epe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "epe"

Basque

Noun

epe inan

1. term (due date)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *säppä. Cognates include Finnish sappi, Estonian sapp and Erzya сэпе (sepe). Its current form is the result of rebracketing an earlier form *ep possessive-suffixed with -e, compare vese, zúza, ipa, and possibly apa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛpɛ]
• Hyphenation: epe
• Rhymes: -pɛ

Noun

epe (usually uncountable, plural epék)

1. (biochemistry) bile (a bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	epe	epék
accusative	epét	epéket
dative	epének	epéknek
instrumental	epével	epékkel
causal-final	epéért	epékért
translative	epévé	epékké
terminative	epéig	epékig
essive-formal	epeként	epékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	epében	epékben
superessive	epén	epéken
adessive	epénél	epéknél
illative	epébe	epékbe
sublative	epére	epékre
allative	epéhez	epékhez
elative	epéből	epékből
delative	epéről	epékről
ablative	epétől	epéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	epéé	epéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	epééi	epékéi

Possessive forms of epe
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	epém	epéim
2nd person sing.	epéd	epéid
3rd person sing.	epéje	epéi
1st person plural	epénk	epéink
2nd person plural	epétek	epéitek
3rd person plural	epéjük	epéik

Derived terms

• epés
• epéskedik

 

Compound words

• epehólyag
• epekő

 

Further reading

• epe in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• epe in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Igbo

Noun

epe

1. forest, bush
2. grove

Derived terms

• epe agbara (“sacred grove”)

Further reading

• Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “epe”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 49

Italian

Noun

epe f

1. plural of epa

Japanese

Romanization

epe

1. Rōmaji transcription of エペ

Mapudungun

Adverb

epe (Raguileo spelling)

1. almost, nearly

Rapa Nui

Noun

epe

1. ear lobe

Tocharian A

Etymology

Borrowed from Tocharian B epe.

Conjunction

epe

1. or

Tocharian B

Etymology

Unknown.

Conjunction

epe

1. or
2. otherwise, else

Descendants

• → Tocharian A: epe

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “epe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 95

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French épée.

Noun

epe (definite accusative epeyi, plural epeler)

1. (fencing) epee

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.pe/

Adverb

epe

1. again

   ojaga epe ― he kept watch again

2. more, anymore, else

   lo pama epe? ― and what else/more?

   maminye epe ― yet once more

References

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

Yoruba

Etymology

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ pè (“to call”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.k͡pè/

Noun

èpè

1. swear; curse

Derived terms

• ṣépè (“to swear; to curse”)
• àwòdì jẹun èpè sanra (“the kite fattens itself with cursed food”)
• èpè la fi ń wo èpè sàn (“curses are used to cure curses”)

 

See also

• èébú (“insult”)