# eniyan
## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* عِنِيَن
* ènìà (archaic)

### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *Vnḭ. A folk etymology states it comes from eni (“being, person”) +‎ ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ yàn (“to choose”), literally “Chosen beings”, in comparison to earlier pre-human earthly beings called eníyán, translated as "the one's who were expelled."

### Pronunciation

IPA: /è.nĩ̀.jã̀/

### Noun

ènìyàn
* person, people, human being

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ènìyàn (“person”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ònìyọ̀n |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìkòròdú | ònìyọ̀n |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ṣágámù | ònìyọ̀n |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ònìyọ̀n |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | iráyé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | iráyé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | iáyé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | irẹ́yé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n, ịráyé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n, ịráyé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà | Iléṣà | ònìyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | ọ̀nị̀yọ̀n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ènìyàn, èèyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | ènìyàn, èèyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ènìyàn, èèyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ènìyàn, èèyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA | èèyẹ̀n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìwàjówà LGA | èèyẹ̀n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Kájọlà LGA | èèyẹ̀n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn LGA | èèyẹ̀n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ṣakí West LGA | èèyẹ̀n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Atisbo LGA | èèyẹ̀n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA | èèyẹ̀n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ènìyàn, èèyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ènìyàn, èèyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ènìyàn, èèyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | ònìyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ònìyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu | ònìyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Onigbolo | ònìyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Yewa | ònìyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɔ̀nyà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamé | ɔ̀nyà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | ɔ̀nyà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti | ɔ̀nyà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ònìyàn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Ìfànyìn | ònìyàn |

#### Derived terms

* ẹ̀dá-ènìyàn (“homo sapiens”)