See also: эйе and әйе

Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *Edi (owner, host).[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (igä, owner);[2] Tatar ия (iyä), Kazakh ие (ie), Kyrgyz ээ (ee), Southern Altai ээ (ee), Tuvan ээ (ee), Uzbek ega, Uyghur ئىگە (ige), Azerbaijani yiyə, Turkish iye (owner, possessor).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɪ̞ˈjæ]
  • Hyphenation: э‧йә

Noun edit

эйә (eyə)

  1. owner, possessor
    Synonym: хужа (xuja)
  2. (linguistics) subject
  3. (mythology) spirit/sprite living in and controlling a certain location
    Өй эйәһе.
    Öy eyəhe.
    House spirit.
    Һыу эйәһе.
    Hıw eyəhe.
    Water sprite.

Declension edit

Predicative edit

эйә (eyə) (takes dative case, takes the final position in the sentence)

  1. have, possess a certain property
    Йүкә балы тәмле, хуш еҫле, ҙур дауалау көсөнә эйә.
    Yükə balı təmle, xuş yeśle, źur dawalaw kösönə eyə.
    Linden honey is palatable, has a pleasant smell and great medicinal properties.
    Сит кешенең ҡолағына ят булып ишетелгән атамалар шул төбәктә тыуып үҫкәндәр өсөн ҙур мәғәнәгә эйә.
    Sit keşeneñ qolağına yat bulıp işetelgən atamalar şul töbəktə tıwıp üśkəndər ösön źur məğənəgə eyə.
    The place names that sound strange to a foreigner's ears, have a deep meaning for those who were born and grew up in that region.

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Edi”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 204