eju

See also: e-ju

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Noun

eju ?

  1. (Issime) mother

References

Igala

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jú, cognate with Yoruba ojú, Olukumi ózú, and Itsekiri ejú

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /é.d͡ʒú/

Noun

éjú

  1. 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
  2. face, look
  3. 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
  4. area, neighborhood
  5. 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

Derived terms

  • d'éjú bē (“to blink, to wink”)
  • kp'éjú rú (“to concentrate”)
  • áféjú (“blind person”)
  • éjú-échúbi (“dizziness”)
  • éjú-ékpọfọ́ (“blindness”)
  • éjú-ékpá (“frown, grimace”)
  • éjú-épi (“bullying, coercion, intimidation”)

Itsekiri

Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *é-jú, cognate with Yoruba ojú, Ifè odzú, Igala éjú, and Olukumi ózú.

See Standard Yorùbá entry ojú for other terms used in the Yoruboid linguistic continuum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.d͡ʒú/

Noun

ejú

  1. eye
  2. face, surface

Derived terms

  • afọ́jú (“blind person”)
  • ejú ọjọ́ (“weather”)
  • ejúmá (“tomorrow”)
  • irọn-ejú (“eyebrow”)
  • yejú (“to show up briefly”)

Latvian

Noun

eju f

  1. inflection of eja:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Verb

eju

  1. first-person singular present indicative of iet

Rayón Zoque

Noun

eju

  1. cough
  • 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)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin eius. Formerly used in the town of Fonni.

Determiner

eju

  1. (Nuorese, obsolete) his, her

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “éyu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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