Etymology
Contraction of èfínfín, ultimately from è- (nominalizing prefix) + fínfín (reduplication of fín (“to blow air onto something”)).
Noun
èéfín
- smoke
Synonyms
More information Yoruba varieties and languages: èéfín (“smoke”), Language family ...
| Yoruba varieties and languages: èéfín (“smoke”) |
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
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| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ọ̀bà | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | èéfín |
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| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | èwọ̀rìwọ̀, ìwọ̀rìwọ̀ |
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| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | èfífí |
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| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | èfífí, èéfí |
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| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | èìghọ̀ |
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| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | èfínfín |
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| Usẹn | Usẹn | èfífí |
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| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | èghẹ̀rìghọ̀ |
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| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | èghìghọ̀ |
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| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | èéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀ |
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| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | èéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀ |
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| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | èéfí, èfífí, ẹ̀ị̀ọ̀, ẹ̀ẹ̀yọ̀ |
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| Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | èéfí, èfífí |
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| Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | èéfín |
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| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | èéfín |
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| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | èéfín, ẹ̀ẹ́fín |
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| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | èéfín, ɛ̀ɛ́fín |
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| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | afífí |
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| Owé | Kabba | afí, èfí |
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| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | òwúwɔ̀ |
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| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | òwúwɔ̀ |
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| Tchaourou | òwúwɔ̀ |
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| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | òrúrɔ̀ |
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| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | òwúrɔ̀ |
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| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | owóiwɔ |
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| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | èéfín |
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| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | òwúrɔ̀ |
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| Atakpamɛ | òwúwɔ̀, òrúrɔ̀ |
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| Boko | òwúrɔ̀ |
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| Moretan | òwúrɔ̀ |
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| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | òwúrɔ̀ |
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| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | cùà |
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| Northern Nago | Kambole | òwúwɔ̀ |
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| 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. |
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