# eyi
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish ایكو (eygü, “good”), from Proto-Turkic *ed-gü (“good, excellent”), derived from Proto-Turkic *ed (“thing, goods”). Cognate with Turkish iyi, Turkish eyi (dialectal).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈji/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

eyi (comparative daha eyi, superlative ən eyi)
* (archaic) good
    Synonym: yaxşı

### Further reading

* “eyi” in Obastan.com.

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Numeral

eyi
* (it is) three in number.

### References

* Valentín Isidro Reyes (2012); Vocabulario nauatl-español, material de apoyo para la enseñanza de la lengua nauatl, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, diversidad intercultural, Mexico City, Mexico.

## Central Nahuatl
### Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl eyi

### Numeral

eyi
* three.

## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* ei, ey, yei, yey (obsolete spellings)

### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *eːyɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi. Compare Pipil yey.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈéː.ji], [ˈjéː.ji]

### Numeral

ēyi
* three
** 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r:3 tres.yei.3 three. yei.
** 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 1:3 Tres . yey.3 Three. yey.
** Idem, f. 28r. col. 2.
    ¶Ey . tres.
       ¶Ey. three.
** Idem, f. 35r. col. 1.
    Yei.tres.
       Yei. three.

#### Derived terms

* chicuēyi
* ēpāntli
* ētetl
* ētlamantli
* ēyilhuitl
* omēyi
* yēpōhualli
* yētzontli
* yēxiquipilli

### References

* Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 28r, 35r

## Crimean Tatar

Other scripts :
| Cyrillic | ейи |
| Roman | |

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ed-gü (“good, excellent”)

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: e‧yi

### Adjective

eyi
* good

#### Derived terms

* eyilik

### References

* “eyi”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl eyi

### Numeral

eyi
* three.

## Nupe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ē.jì/

### Noun

eyì
* maize; corn

## Toro
### Noun

eyi
* bush
* farm

### References

* Roger Blench, The Toro language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2012)

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ìyí (SEY)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /è.jí/

### Pronoun

èyí
* this thing/person
    Antonym: ìyẹn (“that”)
    Èyí ni mo fẹ́ rà ― This is what I want to buy
    Àǹtí mi ni èyí ― This is my auntie

#### Synonyms

| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | ìwé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | ìyí |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ | ìyí |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | ìyí |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ | ìyí |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | èí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | èyí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | èyí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | èyí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìjùmú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | èìn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - |

#### Derived terms

* báyìí
* eléyìí
* léyìí
* nìyí
* tóyìí
* yìí
* èyíkéyìí