# ẹrun
## Olukumi
### Etymology

Compare with Ekiti Yoruba ẹrụn, Southeast Yoruba Yoruba ẹrun, Yoruba ẹnu, Igbo ọ́nú, Owe Yoruba arun. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-lʊ̃

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̄.ɾũ̄/

### Noun

ẹrun
* mouth
* (by extension) language

#### Related terms

* owùn (“voice”)

## Yoruba

Picture dictionary :
ẹrun
ojú
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ẹrun
àgbọ̀n
ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́
etí
òtùnwá
ọrọ̀n :

### Etymology

Cognate with Olukumi ẹrun, Owé Yoruba arun, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹrụn, Oǹdó Yoruba ẹun, Yoruba ẹnu, and Igbo ọ́nú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-lʊ̃.
See Standard Yorùbá entry ẹnu for other terms used in the Yoruboid linguistic continuum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̄.ɾũ̄/

### Noun

ẹrun
* (Ọwọ, Ikalẹ, Ijebu, Ilajẹ) mouth

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹnu (“mouth”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Àkùngbá Àkókó | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | ẹrun, aun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè | Ìdànrè | ẹun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìkòròdú | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ṣágámù | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | ẹrun, arun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ẹun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | ẹrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | arun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ẹrun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ẹrụn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | ẹrụn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ẹrụn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Ìfàkì Èkìtì | ẹrụn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | arun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìsin LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | arun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹnu, ẹru |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ẹrun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìwàjówà LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Kájọlà LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ṣakí West LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Atisbo LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | arun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | anu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | anu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | anu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìcà | Agoua | anu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | ɔrun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ɛnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu (Kétu Dialect) | ɛnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Onigbolo | ɛnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ìjàká | ẹnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | arũ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamé | arũ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | ɔrũ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | arũ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti | arũ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Awotébi | ánɔ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Partago | anɔ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | ɡɛ́lé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Kambole | anu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Manigri | anu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ɛnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Ìfànyìn | ɛnu |
| Proto-Yoruba | 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. |||||