eja
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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”).
Verb
eja!
Related terms
Noun
eja
Etymology
From Malay eja, from Persian هجا (hejâ, “syllable”), from Arabic هِجَاء (hijāʔ, “spelling”).
Pronunciation
Verb
èja (base/imperative/colloquial eja, active mengeja, passive dieja)
- to spell: to read (something) as though letter by letter
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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.
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