"ei" meaning in Estonian

See ei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Etymology: From the Proto-Finno-Ugric negative verb stem *e- ~ *ä- ~ *a-. Cognates include Finnish ei and Northern Sami ii. Etymology templates: {{inh|et|fiu-pro|-}} Proto-Finno-Ugric, {{m|urj-pro|*e-}} *e-, {{m|urj-pro|*ä-}} *ä-, {{m|urj-pro|*a-}} *a-, {{cog|fi|ei}} Finnish ei, {{cog|se|ii}} Northern Sami ii Head templates: {{head|et|interjection}} ei
  1. no
    Sense id: en-ei-et-intj-k5Apjz-w

Verb

Etymology: From the Proto-Finno-Ugric negative verb stem *e- ~ *ä- ~ *a-. Cognates include Finnish ei and Northern Sami ii. Etymology templates: {{inh|et|fiu-pro|-}} Proto-Finno-Ugric, {{m|urj-pro|*e-}} *e-, {{m|urj-pro|*ä-}} *ä-, {{m|urj-pro|*a-}} *a-, {{cog|fi|ei}} Finnish ei, {{cog|se|ii}} Northern Sami ii Head templates: {{head|et|verbs||-|||cat2=|f1request=1|head=}} ei, {{et-verb|-}} ei
  1. (auxiliary verb) don't, doesn't, not: used in negative forms of non-imperative verbs. Ma ei tea. I don't know. (Compare: Ma tean. I know.) Tags: auxiliary Derived forms: eitama
    Sense id: en-ei-et-verb-YXkrjYO3 Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Estonian entries with incorrect language header: 0 100

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ei meaning in Estonian (2.5kB)

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    },
    {
      "word": "jah"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      },
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish ei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "se",
        "2": "ii"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Sami ii",
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    }
  ],
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        }
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        }
      ],
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        "don't, doesn't, not: used in negative forms of non-imperative verbs. Ma ei tea. I don't know. (Compare: Ma tean. I know.)"
      ],
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          "don't"
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        [
          "doesn't",
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        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "Ma",
          "Ma"
        ],
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ],
        [
          "tean",
          "tean"
        ]
      ],
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        "(auxiliary verb) don't, doesn't, not: used in negative forms of non-imperative verbs. Ma ei tea. I don't know. (Compare: Ma tean. I know.)"
      ],
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        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "word": "jaa"
    },
    {
      "word": "jah"
    }
  ],
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    "Estonian interjections",
    "Estonian lemmas",
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    "Estonian verbs"
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      },
      "expansion": "*ä-",
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        "1": "urj-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "*a-",
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    },
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      },
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        "1": "se",
        "2": "ii"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Sami ii",
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    }
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    }
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "ii"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Sami ii",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Proto-Finno-Ugric negative verb stem *e- ~ *ä- ~ *a-. Cognates include Finnish ei and Northern Sami ii.",
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      "name": "head"
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        "don't, doesn't, not: used in negative forms of non-imperative verbs. Ma ei tea. I don't know. (Compare: Ma tean. I know.)"
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "not",
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        ],
        [
          "Ma",
          "Ma"
        ],
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          "tea"
        ],
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          "tean",
          "tean"
        ]
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        "(auxiliary verb) don't, doesn't, not: used in negative forms of non-imperative verbs. Ma ei tea. I don't know. (Compare: Ma tean. I know.)"
      ],
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      ]
    }
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}

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