eyini

From èyí +‎ nị̀, nị̀/nì is used synonymously with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), (compare with yẹn). Used historically among NWY and CY dialects. The opposition between the demonstrative pronouns 'this' and 'that' is expressed by èyí (or èí) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), nì respectively. In some SEY spoken varieties, however, it is ìyí and ìyẹn. While most CY dialects have maintained it, NWY experience an intralingual borrowing where Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) was replaced by ìyẹn in academic settings as well as in Standard Yoruba education. Eyini can be seen in older standard Yoruba literature. In some NWY spoken varieties Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and ìyẹn are still used side by side, but with ìyẹn gaining ground over Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)[1].

• IPA^(key): /è.jī.nĩ̀/

èyinì

1. (CY) that thing/person

   Synonyms: (SEY, NWY) ìyẹn (“that”), nì, nị̀

   Antonyms: èyí (“this”), (Ekiti) èí (“this”), (SEY) ìyí (“this”)

   ajá mi re èyinì

   That is my dog

• Usually preceded by the "to-be" verb in Ekiti forms, rè

• èyí (“this”), yìí (“this”), ìí (“this”)
• yẹn (“that”), nì (“that”)