eyi
التعريفات والمعاني
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Anatolian Turkish ایكو (eygü, “good”), from Proto-Turkic *ed-gü (“good, excellent”), derived from Proto-Turkic *ed (“thing, goods”). Cognate with Turkish iyi, Turkish eyi (dialectal).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eˈji/
=== Adjective ===
eyi (comparative daha eyi, superlative ən eyi)
(archaic) good
Synonym: yaxşı
=== Further reading ===
“eyi” in Obastan.com.
== Central Huasteca Nahuatl ==
=== Numeral ===
eyi
(it is) three in number.
=== References ===
Valentín Isidro Reyes (2012); Vocabulario nauatl-español, material de apoyo para la enseñanza de la lengua nauatl, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, diversidad intercultural, Mexico City, Mexico.
== Central Nahuatl ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl eyi
=== Numeral ===
eyi
three.
== Classical Nahuatl ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ei, ey, yei, yey (obsolete spellings)
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Nahuan *eeyɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pakay.
Cognate with Pipil yey.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈéː.ji], [ˈjéː.ji]
=== Numeral ===
ēyi
three
Idem, f. 28r. col. 2.
¶Ey . tres.
¶Ey. three.
Idem, f. 35r. col. 1.
Yei.tres.
Yei. three.
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
"eyi", " ei", " yei", " yeyi", Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2009-2026). «Gran Diccionario Náhuatl». gdn.iib.unam.mx (Electronic Dictionary). Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, México.
"eyi", " yei", Stephanie Wood (2000-2026). «Online Nahuatl Dictionary». nahuatl.wired-humanities.org. University of Oregon, State of Oregon, USA.
Alonso de Molina (1571), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 28r, 35r
Wright, David (2016), Lectura del Náhuatl, rev. ed. edition, Ciudad de México: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas, page 180
== Crimean Tatar ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ed-gü (“good, excellent”)
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: e‧yi
=== Adjective ===
eyi
good
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
“eyi”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
== Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl eyi
=== Numeral ===
eyi
three
== Lower Tanana ==
=== Etymology ===
Compare Ahtna yii.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /əji/
=== Pronoun ===
eyi
A third-person singular/plural non-human pronoun; it, them, that thing, these things
==== See also ====
=== References ===
Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 45
== Ma'di ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Lugbara ìyí.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [èjí]
Hyphenation: e‧yi
=== Noun ===
ẹ̃yị́
water
=== References ===
Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 651
== Nupe ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ē.jì/
=== Noun ===
eyì
maize; corn
== Toro ==
=== Noun ===
eyi
bush
farm
=== References ===
Roger Blench, The Toro language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2012)
== Yoruba ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ìyí (SEY)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /è.jí/
=== Pronoun ===
èyí
this thing/person
Antonym: ìyẹn (“that”)
Èyí ni mo fẹ́ rà ― This is what I want to buy
Àǹtí mi ni èyí ― This is my auntie
==== Synonyms ====
==== Derived terms ====