Ee
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é
A. Pronoun subject used before verbs.
1. E lo- you people went.
E ri mi – You people saw me.
2.) Respectfully used when addressing one
(a) (i) E wole – Please come in.
(ii) E rin wa.
(b) (i) E jé
(ii) E jé ká mí
(c) E ń reti eléyà – eléyà.
(d) E ti pé yíóò ri
B Prefix used to form a few nouns from verb-roots.
eta- sprout on a tree
Eru – load.
C. Used in the form elé, which replaces ení – when the initial vowel of the following noun is e.
D. Your – Alternative to – re
(1) Ayaàre = ayaàe - your wife
Okoòre = Okoòe – your husband
(2) re
C.M.S.
E, Enyin, pers, pron. you ye.
èè
A so- and-so many times.
(a) (i) èèkon- once,
(ii) ó lo léèè méjì = èé méjì ló lo
= o ló to éé meji – he went twice.
(b) Numerals.
(c) Mo máa ń jeun léè kon lóòòjó- I eat once daily.
Mo ti máa ń ríi léèè mérin lódún
– I used to see him four times annually.
èè (cont’d)
(d) ó fòó bí i èè méta = Ó fòó ní bí èè méta- He washed it about 3 times.
(e) Ni èèkejì – For the second time.
(2) Ìjeun èèkejì – The second meal.
(3) Sé léèè kon síi – Do it again.
(4)Léèè kon
(a) n-n-kon wòn yìí ni mo ti so fun o léèèkan- These are the things which I told you reviously.
(b) Ó wá síbí léèè kon rí – He came here on a previous occasion.
(c) Ori igi èè kon - The top of the aforementioned tree.
(5) Léèè kon nón – only once.
Léèè kon nón lo ri mi – He saw me only once :That was the sole time he saw me.
(6) Léèè kòòkon ni wón ń se béè – They seldom act thus: It is only once in a while that they do so.
(B) (a) Prefix occasionally used before verb-roots to form nouns: = Èèho
C.M.S.
E pers. porn.obj. case, him, her, it
Èé A. Prefix occasionally used before verb-roots to form nouns.
Eéfín – Fragment.
Èéfín – Smoke.
Èe (kí c 1 (b) )
(i) Oo kú – Oo) said by elder person to Kú- Ee kú) = younger person, who is bending down to touch the ground out of respect for a senior. My respect to you sir.
(ii) Akíni jé akíni, afinihòn jé afinihon: èwo ni “O o kú o, ará Ìjàyè” lójúùde Ògún-mólá- Why are you trying to hood wink me?. One cannot run with the hare and the hounds.
References:
Abraham, R.C. (1958), DICTIONARY OF MODERN YORUBA. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
CMS (1913), A DICTIONARY OF YORUBA LANGUAGE: PART 1, ENGLISH-YORUBA; PART 2, YORUBA-ENGLISH. Lagos, Nigeria: CMS Bookshop
Delano, I.O. (1958), ATUMO EDE YORUBA. London: Oxford University Press.