yeye

See also: yéye, yéyé, yé-yé, yěyé, yèyè, and yeyə

Luba-Kasai

Pronoun

yeye

  1. him

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Possibly from Yoruba yẹ̀yẹ́.

Adjective

yeye

  1. useless, senseless, trivial, bad
    • (Can we date this quote?), Anthonia Ujene, “Khalai yan with plant”, in Storybooks African Languages‎[1]:
      Khalai dey yan to flower wen surround her school. “Abeg oo flower, make grow strong oo so yeye person no go fit enter our school.”
      Khalai talks to the flowers around her school. “Please, flowers, grow strong so that no bad person can enter our school.”

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Fon yɛ̀ (“shadow, spirit”).[1]

Noun

yeye

  1. spirit, ghost

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 475.

Swahili

Etymology

Cognate with Chichewa iyé (“3rd person singular pronoun”) and Tumbuka iye (“3rd person singular pronoun”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Pronoun

yeye

  1. he/she/it/they (singular) (third-person singular pronoun)

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
person independent subject concord object
concord 		combined forms possessive
affirmative negative na ndi- si-
singular first mimi ni- si- -ni- nami, na mimi ndimi, ndiye simi, siye -angu
second wewe u- hu- -ku- nawe, na wewe ndiwe, ndiye siwe, siye -ako
third yeye a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- naye, na yeye ndiye siye -ake
plural first sisi tu- hatu- -tu- nasi, na sisi ndisi, ndio sio -etu
second ninyi m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -wa- nanyi, na ninyi ndinyi, ndio sinyi, sio -enu
third wao wa- hawa- -wa- nao ndio sio -ao
reflexive — — -ji- — —
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jè.jé/

Noun

yèyé

  1. mother, a title of respect for an older woman or a priestess of the orisha
    Synonyms: ìyá, màmá, mọ́mì, abiyamọ, iye, màámi, ìmọ́ọ̀
Derived terms
  • yèyé omi (“A general name for female river orisha, A priestess of any one of the river orisha”)
  • yèyé Onírá (“A nickname for the orisha Oya”)
  • yèyé Ọ̀ṣun (“A priestess of Osun, a nickname for Osun”)
  • yèyélúwa (“Queen”)

Etymology 2

Likely from a partial reduplication of *ye (“to be many”). Compare with Olukumi yéye, Itsekiri toye, Igala wéwe, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *yéye, from Proto-Edekiri *yéye, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *wéwe. Also see Ayere yè. iye (“amount, value”) may come from that same *ye root.

Alternative forms

  • yíye (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jé.jē/

Noun

yéye

  1. (Èkìtì, SEY, and Ìyàgbà) large quantity; numerous ones

Adverb

yéye

  1. very much

Determiner

yéye

  1. much

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: púpọ̀ (“very much, plenty”)
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Language familyVariety groupVariety/languageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaEastern ÀkókóỌ̀bàỌ̀bà Àkókóyéye
Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)yéye
Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeyéye
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́yéye
Ìkòròdúyéye
Ṣágámùyéye
Ifọ́nIfọ́nyéye
Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)Òkìtìpupayéye
Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)Mahinyéye
OǹdóOǹdóyéye
Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)yéye
UsẹnUsẹnyéye
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹyéye
OlùkùmiUgbódùyéye
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìyéye, yíye
Òdè Èkìtìyéye, yíye
Òmùò Èkìtìyéye, yíye
Awó Èkìtìyéye, yíye
Ìfàkì Èkìtìyéye
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́yéye, yíye
Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàpúpọ̀
Ìgbẹsàpúpọ̀
Ọ̀tàpúpọ̀
Agégepúpọ̀
Ìlogbò Erémipúpọ̀
Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútapúpọ̀
Ẹ̀gbádòAyétòròpúpọ̀
Igbógilapúpọ̀
Ìjàkápúpọ̀
Ìlaròópúpọ̀
Ìṣàwọ́njọpúpọ̀
ÈkóÈkópúpọ̀
ÌbàdànÌbàdànpúpọ̀
ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràpúpọ̀
Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)púpọ̀
Ọ̀fàpúpọ̀
ÌlọrinÌlọrinpúpọ̀
OǹkóÒtùpúpọ̀
Ìwéré Ilépúpọ̀
Òkèhòpúpọ̀
Ìsẹ́yìnpúpọ̀
Ṣakípúpọ̀
Tedépúpọ̀
Ìgbẹ́tìpúpọ̀
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́púpọ̀
Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)púpọ̀
Ìkirèpúpọ̀
Ìwópúpọ̀
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàpúpọ̀
Bɛ̀nɛ̀kpúkpɔ̀
Northeast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóyéye
Ede languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodekpíkpɔ̀
Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)kpíkpɔ̀
Tchaouroukpíkpɔ̀
Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)Baàtɛkpúkpɔ̀
ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)kpíkpɔ̀
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́kpúkpɔ̀
Ọ̀húnbẹ́púpọ̀
Onigbolokpúkpɔ̀
Kétu/ÀnàgóÌlárápípọ̀
Ìmẹ̀kọpípọ̀
Kétukpíkpɔ̀
Ifɛ̀Akpárékpíkpɔ̀
Atakpamɛkpíkpɔ̀
Bokokpíkpɔ̀
Est-Monokpíkpɔ̀
Moretankpíkpɔ̀
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)kpíkpɔ̀
KuraAwotébikpɔ́
Partagoɔ́kpɔ̀
Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandibútútú, ńkpɔ̀ ńkpɔ̀
Northern NagoKamboleɔkpɔ
Manigrikikpo
Southern NagoÌsakétékpúkpɔ̀
Ìfànyìnkpúkpɔ̀
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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