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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ek"

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • ik (Cape Afrikaans or archaic), ekke (emphatic or marked variant)

Etymology

From Dutch ik, from Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om (“I”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æk/, (Cape dialect) /ɛk/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

ek (object my, possessive my)

  1. I (subject)
    • 1976, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, page 19:
      Hy het na my geskop, maar ek het dit verwag en het vinnig my been gelig en dwars gedraai.
      He kicked towards me, but I expected this and quickly lifted my leg and turned it sidewards.
    • 1994, in Annemarié Van Niekerk, Vrouevertellers. 1843-1993, Tafelberg-Uitgewers (publ.), page 308.
      " […] Ek is jou vader. Ek sal jou doodslaan as jy nie luister nie!"
      " […] I am your father. I shall beat you to death if you do not listen!"
    • 2011, Kashiefa, Sedick, Zakeer & Sedeeqa Jacobs, "Die pad is toe", in No Land! No House! No Vote! Voices from Symphony Way, Pambazuka Press (publ.), page 132.
      Ek het nog nooit 'n huis gehad nie, my ouers het ook nog nooit een besit nie
      I have never owned a house, my parents also have never possessed one either.

See also

More information subjective, objective ...
1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.
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Ainu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

ek (Kana spelling エㇰ, plural ariki)

  1. (intransitive) to come

Bergish

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ek

  1. (Barmen) I (first person pronoun)

Coordinate terms

  • mek (“me (dative/accusative)”)
  • du (“thou”)
  • dek (“thee (dative/accusative)”)
  • sek (“reflexive pronoun”)
  • hä (“he”)
  • se (“she/they”)
  • et (“it”)

Further reading

  • Charlotte Elling, edited by Paul Decker, Mehr Vertellsches on Vääschkes uttem Wopperdal, Verlag Edition Köndgen, s.a. [2017]; by the Vorwort by Paul Decker Charlotte Elling is from Barmen, and according to publisher it's in "Barmer Platt"

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from ek-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ek/
  • Rhymes: -ek
  • Hyphenation: ek

Interjection

ek

  1. let's go, hurry up, get going
    Ek! Ni ne havas multan tempon.
    Let's go! We don't have much time.
    Ek al la laboro!
    Get to work!

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Hindi एक (ek).

Numeral

ek

  1. one

References

Hokkien

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 億 (“hundred million; hundred thousand; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 億).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 厄 (“harrowing; miserable; disaster; calamity; catastrophe; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 厄).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 啞 (“laughter; sound of laughing”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 啞).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 憶 (“to recall; to recollect; to think back; to remember; to bear in mind; to memorize; to remember; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 憶).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 扼 (“to grasp; to clutch; to guard; to control; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 扼).

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 抑 (“to press down; to keep down; to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 抑).

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 溢 (“to overflow; to brim over; to flood; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 溢).

Etymology 8

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 益 (“to overflow; affluent; well-off; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 益).

Etymology 9

For pronunciation and definitions of ek – see 臆 (“chest; breast; bosom; thought; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 臆).
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Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Alternative forms

  • ég (modern)
  • eg (archaic, poetic)

Pronoun

ek

  1. (archaic) I
    Ek spurða þá, hvar ek skyldi sitja.
    I asked then, where I should sit.
Declension
More information singular, first person ...

† Archaic. See also honorific pronouns.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ek

  1. first-person singular active present indicative of aka
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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek). Also seen as a borrowing from Latin ex, with the x changed to just k so not to interfere with ex-, which shares the same origin.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ek

  1. (general sense) out
  2. (indicating motion) out, out of, out from, from
    Adportez stulo ek ta chambro ― Bring a chair out of that room.
    Lu prenis ca folio ek la tir-kesto ― He took this leaf from the drawer.
  3. of, made from, made of (of materials)
    Ek quon esas ta tasi? ― What are the cups made of?
    Li esas ek porcelano. ― They are made of china.
  4. (mathematics) (indication fractional parts) out of
    Nonadek ek cent. ― Ninety out of a hundred (90%).
    En ca armeo, 5 ek 100 esas ocidita, 10 ek 100 vundita.
    In this army, five out of (every) 100 were killed, and ten per cent were wounded.

Derived terms

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Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Compare Hindi एक (ek).

Numeral

ek

  1. one; 1

Ladino

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Mauritian Creole

Middle English

Middle Low German

North Frisian

Northern Ohlone

Norwegian Bokmål

Old Frisian

Old Norse

Old Saxon

Proto-Norse

Rohingya

Swedish

Tocharian B

Turkish

Volapük

West Frisian

Zhuang

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