esek

Ibaloi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔəsəq/
• Hyphenation: e‧sek

Noun

ësëk

1. plant

   Eshakel esek ko shi kadnan mi.

   I have lots of plants in our place.

Derived terms

• i-esek (to plant, will plant)
• nay-esek (was planted)

Related terms

• nateng (vegetables)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈəsək/ [ˈə.sək̚]
• Rhymes: -əsək
• Syllabification: e‧sek

Noun

esek (plural esek-esek)

1. fever with flaky skin

Further reading

• “esek”, 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

Salar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Perhaps related to Turkish eksik.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu) IPA^(key): /esex/

Adjective

esek (comparative esekrek, superlative esekçük)

1. rare, scarce, sparse

References

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1992), “esek”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都 [Chéngdū]: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 6
• 舍秀存 [She Xiucun] (2015), “esek”, in 撒拉语语音研究 [Salar Phonetic Research]‎^[1], China: 上海大学出版社, →ISBN, page 301