еиӈ

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kej-Vŋʷ (“going”, action nominal), from *-kej (“to go”). Cognate with Yug эйить (éjitʲ, “to let go, letting go”), Kott anuga (“to go, going”), Kott hêjaŋ (“to go, going”) and Assan ujáha (“to go, going”).

Doublet of къʼй (kʌˀj, “walking”, action nominal), where the onset *k- from Proto-Yeniseian is retained with the retraction of the vowel *-e- into -ʌ-.

еиӈ (éin, éjin) (conjugation II)

1. (used with ditransitive, iterative) to go, going; to walk, walking

   Дэʼӈ ин оӈон, ень буӈна еиӈ бинуӷут. (Kellog dialect)

   Dɛˀŋ īn ɔŋɔn, ēnʲ buŋna ɛjiŋ-binuʁut.

   People had been walking for a long time, now they stopped.

   (literally, “... now their walking is over.”)

   Эиӈ-эшяӈ дитыбаӄ. (Pakuliha dialect)

   Ɛjiŋ-ɛšʲaŋ ditɨbaq.

   I'm about to go.

   Арә ӄъӄснвет еиӈ кеʼт. (Sulomay dialect)

   Arə tqʌqsnvɛt ɛjiŋ kɛˀt.

   I'm in a hurry to get going.

   (literally, “I'm in a hurry to become a going-man.”)

2. (used with ditransitive, iterative) to ride, riding

   Кисьеӈ ассен бънсяӈ, дэʼӈ деиӈабетин. (Kellog dialect)

   Kisʲɛ́ŋ assɛn bʌnsʲaŋ, dɛˀŋ dɛjiŋabɛtin. (d(a)-ɛjiŋ-a-[l]-bɛt-in)

   There're no animals here, people are riding away.

• IPA^(key): [e.ˈjiŋ], [e̝.ˈjiŋ]^[1]

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