ek

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/

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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

Afrikaans personal pronouns

			subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st		ek	my		myne
	2nd		jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal		u			u s’n
	3rd	masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
		fem	sy	haar		hare
		neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st		ons			ons s’n
	2nd		julle / jul1			julle s’n
	3rd		hulle / hul1			hulle s’n

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.

Ainu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ek/

Verb

ek (Kana spelling エㇰ, plural ariki)

1. (intransitive) to come

Bergish

Alternative forms

• ik

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

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ek]
• Hyphenation: ek

Interjection

ek

1. let's go, hurry up

   Ek! Ni ne havas multan tempon.

   Let's go! We don't have much time.

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Hindi एक (ek).

Numeral

ek

1. one

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Moag, Rodney F. (1977) Fiji Hindi: A basic course and reference grammar‎, Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, →ISBN
• Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28

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).

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

Icelandic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ég, eg, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

^† Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ek

1. first-person singular active present indicative of aka

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛk/

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

• ek-

Related terms

• ex-

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