ek-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ek"

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek)lbor.

Esperanto ek-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ek-/

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• Rhymes: -ek-
• Syllabification: ek-

Prefix

ek-

1. The prefix ek- indicates that the action it modifies is momentary or just beginning. It marks the inceptive aspect of verbs.

   ‎ek- + ‎krii (“to cry”) → ‎ekkrii (“to cry out”)

   ‎ek- + ‎kanti (“to sing”) → ‎ekkanti (“to begin to sing”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with ek-

ekaboni

ekamegi

ekami

ekapero

ekaŭdi

ekboli

ekbrili

ekbrilo

ekbruli

ekbruligi

ekde

ekdiri

ekdormi

ekesti

ekestigi

ekfali

ekflama

ekflami

ekflori

ekflugi

ekgrimpi

ekhavi

ekinteresiĝi

ekiri

ekkanti

ekkapti

ekkompreni

ekkoni

ekkreski

ekkrii

ekkuri

eklabori

eklerni

ekloĝi

eklumigi

ekmoviĝi

ekparoli

ekpensi

ekplori

ekpluvi

ekpreni

ekpruvi

ekregi

ekridi

ekrigardi

eksalti

ekscii

eksenti

eksidi

eksilenti

eksoni

ekstari

ekstudi

ektimema

ektimi

ektiri

ektremi

ekuzi

ekvidi

• ek (“let's go”)
• eki (“to begin, to start”)
• eko (“beginning, start”)

Ido

Etymology

Prefix form of ek (“out of (motion from; made or extracted from; fractional part of), out from, out (forth from), of (made of)”).

Prefix

ek-

1. prefix indicating out, out from

   ‎ek- + ‎irar (“to go”) → ‎ekirar (“to go out; exit”)

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with ek-

ekirar

ekswichar

ekterigar

Northern Ohlone

Etymology

Compare Southern Ohlone -ka.

Pronoun

ek-

1. I (first-person, singular, proclitic subject pronoun)
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes‎^[1]:

     ek-jawwasin

     I will wait [for it]

Determiner

ek-

1. my (first-person, singular, possessive)
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes‎^[2]:

     kiš kaayi ek-mootil

     My head is hurting me

See also

Northern Ohlone personal pronouns

	person	subject			object			possessive
		disjunctive1	proclitic	enclitic	disjunctive1	proclitic	enclitic
singular	first	kaana	ek-	-ek, -k	kiš, kaaniš	kiš-	-kiš	ek-, kaanak
	second	meene	em-, im-	-em, -im, -m	miš	emiš-, imiš-, miš-	-miš	em-, meenem
	third	waaka	Ø-2	-Ø2	wiš	Ø-2, eš-	-Ø2, -eš	i-, waakai-
plural	first	makkin	mak-	-mak	makkiš, makkinše	—	—	mak-, makkinmak
	second	makkam	kam-	-kam	makkamše	—	—	kam-, makkam
	third	waakamak	ya-	-ya	yaṭiš	—	—	ya-, waakamak

¹ Disjunctive is mostly used in copular sentences or for emphasis, either alone (eg. kaana) or with a clitic (eg. kaana-k ...-ek).
² Null morpheme. An unmarked verb implies a third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives waaka and wiš may also be used.
Note: Proclitic and enclitic forms can combine and undergo syncope, eg. ellešk (“let me do to him/her/it”) = elle +‎ -eš +‎ -ek

References

• María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s), Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Languages)‎^[3], Unpublished