egi

Borrowed from Japanese 餌木 (egi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡi/

egi (plural egis)

1. (fishing) a type of artificial lure (used for squid)

egi

1. Rōmaji transcription of えぎ

ēgī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of agō

From same root as -gi (“diminutive suffix”). Cognate with Gbari eɓi.

• IPA^(key): /ē.ɡī/

egi (plural egizhì)

1. child; offspring

   Egi è tígí. ― The child is crying.

   A kpáátá a yì egi mizhì. ― They are all my children.

2. Used to indicate a person's origin or profession.

   ‎Nupe (“Nupe”) → ‎egi Nupe (“Nupe person”)

   ‎etun (“work”) → ‎egi etun (“apprentice”)