eja
See also: ejā
Albanian
Etymology
From *enja, from Proto-Albanian *ainja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- 'to go'. Compare Greek Greek έλα (éla), Bulgarian ела (ela, “come”),Latvian eja (“way, passage, corridor”) from iet (“to go”), Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”), Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫 (i-ya-at-ta /iyatta/, “goes”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (aitiy, “goes”). Imperative form of vij.
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Latvian
Etymology
Derived from the present stem ej- of the verb iet (“to go”) + -a by J. Alunāns, this word replaced a previously used Germanism gaņģis (cf. German Gang). The word was accepted by A. Kronvalds, by whose influence it entered the standard language. Cognates include Lithuanian ėjà (“gait, walk, movement; passage, cave”).[1]
Noun
eja f (4th declension)
- passageway, tunnel, corridor, hallway, aisle etc. where one can go on foot
- galvenā eja ― gangway (lit. main passage)
- vārtu eja ― gate passage, gateway
- šaura eja ― wide passage
- slepena eja ― secret passage
- aizsprotot eju ― to obstruct the passage
- un tad viņš... pa vidus eju starp soliem devās uz durvīm ― and then he went to the door by the middle passage between the benches
- (of animals) hole, den, burrow created by the animal itself
- kurmji rok pat līdz 1 metram dziļas ejas, kas nobeidza paplašinājumā: ligzdā ― moles dig passages of up to 1 meter of length, ending in a winder, larger space: the next
- (of body or body parts) canal, passage connecting organs, cavities, etc.
- auss iekšēja eja ― the inner ear passage canal
- deguna ejas ― nasal passages
Declension
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References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “eja”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Sardinian
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