ekor

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ekor, from ikur, from Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Malay ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈekor/ [ˈe.kɔr]

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• Rhymes: -ekor
• Syllabification: e‧kor

Noun

ekor (plural ekor-ekor)

1. (anatomy) tail (appendage of an animal)

Classifier

ekor

1. Classifier used for animals.

Further reading

• “ekor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

ekor

Alternative forms

• ekok (Pontianak, Sambas)

Etymology

From ikur, from Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Indonesian ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈeko(r)/ [ˈe.ko(r)]
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈekor/ [ˈe.kor]
• Rhymes: -eko(r), -ko(r), -o(r)
• Hyphenation: e‧kor

Noun

ekor (Jawi spelling ايکور, plural ekor-ekor or ekor²)

1. (anatomy) tail (appendage of an animal)

Classifier

ekor (singular seekor)

1. classifier used for animals
2. (slang, humorous) classifier for human beings

   Synonym: orang

Swedish

Noun

ekor

1. indefinite plural of eka

Anagrams

• reko

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.kor/

Verb

ekor

1. (intransitive) to make noise

Conjugation

Conjugation of ekor (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		teekor	meekor	aekor
2nd person		neekor	feekor
3rd person	inanimate	iekor	deekor
	animate
imperative		neekor, ekor	feekor, ekor

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics