ayeey

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Somali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cushitic *yaay-. Cognates are Somali aayo and Afar yayya.

Noun[edit]

ayeey f (plural ayeeyooyin m)

  1. grandmother
  2. ancestress

References[edit]

  • Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “ayeeyo”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga[1], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 65