eni
Ultimately fromProto-Celtic*en, derived fromProto-Indo-European*h₁én. CompareScottish Gaelican.
eni
Prósper, Blanca M. 2002: «La gran inscripción rupestre celtibérica de Peñalba de Villastar. Una nueva interpretación», Palaeohispanica 2, pp. 213–226.
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bàjɪ́nɪ́.
ení class2
Cognate withUrhoboeni,Isokoeni,Yorubaerin,Igboenyi,Igalaéli,Olukumierin. Proposed to be derived fromProto-Edoid*E-ni. SeeProto-Yoruboid*é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. See Benue-Congo cognates,Ibibioeniin,Teeni,Proto-Lower Cross River*é-nì:n,Proto-Ogoni*ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction toProto-Atlantic-Congo*-ni-
ení
ēní
Inherited fromOld Anatolian Turkish[Term?] andOttoman Turkishیكی(yeñi), ultimately fromProto-Turkic*yaŋï. CompareTurkishyeni.
eni (comparativetaaeni,superlativeeneni)
FromProto-Edoid*E-ni. Cognate withUrhoboeni,Edoení,Yorubaerin,Igboenyi,Igalaéli.
eni (pluralini)

Either borrowed fromUrhoboeni or a native word that is a cognate withUrhoboeni,Edoení,Igboenyi,Igalaéli,Olukumierin, andYorubaẹrin in many cognate languages, this form was replaced by a form seen inNupedagba,Idomaadagba,Igalaadagba. Proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*é-lĩ orProto-Yoruboid*é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates,Ibibioeniin,Teeni,Proto-Lower Cross River*é-nì:n,Proto-Ogoni*ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction toProto-Atlantic-Congo*-ni-, and also suggests that it probably is of the same root as the root for four, thereby being a distantDoublet oferin(elephant) andDoublet ofẹrẹn(four).
eni
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qanitu, fromProto-Austronesian*qaNiCu(“ghost, spirit of the dead”)
eni (indefiniteenihmen)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| demonstrative forms | ||
| 1st person (near speaker) | enihe | enihkai |
| 2nd person (near hearer) | enihn | enihken |
| 3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) | eniho | enihk |
| article forms | ||
| indefinite | enihmen | enihpwi |
| definite | eniwa | |
eni
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qanitu, fromProto-Austronesian*qaNiCu(“ghost, spirit of the dead”)
eni
Possibly related toAlbanianenjë(“yew”).
eni m
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eni
Cognate withIsokoeni,Edoeni,Yorubaerin,Igboenyi,Igalaéli,Olukumierin. Proposed to be derived fromProto-Edoid*E-ni. SeeProto-Yoruboid*é-lĩ for more detailed information on cognates. See Benue-Congo cognates,Ibibioeniin,Teeni,Proto-Lower Cross River*é-nì:n,Proto-Ogoni*ǹnĩ, Westerman constructs a possible reconstruction toProto-Atlantic-Congo*-ni-
eni
eni
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| geni | eni | ngeni | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
ènì
èní
| 10 | ||||
| ← 0 | 1 | 2 → | 10 → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal:ọ̀kan,ení Counting:oókan Adjectival:kan,méní Ordinal:kìíní,kìn-ín-ní Adverbial:ẹ̀ẹ̀kan Distributive:ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan Collective:ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan | ||||
Proposed to be fromProto-Yoruboid*ínḭ́. Likely cognates withIgalaényẹ́ andIfèɛnɛ́.
ení