eju
Alemannic German
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Igala
Etymology
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jú, cognate with Yoruba ojú, Olukumi ózú, and Isekiri ejú
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /é.d͡ʒú/
Noun
éjú
- eye
- 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
- Ọ̀gá ẹ́lùbẹ́lù ákp'imọtọ ejú fọ́
- Measles can cause the eyes of a child to go blind
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- face, look
- surface, opening
- 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
- É éjú agbè-í che énána
- The surface of that wound is really large
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- area, neighborhood
- intuition, perception
- 2015 February 12, John Idakwoji, An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN, page 288:
- Éjú ku nàá g'anẹ̀-í ónẹ̀ dọ́mọ̄
- My intuition tells me that there is someone there
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Derived terms
- áféjú (“blind person”)
- d'éjú bē (“to blink, to wink”)
- éjú-échúbi (“dizziness”)
- éjú-ékpá (“frown, grimace”)
- éjú-ékpọfọ́ (“blindness”)
- éjú-épi (“bullying, coercion, intimidation”)
- kp'éjú rú (“to concentrate”)
Isekiri
Etymology
Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jú, cognate with Yoruba ojú, Igala éjú, and Olukumi ózú.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.d͡ʒú/
Latvian
Noun
eju f
Rayón Zoque
Related terms
- ejyaju
References
- Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6
Sardinian
References
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “éyu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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