eyeye
noun
/ē.jē.jē/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
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maternal grandmother
Similar wordsRelated wordsèyé abaPossibly related wordsababapaternal grandfather Wiktionary points at “ababa”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “bàbá bàbá”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ababa” may be a word nobody has written up yet. bàbá bàbá paternal grandfatherPossibly in the same setabayematernal grandfather Wiktionary points at “abaye”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “bàbá ìyá”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “abaye” may be a word nobody has written up yet. bàbá ìyá maternal grandfather
Etymology
From eye + eye, literally “mother's mother”.
Component words
eye
2 entries are spelled “eye”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
èye
mother, mom
èyé
mother, mom
eye
2 entries are spelled “eye”, and the etymology doesn't say which one this word is built from — we've linked to the first.
èye
mother, mom
èyé
mother, mom
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “eyeye”.
Reference:
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