Somali edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cushitic *yaay-. Cognates are Somali aayo and Afar yayya.

Noun edit

ayeey f (plural ayeeyooyin m)

  1. grandmother
  2. ancestress

References edit

  • Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “ayeeyo”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga[1], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 65