yeye

See also: yéye, yéyé, yé-yé, yěyé, and yèyè

Luba-Kasai

Pronoun

yeye

  1. him

Sranan Tongo

Noun

yeye

  1. spirit, ghost

Derived terms

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Pronoun

yeye

  1. he/she/it/they (singular) (third-person singular pronoun)

See also
Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
Number Person Independent Subject concord Object concord Combined forms Possessive
affirmative negative na ndi- si-
SingularFirst mimi ni- si- -ni- nami, na mimi ndimi, ndiye simi, siye -angu
Second wewe u- hu- -ku- nawe, na wewe ndiwe, ndiye siwe, siye -ako
Third yeye a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- naye, na yeye ndiye siye -ake
PluralFirst sisi tu- hatu- -tu- nasi, na sisi ndisi, ndio sio -etu
Second ninyi m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -wa- nanyi, na ninyi ndinyi, ndio sinyi, sio -enu
Third wao wa- hawa- -wa- nao ndio sio -ao
Reflexive — — -ji- — —
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jè.jé/

Noun

yèyé

  1. 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
  • yèyé omi (“A general name for female river orisha, A priestess of any one of the river orisha”)
  • yèyé Onírá (“A nickname for the orisha Oya”)
  • yèyé Ọ̀ṣun (“A priestess of Osun, a nickname for Osun”)
  • yèyélúwa (“Queen”)

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

  1. (Èkìtì, SEY, and Ìyàgbà) large quantity; numerous ones
    Synonym: púpọ̀

Adverb

yéye

  1. very much
    Synonym: púpọ̀

Determiner

yéye

  1. much
    Synonym: púpọ̀
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