'e

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English

Etymology 1

A representation of the pronunciation of he by a speaker who does not use the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]).

Pronoun

'e

  1. Pronunciation spelling of he.
See also

Etymology 2

Pronoun

'e

  1. Alternative spelling of 'ee.

Guaraní

Pronunciation

Verb

'e (active, transitive, irregular)

  1. say

Conjugation

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

  • le (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

From Latin de.

Preposition

’e

  1. of
  2. from (only with verb esse)

Etymology 2

From Latin illae.

Article

’e pl and f pl

  1. the

Pronoun

'e

  1. him (dative)
  2. her (dative)
  3. them (accusative)
Coordinate terms
Number Person Nominative Accusative Dative Reflexive Possessive Prepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

See also

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔe*ʔi, from Proto-Tupian *kʔe (to say, to do).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní 'e.

Pronunciation

Noun

'e (possessable)

  1. verbal noun of 'e

Verb

'e (first-person singular active indicative a'é, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'éî, first-person singular gerund gûi'îabo, noun 'e)(transitive, irregular)

  1. to say
    'e tenhẽ marã
    to talk nonsense
  2. to enunciate
  3. to conclude (to come to a conclusion)
  4. to wish; to have the intention to
  5. to mean; to signify (to convey a meaning)
  6. to think; to suppose; to assume; to judge
    Synonyms: mo'ang, 'ea'ub

Verb

'e (first-person singular active indicative a'é, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'éî, first-person singular gerund gûi'îabo, noun 'e)(intransitive, auxiliary, irregular)

  1. syntactic marker for emphasis; do [with gerund]

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:'e.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 409, line 178

Samoan

Pronoun

'e

  1. Alternative form of ʻe

Sardinian

Etymology

Aphetic form of de.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /e/

Preposition

'e

  1. Aphetic form of de

West Frisian

Determiner

'e

  1. Form of de, used before one-syllable prepositions ending in a consonant.