ee

Translingual

Symbol

ee

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Ewe.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Noun

ee (plural een)

1. (Scotland, Northern England and archaic) An eye.
   • 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering:

     […] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word […]

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Interjection

ee

1. (Northern England) eh
   • 1975, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, The Werewolf and the Vampire:

     Father advanced with outstretched hand and announced in a loud, very hearty voice: "Ee, I'm pleased to meet ye, lad. […]

   • 2008, Mavis Crawley, The Rolling Stone: Based on the True Story of My Life:

     'Ee by gum lass we've seen nought of thee this many a long year, thou's a sight for sore eyes,' he said planting a kiss firmly on Mum's cheek...

Etymology 3

Noun

ee (plural ees)

1. (chemistry) Enantiomeric excess.

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• e

Noun

ee (plural ees)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter E.
   • 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:

     The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

   • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

     I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.

   • 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5

     ETA as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".

Etymology 5

From Cantonese 噫 (ji², interjection).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /iː/, , ,

Interjection

ee (with as many extra ‘e’s as needed for emphasis)

1. (Singapore) Ew, yuck; expression of disgust.
   • 2000 December 29, Samuel Lee, w:The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page L8:

     Eee, so commercial some might say.

See also

Dibabawon Manobo

Interjection

èe

1. yes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch êe, from Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Hyphenation: ee
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

ee f (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) a law or rule
2. (obsolete) the bond of marriage

Related terms

• eegade, eega, eegemaal, echt, eeuw, ieder, ooit

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

ee (genitive , partitive )

1. The name of the Latin-script letter E.

Etymology 2

Noun

ee

1. genitive singular of esi

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin ē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/,
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): ee

Noun

ee

1. The name of the Latin-script letter E.

Declension

Luo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.e/

Interjection

ee

1. yes

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish í.

Pronoun

ee (emphatic eeish or ish)

1. she

   As ta'n chooid share jeh nagh vel ee ny ben Vanninagh.

   The beauty of it is that she is not Manx.

   Ben vie thie ee.

   She is a good housekeeper.

   Cha dooar ee eh.

   She didn't find it.

   Cha nel ee agh ny lhiannoo.

   She is but a child.

   Er leshyn dy row ee nane jeh e chaarjyn.

   He counted her among his friends.

2. her

   Hug eh fo obbeeys ee.

   He bewitched her.

   Ren eh smeidey stiagh ee.

   He beckoned her in.

3. it (referring to a feminine noun)

   Cha jargym fakin ee.

   I can't see it.

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ithid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸiteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-.

Verb

ee (past dee, verbal noun ee, present participle gee, past participle eeit)

1. to eat, consume, feed

Usage notes

The expected future indicative form would be *ee but it’s not attested, the relative form is eeys. In non-relative context generally periphrastic constructions with the verbal noun are used, eg. cre nee shiu y ee, ny cre nee shiu y iv ― what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nee eh gee ec my voayrd hene ― he shall eat at my table, raad nee ad gee eh ― wherein they shall eat it.

Middle English

Noun

ee

1. Alternative form of æ

Phalura

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ee/

Particle

ee (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)

1. Utterance final question clitic

Alternative forms

• aa (Biori)

References

• Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ee/

Conjunction

ee (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)

1. Conjoining marker cliticized to the first constituent

References

• Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Scots

Etymology 1

From (Anglian) Old English ēġe.

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Noun

ee (plural een)

1. eye
   • 1789, Robert Burns, Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut:

     We are na fou, we're nae that fou, / But just a drappie in our ee

     We are not full, we're not that full, / but just a drop in our eye

Etymology 2

From Old English ġē.

Pronoun

ee (personal, non-emphatic)

1. (South Scots) you

Etymology 3

Numeral

ee

1. Shetland form of ae (“one”)

See also

• ye
• yow
• yow yins

References

• “ee, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Interjection

ee

1. o; oh

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *ɨ́ɨ̨́.

Numeral

ee

1. one

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *ɨ̀ɨ̨̀.

Numeral

ee

1. nine

References

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 203v

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɪ/

Interjection

ee

1. yes

Tukudede

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ee

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Võro

Noun

ee (genitive , partitive )

1. The name of the Latin-script letter E.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

• 'eee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Particle

ee

1. yes

   Synonym: mmjm

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ee”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “'eee”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “ʔeee”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yola

Etymology 1

Preposition

ee

1. Alternative form of ing (“in”)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:

     Th' valler w'speen here, th' lass ee chourch-hey.

     The more we spend here, the less in the churchyard.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Joud an moud vrem earchee ete was ee Lough.

     Throngs and crowds from each quarter were at the Lough;

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Zitch vaperreen, an shimmereen, fan ee-daff ee aar scoth!

     Such vapouring and glittering when stript in their shirts!

Etymology 2

Article

ee

1. Alternative form of a (“the”)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 52:

     Leiough ut ee die.

     Idle out the day.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 1-3:

     Wee, Vassalès o' 'His Most Gracious Majesty,' Wilyame ee Vourthe,

     We, the subjects of his Most Gracious Majesty, William IV.,

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:

     Ee vrieste o' paryshe on a long-tailed garrane.

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:

     Anure vrem ee Bake,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37