eji
Ayere edit
Etymology edit
Probably related to Yoruba eji
Noun edit
eji
References edit
- Roger Blench, The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities (2007), page 3
Igala edit
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Cardinal: èjì Ordinal: ẹ̀kéjì |
Etymology edit
Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *(è-)jì. Cognates include Yoruba èjì, Itsekiri meji, Olukumi èzì, and Ifè méèdzì.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
èjì
Yoruba edit
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Cardinal: èjì Counting: eéjì Adjectival: méjì Ordinal: kejì Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mejì Distributive: méjì méjì Collective: méjèèjì Fractional: ìdajì |
Etymology 1 edit
Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *(è-)jì. Cognates include Igala èjì, Itsekiri meji, Olukumi èzì, and Ifè méèdzì.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
èjì
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
èjí
Etymology 3 edit
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 edit
- ezi (Ào)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eji
- rain, downpour
- Synonym: òjò
- òjò kò bẹ́nìkan ṣọ̀rẹ́, ẹni ejí bá ni eji ń pa(proverb on neutrality of the law)
- The rain is not a friend of anybody, it rains on whoever gets exposed to it