yeye

== Bangi == === Pronoun === yeye he == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈjeje/ [ˈje.je] Rhymes: -eje Syllabification: ye‧ye === Verb === yeye to jump rope made of woven rubber bands === Noun === yeye (plural yeye-yeye) a game using a string of rubber bands, played by three or more people, two people holding the rope and the others jumping over the rope, starting from the lowest (knee) to the highest (semerdeka) === Further reading === “yeye”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Lingala == === Pronoun === yeye he == Luba-Kasai == === Pronoun === yeye him == Middle English == === Verb === yeye (Ireland) alternative form of yeyen == Nigerian Pidgin == === Etymology === Possibly from Yoruba yẹ̀yẹ́. === Adjective === yeye useless, senseless, trivial, bad == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === Probably a reduplication of Fon yɛ̀ (“shadow, spirit”). === Noun === yeye spirit, ghost (Winti) in the Afro-Surinamese Winti belief system, the multi-component spiritual self in its entirety; the combination of the separate spiritual elements or entities that make up the soul ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === yeye spiritual === References === == Swahili == === Etymology === Cognate with Chichewa iyé (“3rd person singular pronoun”) and Tumbuka iye (“3rd person singular pronoun”). === Pronunciation === === Pronoun === yeye he/she/it/they (singular) (third-person singular pronoun) ==== See also ==== == Yoruba == === Alternative forms === èyé (Èkìtì) === 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 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 ===== === 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 (Èkìtì, SEY, and Ìyàgbà) large quantity; numerous ones ==== Adverb ==== yéye very much ==== Determiner ==== yéye much ==== Synonyms ====