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Ainu

Pronunciation

Pronoun

eci (Kana spelling エチ)

  1. (respectful, singular object pronoun) second person pronoun; you. Used when the second person is the object of an action performed by the first person. It often appears as an affix;
    Synonyms: e, eani
    Eci-nukar.
    (I) see you.
  2. (plural) second person pronoun; you. It often appears as an affix.
    Synonyms: ecioka, eciutari, eciokay, eciokayahcin
    Ecien-nukar.
    You are seeing me.

Verb

eci (Kana spelling エチ)

  1. to be soiled, to be stained, to be dirty
    E-kor attus eci ne.
    Your robes (attus) are dirty.

Noun

eci (Kana spelling エチ, possessed form ecihi)

  1. A spout
  2. A handle
  3. (by extension) any tubular part of an object
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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *etës (compare dialectal ecëj), from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti, present of *h₁ey-. Compare Serbo-Croatian ìći, Lithuanian ei̇̃ti. See heci.

Pronunciation

Verb

eci (aorist eca, participle ecur)

  1. to walk

Conjugation

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Nupe

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nupoid *iti. Cognates include Asu eci, Dibo eci, Gupa-Abawa itsi, Kakanda iti, Kupa ici.

Pronunciation

Noun

eci (plural ecizhì)

  1. yam (general term) (Dioscorea)
    Mi è pa eci.I am pounding yam.
    1. yellow Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
Hyponyms
  • cin̄gini (pounded yam)
  • dìndín (fried yam)
  • eci dzúrú (red yam)
  • kàndù (areal yam)
  • kòkókùmà (yam cultivar)
  • kpatságà (yam cultivar)
  • malábàgi (yam cultivar)
  • èfyági (yam cultivar)
  • èrú (boiled yam)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

eci

  1. race; run
    Eci na dòkò bi na máfi dòkòci.The race that the horse ran pleased the horserider.
Derived terms
  • bici (to run)
  • ecibi (running)
  • ecibici (runner)

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