le e

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lee"

Ede Ije

Etymology

Most Yoruboid languages have a common cognate form see Yoruba dialects, Ondo è sí, Ẹ̀gbá & Ìjẹ̀bú lè sí, Ijesha yè sí, Ọ̀wọ̀ sí, Iyagba nè ghí. Cognate with Itsekiri nè sín, Olukumi è ghí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lè é/

Pronoun

lè é

1. (interrogative) who, whom, whose

   Lè é nẹ olìkọ́ pè?

   who did the teacher call?

Usage notes

• An information-seeking question word for the human entity which is always followed by nẹ

References

• Muibat, Olawuwo Titilade (December 2021), “Contrastive Study of Question Markers in Standard Yorùbá and Ọ̀họ̀rí Dialect”, in African Scholar Publications & Research International‎, volume 23, number 8, Oyo, pages 1-14