, a title of respect for an older woman or a priestess of the orisha

   Synonyms: ìyá, màmá, mọ́mì, abiyamọ, iye, màámi, ìmọ́ọ̀

Derived terms

• yèyé omi (“A general name for female river orisha, A priestess of any one of the river orisha”)
• yèyé Onírá (“A nickname for the orisha Oya”)
• yèyé Ọ̀ṣun (“A priestess of Osun, a nickname for Osun”)
• yèyélúwa (“Queen”)

Etymology 2

Likely from a partial reduplication of *ye (“to be many”). Compare with Olukumi yéye, Itsekiri toye, Igala wéwe, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *yéye, from Proto-Edekiri *yéye, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *wéwe. Also see Ayere yè. iye (“amount, value”) may come from that same *ye root.

Alternative forms

• yíye (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jé.jē/

Noun

yéye

1. (Èkìtì, SEY, and Ìyàgbà) large quantity; numerous ones

Adverb

yéye

1. very much

Determiner

yéye

1. much

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: púpọ̀ (“very much, plenty”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Ọ̀bà	Ọ̀bà Àkókó	yéye
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)			yéye
			Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		yéye
		Ìjẹ̀bú			yéye
			Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	yéye
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	yéye
				Ìkòròdú	yéye
				Ṣágámù	yéye
		Ifọ́n			yéye
			Ifọ́n		yéye
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)			yéye
			Òkìtìpupa		yéye
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)			yéye
			Mahin		yéye
		Oǹdó			yéye
			Oǹdó		yéye
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)			yéye
			Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		yéye
		Usẹn			yéye
			Usẹn		yéye
	Ìtsẹkírì				yéye
		Ìwẹrẹ			yéye
	Olùkùmi				yéye
		Ugbódù			yéye
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	yéye, yíye
				Òdè Èkìtì	yéye, yíye
				Òmùò Èkìtì	yéye, yíye
				Awó Èkìtì	yéye, yíye
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	yéye
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	yéye, yíye
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì			púpọ̀
			Èbúté Mẹ́tà		púpọ̀
			Ìgbẹsà		púpọ̀
			Ọ̀tà		púpọ̀
			Agége		púpọ̀
			Ìlogbò Erémi		púpọ̀
		Ẹ̀gbá			púpọ̀
			Abẹ́òkúta		púpọ̀
		Ẹ̀gbádò	Ayétòrò		púpọ̀
			Igbógila		púpọ̀
			Ìjàká		púpọ̀
			Ìlaròó		púpọ̀
			Ìṣàwọ́njọ		púpọ̀
		Èkó			púpọ̀
			Èkó		púpọ̀
		Ìbàdàn			púpọ̀
			Ìbàdàn		púpọ̀
		Ìbàràpá			púpọ̀
			Igbó Òrà		púpọ̀
		Ìbọ̀lọ́			púpọ̀
			Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)		púpọ̀
			Ọ̀fà		púpọ̀
		Ìlọrin			púpọ̀
			Ìlọrin		púpọ̀
		Oǹkó	Òtù		púpọ̀
			Ìwéré Ilé		púpọ̀
			Òkèhò		púpọ̀
			Ìsẹ́yìn		púpọ̀
			Ṣakí		púpọ̀
			Tedé		púpọ̀
			Ìgbẹ́tì		púpọ̀
		Ọ̀yọ́			púpọ̀
			Ọ̀yọ́		púpọ̀
			Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)		púpọ̀
			Ìkirè		púpọ̀
			Ìwó		púpọ̀
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà		púpọ̀
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀		kpúkpɔ̀
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà			yéye
			Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó		yéye
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana			kpíkpɔ̀
			Sokode		kpíkpɔ̀
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)		kpíkpɔ̀
			Tchaourou		kpíkpɔ̀
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)			kpúkpɔ̀
			Baàtɛ		kpúkpɔ̀
		Ìdàácà			kpíkpɔ̀
			Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	kpíkpɔ̀
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	kpúkpɔ̀
				Ọ̀húnbẹ́	púpọ̀
				Onigbolo	kpúkpɔ̀
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Ìlárá	pípọ̀
				Ìmẹ̀kọ	pípọ̀
				Kétu	kpíkpɔ̀
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré		kpíkpɔ̀
			Atakpamɛ		kpíkpɔ̀
			Boko		kpíkpɔ̀
			Est-Mono		kpíkpɔ̀
Moretan			kpíkpɔ̀
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)			kpíkpɔ̀
Kura	Awotébi		kpɔ́
	Partago		ɔ́kpɔ̀
Mɔ̄kɔ́lé			bútútú, ńkpɔ̀ ńkpɔ̀
	Kandi		bútútú, ńkpɔ̀ ńkpɔ̀
Northern Nago	Kambole		ɔkpɔ
	Manigri		kikpo
Southern Nago	Ìsakété		kpúkpɔ̀
	Ìfànyìn		kpúkpɔ̀
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.