eeje

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • ääje (eastern Moselle Franconian, except Westerwald)
  • eije (Kölsch; Westerwald)

Etymology

From Old High German eigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eeje (masculine eeje or eejene, feminine eeje, comparative eejener, superlative et eejenste)

  1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) own
    Wat nemms de emmer meng Schluffe? Du häs doch deng eeje!
    Why do you always take my slippers? You do have your own!
  2. (same regions) idiosyncratic; quirky
    Hä es jet eeje, ävver keene schläächte Kääl.
    He’s a bit quirky, but not a bad bloke.

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: èje
    Counting: eéje
    Adjectival: méje
    Ordinal: keje
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀meje
    Distributive: méje méje
    Collective: méjèèje
    Fractional: ìdáméje

Etymology

Derived from owó + èje.

Pronunciation

Numeral

eéje

  1. seven (used when counting)

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