"ei" meaning in Estonian

See ei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

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, {{cog|fi|ei}} Finnish ei, {{cog|se|ii}} Northern Sami ii Head templates: {{head|et|adverbs|not comparable||||f1accel-form=comparative|head=}} ei (not comparable), {{et-adv}} ei (not comparable)
  1. 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: not-comparable Derived forms: eitama
    Sense id: en-ei-et-adv-YXkrjYO3 Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Estonian entries with incorrect language header: 100 0

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, {{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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jaa"
    },
    {
      "word": "jah"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*e-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/e-"
    ],
    [
      "*ä-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ä-"
    ],
    [
      "*a-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/a-"
    ],
    [
      "ei",
      "ei#Finnish"
    ],
    [
      "ii",
      "ii#Northern_Sami"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "fiu-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finno-Ugric",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish ei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "ei",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "no"
      ],
      "id": "en-ei-et-intj-k5Apjz-w",
      "links": [
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ei"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*e-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/e-"
    ],
    [
      "*ä-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ä-"
    ],
    [
      "*a-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/a-"
    ],
    [
      "ei",
      "ei#Finnish"
    ],
    [
      "ii",
      "ii#Northern_Sami"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "fiu-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finno-Ugric",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish ei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "3": "not comparable",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "comparative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ei (not comparable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ei (not comparable)",
      "name": "et-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "eitama"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ei-et-adv-YXkrjYO3",
      "links": [
        [
          "don't",
          "don't"
        ],
        [
          "doesn't",
          "doesn't"
        ],
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "Ma",
          "Ma#Estonian"
        ],
        [
          "tea",
          "tea#Estonian"
        ],
        [
          "tean",
          "tean#Estonian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ei"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jaa"
    },
    {
      "word": "jah"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Estonian adverbs",
    "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Estonian interjections",
    "Estonian lemmas",
    "Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric",
    "Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric",
    "Pages with 50 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for pronunciation in Estonian entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*e-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/e-"
    ],
    [
      "*ä-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ä-"
    ],
    [
      "*a-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/a-"
    ],
    [
      "ei",
      "ei#Finnish"
    ],
    [
      "ii",
      "ii#Northern_Sami"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "fiu-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finno-Ugric",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish ei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "ei",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "no"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ei"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Estonian adverbs",
    "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Estonian interjections",
    "Estonian lemmas",
    "Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric",
    "Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric",
    "Pages with 50 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for pronunciation in Estonian entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "eitama"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*e-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/e-"
    ],
    [
      "*ä-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ä-"
    ],
    [
      "*a-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/a-"
    ],
    [
      "ei",
      "ei#Finnish"
    ],
    [
      "ii",
      "ii#Northern_Sami"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "fiu-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finno-Ugric",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish ei",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "3": "not comparable",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "comparative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ei (not comparable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ei (not comparable)",
      "name": "et-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "don't",
          "don't"
        ],
        [
          "doesn't",
          "doesn't"
        ],
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "Ma",
          "Ma#Estonian"
        ],
        [
          "tea",
          "tea#Estonian"
        ],
        [
          "tean",
          "tean#Estonian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ei"
}

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