oyin
- water
Oyìn àwèFromProto-Gbe*-yĩ.[1] Cognates includeFonnyì,Saxwe Gbeonyì,Eweenyi
oyìn (pluraloyìn lẹ́)(Nigeria)
- cow,cattle
- Oyìn lọ́ kló táún ―Thecow is big
- ^Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991),A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics;14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page213
Cognate withGikyodeɔnyen,Chumburungɔnyare̱,Nawuriɔnyɩn,Gonjaenyɛn.
oyin (pluralayin)
- man
Oyin tó ba lórí òdòdó
Ìyọkúròoyin láti inú afárá oyinProposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruba*o-ɲĩ, fromProto-Edekiri*o-ɲĩ. Compare withOlukumioyin,Ifèoyin,Itsekirioyin,Ajaenyi,Fonwiin,Gunowín
oyin
- bee
- Synonym:oyin àdò
- àwọnoyín ṣí sí ara igi ―Thebees swarmed around the tree
- honey
- Synonym:oyin ìgàn
- wọ́n fi ahán láoyin ―They lickedhoney with their tongue
- sweetness (in comparison to honey)
- Synonym:adùn
- ìpàdé e wa bíoyin o ―May our meeting be assweet as honey
Igioyin pẹ̀lú èsooyin
- African mango tree (Irvingia gabonensis), of which the seeds of its fruit are used in soups likeọgbọnọ andààpọ̀n
- Synonym:oró