eju

Alternative forms

• aju, ejò, àju

Noun

eju ?

1. (Issime) mother

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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

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

Noun

eju f

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

Verb

eju

1. first-person singular present indicative of iet

Noun

eju

1. cough

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)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6

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