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	Ào			arun
			Ìdóàní		arun
		Eastern Àkókó			ẹrun
			Ìkàrẹ́	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)	ẹrun
			Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	ẹrun
			Ọ̀bà	Ọ̀bà Àkókó	ẹrun, aun
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)			ẹun
			Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		ẹun
		Ìjẹ̀bú			ẹrun
			Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ẹrun
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ẹrun
				Ìkòròdú	ẹrun
				Ṣágámù	ẹrun
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)			ẹrun
			Òkìtìpupa		ẹrun
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)			ẹrun, arun
			Mahin		ẹrun, arun
		Oǹdó			ẹun
			Oǹdó		ẹun
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)			ẹrun
			Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		ẹrun
		Usẹn			ẹrun
			Usẹn		ẹrun
	Ìtsẹkírì				arun
		Ìwẹrẹ			arun
	Olùkùmi				ẹrun
		Ugbódù			ẹrun
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ẹrụn
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	ẹrụn
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ẹrụn
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ẹrụn
		Western Àkókó			arun
			Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó		arun
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì			ẹnu, ẹru
			Èbúté Mẹ́tà		ẹnu, ẹru
		Ẹ̀gbá			ẹrun
			Abẹ́òkúta		ẹrun
		Ẹ̀gbádò	Ìjàká		ẹnu
		Èkó			ẹnu
			Èkó		ẹnu
		Ìbàdàn			ẹnu
			Ìbàdàn		ẹnu
		Ìbọ̀lọ́			ẹnu
			Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)		ẹnu
		Ìgbómìnà	Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA		arun
			Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA		ẹnu
			Ìsin LGA		ẹnu
		Ìlọrin			ẹnu
			Ìlọrin		ẹnu
		Oǹkó	Òtù		ẹnu
			Ìwéré Ilé		ẹnu
			Òkèhò		ẹnu
			Ìsẹ́yìn		ẹnu
			Ṣakí		ẹnu
			Tedé		ẹnu
			Ìgbẹ́tì		ẹnu
		Ọ̀yọ́			ẹnu
			Ọ̀yọ́		ẹnu
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà		ẹnu
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀		ɛnu
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé			arun
			Kabba		arun
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana			anu
			Sokode		anu
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)		anu
			Tchaourou		anu
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)			anu
			Baàtɛ		anu
		Ìdàácà			ɔrun
			Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ɔrun
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ɛnu
				Onigbolo	ɛnu
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	ɛnu
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré		arũ
			Atakpamɛ		arũ
			Boko		ɔrũ
			Moretan		arũ
			Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)		arũ
		Kura	Awotébi		ánɔ́
			Partago		anɔ
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé			ɡɛ́lé
			Kandi		ɡɛ́lé
		Northern Nago	Kambole		anu
			Manigri		anu
		Southern Nago	Ìsakété		ɛnu
			Ìfànyìn		ɛnu
	Overseas Yoruba	Lucumí			enu
			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.