esi-

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *eðe; a cognate of Hungarian elő.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈe̞si]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: e‧si

Prefix

esi-

1. pre-, fore-.

Inflection

Declension of esi- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative esi- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive (että) – 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.

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 (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

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Zulu

Prefix

esi- (relative concord)

1. First-person plural relative concord.
2. Class 7 relative concord.

Prefix

esi- (adjective concord)

1. Class 7 adjective concord.

See also

1st person plural concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	–
Basic noun prefix:	–
Subject concord:	si-
Object concord:	-si-
Possessive concord:	–
Adjective concord:	esiba-
Relative concord:	esi-
Pronoun:	thina, -thi, -ithu1
1 With possessive concords.
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.

Class 7 concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	isi-
Basic noun prefix:	si-
Subject concord:	si-
Object concord:	-si-
Possessive concord:	sa-
Adjective concord:	esi-
Relative concord:	esi-
Pronoun:	sona, -so
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.