ekka

See also: Ekka

English

Etymology

From Hindi एक्का (ekkā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkə/

Noun

ekka (plural ekkas)

1. (India) A small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Thrown Away”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 19:

     He said that he was ‘going to shoot big game’, and left at half-past ten o'clock in an ekka.

   • 2007, J.A. Hammerton, Peoples of All Nations: Their Life Today and Story of Their Past (in 14 Volumes)‎, page 2779:

     Throughout India the ekka is the ordinary vehicle in which the natives travel, and until recent times was the only one available to Europeans.

Alternative forms

• ecka, ekha

Anagrams

• keak, Keka

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛʰkːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛʰkːa

Noun

ekka

1. accusative singular of ekki
2. dative singular of ekki
3. genitive singular of ekki

Skolt Sami

Noun

ekka

1. illative singular of eeʹǩǩ

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland