eie

See also: -eie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eigen.

Adjective

eie (attributive eie, not comparable)

  1. own (belonging to oneself)
    Jy het jou eie pen, jy hoef nie myne te gebruik nie.
    You have your own pen, you needn’t use mine.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ēaġe, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯(ə)/, /ˈiː(ə)/

Noun

eie (plural eien)

  1. An eye.
  2. (figuratively) A highly valued or regarded object.
  3. Vision, knowledge or perception.
  4. A hole, spot, or other object resembling an eye.
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old English eġe.

Noun

eie

  1. Alternative form of eye

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eiga. Cognate with Danish eje, Swedish äga, Faroese eiga, Icelandic eiga, and English owe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æɪe/

Verb

eie (imperative ei, present tense eier, passive eies, simple past eide or eiet or åtte, past participle eid or eiet or ått)

  1. to own (have rightful possession of)

Derived terms

References

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