eja

• paja — Gheg

From *enja, from Proto-Albanian *ainja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”). Compare 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”).

eja!

1. second-person singular imperative of vij

• jakë
• vij
• eci
• iki

eja

1. nose ornament

From Malay eja, from Persian هجا (hejâ, “syllable”), from Arabic هِجَاء (hijāʔ, “spelling”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛd͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: èja

èja (base/imperative/colloquial eja, active mengeja, passive dieja)

1. to spell: to read (something) as though letter by letter

• “eja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Derived from the present stem ej- of the verb iet (“to go”) +‎ -a by Juris 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]

• IPA^(key): [ɛja]

• Audio:

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eja f (4th declension)

1. 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

2. (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

3. (of body or body parts) canal, passage connecting organs, cavities, etc.

   auss iekšēja eja ― the inner ear passage canal

   deguna ejas ― nasal passages

• iet

• IPA^(key): [ˈeɟa]

eja (Lontara spelling ᨕᨙᨍ)

1. red (color/colour)

• heja (obsolete)

From Persian هجا (hejâ), from Arabic هِجَاء (hijāʔ).

• IPA^(key): [e.d͡ʒä], [e.d͡ʒə]

eja (Jawi spelling ايجا)

1. to spell

• Indonesian: eja

• “eja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

eja

1. to let or allow

eja

1. yes