See also: Eie and -eie

English edit

Noun edit

eie (plural eies)

  1. Obsolete spelling of eye.

Afrikaans edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch eigen, from Middle Dutch eigen, from Old Dutch *eigan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈəi̯.ə/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

eie (attributive eie, not comparable)

  1. own (belonging to oneself)
    Jy het jou eie pen, jy hoef nie myne te gebruik nie.
    You have your own pen, you needn’t use mine.

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English ēaġe, from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯(ə)/, /ˈiː(ə)/

Noun edit

eie (plural eien)

  1. An eye.
  2. (figuratively) A highly valued or regarded object.
  3. Vision, knowledge or perception.
  4. A hole, spot, or other object resembling an eye.
Descendants edit
  • English: eye
    • Sranan Tongo: ai
  • Geordie English: ee, eye
  • Scots: ee
  • Yola: ieen, eein, eyen, eeen, een, ein (plural)

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English eġe.

Noun edit

eie

  1. Alternative form of eye

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse eiga. Cognate with Danish eje, Swedish äga, Faroese eiga, Icelandic eiga, and English owe.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

eie (imperative ei, present tense eier, passive eies, simple past eide or eiet or åtte, past participle eid or eiet or ått)

  1. to own (have rightful possession of)

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit