ẹrin

== Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lɪ̃, see there for other Niger-Congo cognates. Within Yoruboid, cognate with Ifè mɛ́ɛrɛ̃, Igala ẹ̀lẹ̀, Itsekiri mẹ́ẹrẹn, and Olukumi mẹ́rẹ̀n. Proposed to be a distant doublet of erin, as they both are believed to be from the same root as Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni from earlier Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nani. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɛ̀.ɾĩ̄/ ==== Numeral ==== ẹ̀rin four ===== Alternative forms ===== ẹ̀rịn (Ekiti) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Lucumí: erín === Etymology 2 === From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rín (“to smile; to laugh”). ==== Alternative forms ==== èrín (Ekiti) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɛ̀.ɾĩ́/ ==== Noun ==== ẹ̀rín smile; grin laugh; giggling ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Unknown. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀/ ==== Noun ==== ẹ̀rìn Name of a plant. Further details are uncertain. === References === Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[1] (in Yoruba), volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN