eko

• IPA^(key): /è.kó/

èkó

1. a temporary camp used for hunting and during times of war

• Eko (“Lagos, originally a war camp in that region”)

ek +‎ -o

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• IPA^(key): [ˈeko]
• Rhymes: -eko
• Hyphenation: e‧ko

eko (accusative singular ekon, plural ekoj, accusative plural ekojn)

1. start, beginning

   Synonym: komenco

Clipping of ekonomaiseri

• IPA^(key): /ˈeko/, [ˈe̞ko̞]
• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification^(key): e‧ko

eko (slang)

1. economizer (part of a steam boiler)

• koe

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eko (plural eki)

1. echo

• ekigar (“to echo”) (transitive)

eko

1. life
2. way of living, habit or tradition

eko

1. masculine nominative singular of eka (“one”)

eko

1. stalk (e.g. of bananas)

• Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːkʊ/

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eko n

1. an echo; a reflected sound

• Radio Sweden's news broadcasts are named Dagens eko, often referred to as ekot (the echo).
• In some compounds, the prefix eko- is a contraction of either ekonomi (“economy”) or ekologi (“ecology”)

• ekokammare
• ekolod