ek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk/

Pronoun

ek (object my, possessive my)

1. I (subject)

Etymology

From ek-.

Interjection

ek

1. let's go

Etymology

From Hindi एक (ek), from Sanskrit एक (éka) (or a closely related Old-Indo-Aryan language, through Prakrit), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haykas (compare Persian یک‎ (yek)), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)óykos (“one, single”).

Numeral

ek

1. (cardinal) one

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Inflected form of aka (“to drive”).

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 materials) of, made from, made of

   Ek quo 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.

Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas. Compare Hindi, Konkani, Nepali and Marathi एक (ek).

Numeral

ek

1. (cardinal) one; 1

Pronunciation

• MED phonemes: {yẹk}
• IPA^(key): /jɘk/, [e̯e͡ɤk]

Noun

ek

1. fish.

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Alternative forms

• eek, eke

Etymology

From Old English ēac, from Proto-Germanic *auk.

Adverb

ek

1. also, in addition, besides

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk/, /ek/

Pronoun

ek

1. Alternative form of ik.

Etymology

From Old Norse ekki. Cognate with Danish ikke, Faroese ikki, Norwegian Nynorsk ikkje.

Adverb

ek

1. (Sylt) not

   "Di rocht Saaken ken di Oogen ek se", sair di Litji Prins, fuar höm dit tö morki.

   "The important things can't be seen with the eyes," said the Little Prince, so he would remember this.

Preposition

ek

1. out of, from
2. out of (expressing a fraction or a ratio)

Noun

ēk f

1. oak

Alternative forms

• jek
• jak

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ek

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)
   • 150–350, inscription on the Lindholm amulet:

     ᛖᚳᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉᛋᚨᚹᛁᛚᚨᚷᚨᛉᚺᚨᛏᛖᚳᚨ

     ek erilaz sa[w]ilagaz hateka

     I [am an] earl, Sawilagaz hight I

   • 200–475, inscription on the Kragehul I spear-shaft:

     ᛖᚳᛖ⁀ᚱᛁᛚᚨ⁀ᛉ...

     ek e⁀rila⁀z asugisalas m⁀uh⁀a h⁀aite […]

     I, earl of Asugisalaz, hight Muha, […]

   • circa 1000, Vǫluspá, verse 1, line 1:

     Hliods bið ec allar... (Codex Regius, circa 1270)

     Hlioðs bið ek allar... (Hauksbók, circa 1306)

     Hljóðs bið ek allar... (normalised orthography)

     For silence I ask all...

   • 1220-1240, Egils saga, chapter 3, line 16:

     "Þótt þetta vandræði hafi nú borit oss at hendi, þá mun eigi langt til, at sama vandræði mun til yðvar koma, því at Haraldr, ætla ek, at skjótt mun hér koma, þá er hann hefir alla menn þrælkat ok áþját, sem hann vill, á Norðmæri ok í Raumsdal." (Norse)

     translation by William Charles Green:

     Though this danger now touches us, before long the same will come to you; for Harold, as I ween, will hasten hither when he has enthralled and oppressed after his will all in North Mæra and Raumsdale.

     translation by Hallvard Lie:

     Though this trouble have now lighted on our hand, 'twill not be long ere the same trouble shall come upon you; for Harald, I ween, will shortly hither come, soon as he hath all men thralled and enslaved, according to this will, in Northmere and Raumsdale.

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	ek	þú		hann	hon, hón	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, honum, hónum	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	sín	hans	hennar	þess
case	dual
nominative	vit	it, þit
accusative	okr, okkr	ykr, ykkr	sik
dative	okr, okkr	ykr, ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
case	plural			plural masculine	plural feminine	plural neuter
nominative	vér	ér, þér		þeir	þær	þau
accusative	oss	yðr	sik	þá	þær	þau
dative	oss	yðr	sér	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	vár	yðar, yðvar	sín	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

The Lindholm amulet, a 2nd to 4th century piece of bone with a Proto-Norse inscription containing two instances of the pronoun.

References

• ek in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːk/

Noun

ēk f

1. oak

Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka, “one”).

Numeral

ek

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ek c

1. oak

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ëk, from Late Proto-Indo-European *okʷs, from *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Tocharian A ak.

Noun

ek

1. eye

   eśane klausane ṣeycer-me kartstse yolo lkātsi klyaussisa

   "you had eyes and ears to see and hear good and evil"

Noun

ek (definite accusative eki, plural ekler)

1. annex

Verb

ek

1. second-person singular imperative of ekmek

Pronoun

ek

1. someone; anyone

Etymology

From Old Frisian āk, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Compare Middle English eek (archaic English eke), Dutch ook, German auch.

Adverb

ek

1. also, too