эй

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See also: еј, ей, and Appendix:Variations of "ei"

Eastern Mari[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian эй (ej).

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

эй • (ej)

  1. hey!
  2. oh!, ah! (expresses surprise, delight, sadness, pain, regret, disappointment, reproach, concern, etc.)

Particle[edit]

эй • (ej)

  1. emphatic particle
    вараш кодаш огыл манын, эй куржам, эй куржам
    varaš kodaš ogyl manyn, ej kuržam, ej kuržam
    I don't want to be late, I'm off and running

References[edit]

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “эй”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Erzya[edit]

Эй палт.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *jäj~*jäŋ, from Proto-Uralic *jäŋe. Cognates include Moksha эй (ej), Finnish jää, Livonian jeij, Northern Sami jiekŋa, Eastern Mari ий (ij), Hungarian jég.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

эй • (ej)

  1. ice
    кельме теке эй ― keľme ťeke ej ― cold as ice

Declension[edit]

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References[edit]

  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  • Entry #171 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Ket[edit]

Noun[edit]

эй (ej) ?

  1. tongue

References[edit]

Moksha[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *jäɣ from Proto-Uralic *jäŋe. Compare Proto-Uralic *jäkšV (“cold or cool”). Cognates include Erzya эй (ej), Finnish jää, Livonian jeij, Northern Sami jiekŋa and Hungarian jég.

Noun[edit]

эй • (äj)

  1. ice

References[edit]

  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

Nanai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tungusic *əri, compare Evenki эр (ər), Manchu ᡝᡵᡝ (ere).

Pronoun[edit]

эй (ey)

  1. this

Russian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Interjection[edit]

эй • (ej)

  1. hey! (you, there!)
Descendants[edit]
  • → Eastern Mari: эй (ej)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English a.

Noun[edit]

эй • (ej) n inan (indeclinable)

  1. (English letter) A, a
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