erin

See also: ẹrin, Erin, and Érin

Dutch

Etymology

Univerbation of er + in.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈrɪn/, /ɛˈrɪn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧in
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Adverb

erin

  1. pronominal adverb form of in + het

Inflection

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

erin

  1. instructive plural of erä

Anagrams

Manchu

Romanization

erin

  1. Romanization of ᡝᡵᡳᠨ

Sumerian

Romanization

erin

  1. Romanization of 𒂞 (erin)

Turkish

Noun

erin

  1. genitive singular of er
  2. second-person singular possessive of er

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Erin

Cognate with Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Igala éli, Olukumi erin, in many cognate languages, this form was replaced by a form seen in Nupe dagba, Idoma adagba, Igala adagba. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ or Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-, and also suggests that it probably is of the same root as the root for four, thereby being a distant Doublet of ẹ̀rin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.ɾĩ̄/

Noun

erin

  1. elephant
  2. a nickname for a mighty person, in comparison to an elephant
    Synonym: àjànàkú
    ErínThe mighty one has fallen (said when a respected person dies)
Derived terms
  • erin lákátabú (A nickname for a warrior/hunter)
  • Erinlẹ̀ (The orisha Erinlẹ̀)
  • erinmi (hippo)
  • ewé etí erin (aloe vera)
  • eyín erin (ivory)
  • ọdẹ aperin (elephant hunter)
  • parin (elephant hunter)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.ɾĩ̄/

Noun

erin

  1. The tree Picralima nitida and its seeds, which are used for traditional medicine

Etymology 3

Ewé erin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.ɾĩ̄/

Noun

erin

  1. (Ekiti) The herb Peperomia pellucida

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.ɾĩ́/

Noun

erín

  1. The plant Hunteria umbellata, traditionally used to make arrow poison and used in traditional medicine

Etymology 5

Erín

Alternative forms

  • erín àgbàdo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.ɾĩ́/

Noun

erín

  1. a corncob, ear
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