esi-

See also: esi, ESI, êsi, ėsi, eşi, and -ësi

Estonian

Etymology

See esi.

Prefix

esi-

first
front

Derived terms

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede; a cognate of Hungarian elő.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈesi/
Rhymes: -esi
Hyphenation: e‧si

Prefix

esi-

pre-, fore-.

Inflection

Declension of esi- (type käsi)

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	esi-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	(edes)	–
inessive	edessä	–	temporal	–	–
elative	edestä	–	causative	–	–
illative	eteen	esiin	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	edellä	esillä	distributive	–	–
ablative	edeltä	esiltä	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	edelle	esille	prolative	editse	–
essive	–	–	situative	–	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	–	–
instructive	etenkin etenkään	–
abessive	–	–
comitative	–	–

The cases of esi- serve in Finnish only as adverbs. The instructive singular is always used with the enclitic particle -kin or -kään. Declension scheme is the same as type 27 (käsi), except of some missing, not used forms; and the two extra instructive singular forms etenkin and etenkään.

Antonyms

(pre-, fore-): jälki-

Derived terms

adjectives: edellinen, etevä
nouns: esikoinen, esine, eteinen
verbs: edeltää, edetä, edistää, esiintyä, esittää

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Related terms

See the inflection table.

References

Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Anagrams

eis, ies, sei, sie

Zulu

Etymology 1

Prefix

esi-

First-person plural relative concord.

Etymology 2

Prefix

esi-

Class 7 relative concord.

Etymology 3

Prefix

esi-

Class 7 adjective concord.

References

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “esi-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “esi-”

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