эйә

From Proto-Turkic *Edi (“owner, host”).^[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (igä, “owner”);^[2] Tatar ия (iyä), Kazakh ие (ie), Kyrgyz ээ (ee), Southern Altai ээ (ee), Tuvan ээ (ee), Uzbek ega, Uyghur ئىگە (ige), Azerbaijani yiyə, Turkish iye (“owner, possessor”).

• IPA^(key): [ɪ̞ˈjæ]
• Hyphenation: э‧йә

эйә • (eyə)

1. owner, possessor

   Synonym: хужа (xuja)

2. (linguistics) subject
3. (mythology) spirit/sprite living in and controlling a certain location

   Өй эйәһе.

   Öy eyəhe.

   House spirit.

   Һыу эйәһе.

   Hıw eyəhe.

   Water sprite.

эйә • (eyə) (takes dative case, takes the final position in the sentence)

1. have, possess a certain property

   Йүкә балы тәмле, хуш еҫле, ҙур дауалау көсөнә эйә.

   Yükə balı təmle, xuş yeśle, źur dawalaw kösönə eyə.

   Linden honey is palatable, has a pleasant smell and great medicinal properties.

   Сит кешенең ҡолағына ят булып ишетелгән атамалар шул төбәктә тыуып үҫкәндәр өсөн ҙур мәғәнәгә эйә.

   Sit keşeneñ qolağına yat bulıp işetelgən atamalar şul töbəktə tıwıp üśkəndər ösön źur məğənəgə eyə.

   The place names that sound strange to a foreigner's ears, have a deep meaning for those who were born and grew up in that region.