eji

Probably related to Yoruba eji

eji

1. rain

• Roger Blench, The Ayere and Ahan languages of Central Nigeria and their affinities (2007), page 3

Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *(è-)jì. Cognates include Yoruba èjì, Itsekiri meji, Olukumi èzì, and Ifè méèdzì.

• IPA^(key): /èd͡ʒì/

èjì

1. two

Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *(è-)jì. Cognates include Igala èjì, Itsekiri meji, Olukumi èzì, and Ifè méèdzì.

• IPA^(key): /è.d͡ʒì/

èjì

1. two

• eéjì
• méjì
• kejì

• IPA^(key): /è.d͡ʒí/

èjí

1. gap tooth, diastema

Possibly derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-ji or Proto-Yoruboid *á-ji. Cognate with Igala áji (“river, stream, any type of body of water”) and Arigidi edʒĩ (“water”), Arigidi ùdʒi, Adja eji, Fon jĭ (“rain”), likely originally served as a synonym for water or any water-related noun in Proto-Yoruboid before becoming defined more narrowly. The root verb "ji" may be cognate with Nupe jè (“to flow, to run (as water)”), compare with Nupe èjè (“current, tide of water”), possibly from the root Proto-Niger-Congo *-gi (“water”)

• ezi (Ào)

• IPA^(key): /ē.d͡ʒī/

eji

1. rain, downpour

   Synonym: òjò

   òjò kò bẹ́nìkan ṣọ̀rẹ́, ẹni ejí bá ni eji ń pa

   The rain is not a friend of anybody, it rains on whoever gets exposed to it

   (proverb on neutrality of the law)

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