eji

== Ayere == === Etymology === Probably related to Yoruba eji === Noun === eji rain === References === Roger Blench, The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities (2007), page 3 == Igala == === Etymology === Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *(è-)jì. Cognates include Yoruba èjì, Itsekiri meji, Olukumi èzì, and Ifè méèdzì. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /èd͡ʒì/ === Numeral === èjì two == Yoruba == === Etymology 1 === Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *(è-)jì. Cognates include Igala èjì, Itsekiri meji, Olukumi èzì, and Ifè méèdzì. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /è.d͡ʒì/ ==== Numeral ==== èjì two ===== Derived terms ===== eéjì méjì kejì === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /è.d͡ʒí/ ==== Noun ==== èjí gap tooth, diastema === Etymology 3 === Possibly derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-ji or Proto-Yoruboid *á-ji. Cognate with Igala áji (“river, stream, any type of body of water”) and Arigidi edʒĩ (“water”), Arigidi ùdʒi, Adja eji, Fon jĭ (“rain”), likely originally served as a synonym for water or any water-related noun in Proto-Yoruboid before becoming defined more narrowly. The root verb "ji" may be cognate with Nupe jè (“to flow, to run (as water)”), compare with Nupe èjè (“current, tide of water”), possibly from the root Proto-Niger-Congo *-gi (“water”) ==== Alternative forms ==== ezi (Ào) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ē.d͡ʒī/ ==== Noun ==== eji rain, downpour Synonym: òjò (proverb on neutrality of the law) ===== Derived terms ===== Abéjidé