esi-

See also: esi, ESI, êsi, ėsi, eşi, and -ësi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede; a cognate of Hungarian elő.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesi/
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: e‧si

Prefix

esi-

1. pre-, fore-.

Inflection

Declension of esi- (type käsi) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative esi- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative (edes) – inessive edessä – temporal – – elative edestä – causative – – illative eteen esiin multiplicative – – adessive edellä esillä distributive – – ablative edeltä esiltä temp. dist. – – allative edelle esille prolative editse – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – instructive etenkin etenkään – abessive – – comitative – –

The cases of esi- serve in Finnish only as adverbs. The instructive singular is always used with the enclitic particle -kin or -kään. Declension scheme is the same as type 27 (käsi), except of some missing, not used forms; and the two extra instructive singular forms etenkin and etenkään.

Antonyms

• (pre-, fore-): jälki-

Derived terms

• adjectives: edellinen, etevä
• nouns: esikoinen, esine, eteinen
• verbs: edeltää, edetä, edistää, esiintyä, esittää

► Finnish words prefixed with esi-

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

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Zulu

Etymology 1

Prefix

esi-

1. First-person plural relative concord.

Etymology 2

Prefix

esi-

1. Class 7 relative concord.

Etymology 3

Prefix

esi-

1. Class 7 adjective concord.

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “esi-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ISBN 0 85494 027 8: “esi-”