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^(key): /ɛ̄.ɾũ̄/

Noun

ẹrun

1. mouth
2. (by extension) language

Related terms

• owùn (“voice”)

Yoruba

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Ìjẹ̀bú Yorùbá

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^(key): /ɛ̄.ɾũ̄/

Noun

ẹrun

1. (Ọwọ, Ikalẹ, Ijebu, Ilajẹ) mouth

Synonyms

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