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eci

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Ainu

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.t͡ʃí/, [ʔe.t͡ʃí]

Pronoun

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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

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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

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eci (Kana spelling エチ, possessed form ecihi)

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

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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eci (aorist eca, participle ecur)

  1. to walk

Conjugation

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Nupe

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Ecizhì na dan dzukó o na.

Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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eci (plural ecizhì)

  1. yam (general term) (Dioscorea)
    Mi è pa eci. ― I am pounding yam.
    1. yellow Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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eci

  1. race; run
    Eci na dòkò bi na máfi dòkòci. ― The race that the horse ran pleased the horserider.
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