eci

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eci"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *etës (compare dialectal ecëj), from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti, present of *h₁ey-. Compare Serbo-Croatian ìći, Lithuanian eĩti. See heci.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛtsi/

Verb

eci (aorist eca, participle ecur)

  1. to walk

Conjugation

Nupe

Ecizhì na dan dzukó o na.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nupoid *iti. Cognates include Asu eci, Dibo eci, Gupa-Abawa itsi, Kakanda iti, Kupa ici.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.t͡ʃī/

Noun

eci (plural ecizhì)

  1. yam (general term) (Dioscorea)
    Mi è pa eci.I am pounding yam.
    1. yellow Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
Hyponyms
  • cin̄gini (pounded yam)
  • dìndín (fried yam)
  • eci dzúrú (red yam)
  • kàndù (areal yam)
  • kòkókùmà (yam cultivar)
  • kpatságà (yam cultivar)
  • malábàgi (yam cultivar)
  • èfyági (yam cultivar)
  • èrú (boiled yam)

Further reading

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.t͡ʃī/

Noun

eci

  1. race; run
    Eci na dòkò bi na máfi dòkòci.The race that the horse ran pleased the horserider.
Derived terms
  • bici (to run)
  • ecibi (running)
  • ecibici (runner)
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