# eja
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* paja — Gheg

### 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!
* second-person singular imperative of vij

#### Related terms

* jakë
* vij
* eci
* iki

## Ese
### Noun

eja
* nose ornament

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛd͡ʒa]
* Hyphenation: èja

### Verb

èja (base/imperative/colloquial eja, active mengeja, passive dieja)
* to spell: to read (something) as though letter by letter

#### Derived terms

* ejaan
* mengeja
* pengeja
* pengejaan

### 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.

## Latin
### Interjection

eja
* Alternative spelling of eia

## Latvian
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɛja]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

eja f (4th declension)
* 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
* (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
* (of body or body parts) canal, passage connecting organs, cavities, etc.
    auss iekšēja eja ― the inner ear passage canal
    deguna ejas ― nasal passages

#### Derived terms

* apeja
* ateja
* ieeja
* izeja
* noeja
* pāreja
* pieeja
* uzeja

#### Related terms

* iet

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “eja”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Makasar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈeɟa]

### Adjective

eja (Lontara spelling ᨕᨙᨍ)
* red (color/colour)

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* heja (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [e.d͡ʒä], [e.d͡ʒə]

### Verb

eja (Jawi spelling ايجا)
* to spell

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* pengeja [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* pengejaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* ejaan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* mengeja [agent focus] (meN-)
* dieja [patient focus] (di-)
* tereja [agentless action] (teR-)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: eja

#### Further reading

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

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Verb

eja
* to let or allow

#### Conjugation
## Sardinian
### Adverb

eja
* yes