eje

eje

1. yes

From Old Danish eghæ, from Old Norse eiga (“to own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganą. Cognate of English owe and related to Danish egen and English own.

Older Danish had present tense aa, past tense aatte and past participle aat, which are still used on rare occasions in higher poetry in the 19th century. These forms correspond to Old Norse á, átta, and átt.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑjə]

eje (imperative ej, infinitive at eje, present tense ejer, past tense ejede, perfect tense har ejet)

1. own
2. have
3. possess

From Old Norse eiga, from Proto-Germanic *aigǭ (“property”). Derived from the verb.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑjə]

eje n (uninflected)

1. possession

From Old Spanish exe, ex, ax, inherited from Latin axem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). First attested in the 13th century. Cognate with English axis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈexe/ [ˈe.xe]

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• Rhymes: -exe
• Syllabification: e‧je

eje m (plural ejes)

1. (astronomy, geometry, mathematics) axis
2. axle
3. (mechanics) shaft, spindle
4. core, heart, center (main idea)
5. hub (center of activity)
6. focus, focal point (point of concentration or attention)

   El eje principal es el comercio de derechos de emisión.

   The main focus is on emissions trading.

• “eje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

eje

1. mother

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *è-bye, compare with Igala èbye, ultimately from a locally innovated Yoruboid root

• IPA^(key): /è.d͡ʒē/
• (Èkìtì) IPA^(key): /ē.d͡ʒé/

èje or ejé

1. seven

• ejé is used by Ekiti dialect speakers