# ẹyin
## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-ɣɪ̃ or Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-gɪ̃, see Igala ẹ́gẹ, Olukumi ẹ́ghẹ́n, Ifè ɛnyɛ

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̄.jĩ̄/

#### Noun

ẹyin
* egg
    adìyẹ yé ẹyin mẹ́wàá ― The hen laid ten eggs
* crust

##### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹyin (“egg”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ẹwẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | ẹghẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | ẹghẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ẹghẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ẹghẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ẹ́ghẹ́n |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ẹịn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ẹịn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ẹịn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ẹịn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | ẹyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ẹyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | ẹ̀gin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ẹyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ẹ̀ghin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Ana | Sokode | eyĩ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | iyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | iyin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | eyĩ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɛyɛ̃ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | ɛyɛ̃ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | ɛyɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | ɛyɛ̃ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ɛnyɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Awotébi | ínyɛ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Partago | ɛnyɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Kambole | ɛyɛ̃ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Manigri | ɛnyɛ |
| 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

* ẹlẹ́yin (“egg seller”)
* ẹyin díndín (“fried egg”)
* ẹyin sísè (“boiled egg”)
* ẹyinjú (“eyeball”)
* ẹyinjú (“eye ball”)
* pupa ẹyin (“egg yolk”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̀.jĩ̄/

#### Pronoun

ẹ̀yin
* you (emphatic second-person plural personal pronoun)
* you (emphatic honorific second-person singular personal pronoun)

##### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹ̀yin (“you, pl.”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ṣúpárè | Ṣúpárè Àkókó | ẹ̀ghẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ẹ̀wẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ẹ̀wẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | ẹ̀wẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | ẹ̀wẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ẹ̀ghẹn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | àghan |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ìn-in |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ìn-in |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ìn-in |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ẹ̀ghin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | ẹ̀ghin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ìgbẹsà | ẹ̀yi |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ọ̀tà | ẹ̀yi |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Agége | ẹ̀yi |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Ìlogbò Erémi | ẹ̀yi |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ìkirè | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ìwó | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛ̀yin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ẹ̀ghin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ẹ̀ghin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ìnyi |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ɛ̀ŋɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | ɛ̀ŋɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ɛ̀ŋɛ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Overseas Yoruba | Lucumí | Lucumí | Havana | egüin |
| 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. ||||||

#### See also

| | singular | plural or honorific |
| 1st person | mo | a |
| 2nd person | o | ẹ |
| 3rd person | ó | wọ́n |
| | singular | plural or honorific |
| 1st person | mi / n | a |
| 2nd person | o | ẹ |
| 3rd person | [pronoun dropped] | wọn |
| | singular | plural or honorific |
| 1st person | mi | wa |
| 2nd person | ọ / ẹ | yín |
| 3rd person | [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ | wọn |
| | singular | plural or honorific |
| 1st person | èmi | àwa |
| 2nd person | ìwọ | ẹ̀yin |
| 3rd person | òun | àwọn |

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* ẹ̀hìn (old orthography)
* èyìn (Èkìtì)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̀.jĩ̀/

#### Noun

ẹ̀yìn
* back
    ẹ̀yìn ológbò kì í kanlẹ̀ ― The back of a cat never touches the ground
    ẹ̀yìn ìyàwó kò níí mọ ẹní ― May the back of the bride not know the mat - (May the bride not lie on her back for too long for copulation before getting pregnant) (a greeting issued to a bride after a wedding as a prayer for children)
* aftermath
    ẹ wáá wo ẹ̀yìn ọ̀rọ̀ wò ― Come and see the aftermath of the matter
* end, final
    àbámọ̀ níí gbẹ̀yìn ọ̀rọ̀ ― Regret is what normally ends all human endeavors
* absence

#### Adverb

ẹ̀yìn
* behind
    Synonym: ní ẹ̀yìn
    oògùn tí a kò fi owó ṣe, ẹ̀yìn ààrò níí gbé ― Any medicine that does not cost any money to make, usually ends up behind the clay oven (proverb against low premium)
* afterwards
* beyond

#### Synonyms

| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | ẹ̀ìn, ẹ̀yìn |
| 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 | èyìn |
| 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 | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | ẹ̀yìn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Òǹkò | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹ̀yìn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | ẹ̀yìn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìjùmú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | àyìn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | àyìn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - |

#### Derived terms

* alátìlẹyìn (“supporter”)
* eegun ẹ̀yìn (“spine”)
* ní àsẹ̀yìnwá àsẹ̀yìnbọ̀ (“ultimately”)
* ọ̀pá ẹ̀yìn (“backbone”)

### Etymology 4
#### Alternative forms

* eyìn (Èkìtì)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̄.jĩ̀/

#### Noun

ẹyìn
* palm nut
    mo kọ odi ẹyìn mẹ́wàá ― I cut ten bunches of palm nut

##### Derived terms

* epo ẹyìn (“red palm oil”)