Ẹmọn – WarriHeritage

Noun

ẹ̀-mọn — approximately “eh-mawn”, with ẹ pronounced as the open e sound in bed, and ọ as the open o sound in thought.

Meanings

Mo fẹ mọn ẹmọn.

English: I want to drink.

Literally, the sentence can be understood as: “I want to drink a drink.”

Ẹ- — a noun-forming element in Itsekiri, used to form a noun referring to something associated with the root that follows.

Mọn — drink / to drink.

Thus, ẹmọn refers to a drink or beverage.

Ẹmọn may also be written as Ẹmọ.

Variant form

Ẹmọn is a noun referring to a drink or beverage, while mọn functions as the verb “to drink.”