eke

== Translingual == === Symbol === eke (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ekit. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ekit terms == English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ēk, IPA(key): /iːk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ik/ Rhymes: -iːk Homophone: eek === Etymology 1 === The noun is derived from Middle English eke (“addition, increase, enlargement”), from Old English ēaca, from Proto-Germanic *aukô, from *aukaną (“to increase, add, enlarge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”). The English noun is cognate with Old Frisian āka (“addition, increase; bonus”), Old Norse auki (“growth, increase, proliferation”). The verb is derived partly: from the noun; and from Middle English eken (“to increase, add, enlarge”) [and other forms], from three distinct verbs (1) Old English īeċan (“to increase, add, enlarge”) (transitive), (2) ēacan (“to be enlarged or increased”), and (3) ēacian, all from Proto-Germanic *aukaną (“to grow, increase”); see further above. The English verb is cognate with Latin augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread; to lengthen; to exaggerate; to enrich; to honour; (figuratively) to exalt, praise”), Old English ēac (“also”), Old Norse auka (“to augment, increase; to add; to exceed, surpass”), Icelandic auka (“to augment, increase to add; to exceed, surpass”), (Danish øge (“to enhance; to increase”), Norwegian Bokmål øke (“to increase”), Norwegian Nynorsk auka (“to increase”), Swedish öka (“to increase”)). ==== Noun ==== eke (plural ekes) (obsolete except British, dialectal) An addition. (beekeeping, archaic) A small stand on which a beehive is placed. (beekeeping) A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space. ===== Derived terms ===== ekeing (noun) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== eke (third-person singular simple present ekes, present participle eking or ekeing, simple past and past participle eked) (transitive) Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== eke out eker ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ek, eek, eke (“also”) [and other forms], from Old English ēac, ǣc, ēc (“also”), from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also, too; furthermore, in addition”), then either: from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”); or from Pre-Germanic *h₂ew (“away from, off; again”) + *g(ʰ)e (postpositional intensifying particle meaning ‘at any rate, indeed, in fact’) The English word is cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk, “also; for, because; but also”), Old Frisian âk, Old High German ouh (“also, as well, too”) (Middle High German ouch, modern German auch (“also, as well, too”)), Old Norse auk (“also; and”) (Danish og (“and”), Swedish och (“and”), ock (“(dated) also, as well as, too”)), Old Saxon ôk, Dutch ook (“also, too; moreover; either”), Saterland Frisian ook, uk (“also, too”), West Frisian ek (“also, too”). ==== Adverb ==== eke (not comparable) (archaic) Also; in addition to. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Eek, Kee, eek, kee == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from a Chuvash-type Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare the Turkish verb form ek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛkɛ] Hyphenation: eke Rhymes: -kɛ === Noun === eke (plural ekék) plough (UK), plow (US) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === eke in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. eke in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === eike === Etymology === From informal Dutch ikke (standard Dutch ik), from Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. Compare to Afrikaans ek. Doublet of ego. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛkə] Hyphenation: èkê === Pronoun === eke (colloquial or dated) I: The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence Synonyms: aku, saya, gua, gue == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *heke (compare with Tongan heka; Tahitian eʻe; South Marquesan eʻe; North Marquesan eke; Hawaiian eʻe) from Proto-Oceanic *sake (compare with Fijian cake (“up”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay (“to ride on something”) (compare with Ilocano sakáy (“to ride, to mound”) and Tagalog sakáy (“passenger, load”)). Sense of "surfing" from overlap with heke. Doublet of ekeeke. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeke/ [ˈɛkɛ] === Verb === eke to climb, to ascend, to rise to mount, to ride on to embark to surf Synonym: heke to raft Synonym: heke to place something on to achieve, to attain === Noun === eke embarking, boarding surfing Synonym: heke rafting, rafter Synonym: heke === Related terms === whakaeke === References === === Further reading === “eke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Middle English == === Adverb === eke alternative form of ek == Pali == === Numeral === eke inflection of eka (“one”): masculine nominative/accusative/vocative plural feminine vocative singular == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish, see ek (“oak”). === Noun === eke n (uncountable) wood of oak ==== Declension ==== == Turkish == === Noun === eke dative singular of ek == Volapük == === Pronoun === eke dative singular of ek == Yoruba == === Etymology === From è- +‎ ké === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /è.ké/ === Noun === èké lie, falsehood Synonyms: irọ́, idu liar Synonyms: elékèé, onírọ́ ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: equê == Zazaki == === Conjunction === eke if === Article === eke the