# ẹni
## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-nɪ̃ (of which the Central Yoruba form maintains the same form), compare with Arigidi ẹ̀nẹn, Igbo onye, Igala ẹ́nẹ.
Possibly equivalent to ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ni (“to be”), literally “That which exists”

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̄.nĩ̄/

#### Noun

ẹni
* person, one

##### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹni (“person, one”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọni |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́) | ọnà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | ọnẹ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọni |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ọni |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | ọni |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | ọni |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ọnẹ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ọnẹ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ọnẹ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ọnẹ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | ọnẹ, ẹnẹ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ọnẹ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ọnị |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ọnị |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ọnị |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | ọni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ọni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ɔni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɛnɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | ɛnɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ɛnɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Aledjo-Koura | ɛni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Awotébi | ɛni |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Partago | ɛni |
| 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. ||||||

##### Derived terms

* ẹlẹ́ni
* ẹlòmíì
* ẹni a fẹ́ la mọ̀
* ẹni tí ò gbọ́n lààwẹ̀ ń gbò
* ẹni tí ò lówó á léèyàn
* ẹnikẹ́ni (“anyone”)
* ẹnìkan (“a person”)
* mọni (“to know a person”)
* Ọlọ́run ẹlẹ́ni mẹ́ta (“triune god”)

### Etymology 2

Compare with Ifè aní, Itsekiri ẹní, Olukumi ẹní

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̄.nĩ́/

#### Noun

ẹní
* straw mat; usually used for sleeping
    baba ń hun ẹní ― The father is weaving a mat

##### Synonyms

| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | ẹní |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | ení |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | ẹní |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | ẹní |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Òǹkò | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹní |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | ẹní |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìjùmú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | aní |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - |

##### Derived terms

* ẹlẹ́ní (“mat seller”)

### Etymology 3

Cognate with Itsekiri ẹnẹ (“we, us, our”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̄.nĩ̄/

#### Determiner

ẹni
* (Ijebu) our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)
    Ulé ẹni rèé ― This is our house

#### Pronoun

ọ̀wọn
* (Ijebu) us (first-person plural object pronoun)

##### See also

| Number | Person | Affirmative Subject Pronoun | Negative Subject Pronoun | Emphatic Pronoun | Possessive Pronoun | Object Pronoun | Possessive Determiner | Reflexive Pronoun |
| Singular | First | mo | mí | èmi | tèmi | mi | mi | ara mi |
| Singular | Second | wo | wé | ùwọ | tiẹ | ẹ | ẹ | ara ẹ |
| Singular | Third | ó, é | [pronoun dropped] | òwun, òun | tiẹ̀ | ẹ̀ | ẹ̀ | ara ẹ̀ |
| Plural and Honorific | First | a | á | àwa | tẹni | ẹni | ẹni | ara ẹni |
| Plural and Honorific | Second | wẹn | wẹ́n | ẹ̀wẹn | tiwẹn | wẹn | wẹn | ara wẹn |
| Plural and Honorific | Third | wọ́n | wọ́n | ọ̀wọn | tiwọn | wọn | wọn | ara wọn |