ek-

From Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek).

• IPA^(key): /ek/

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• Rhymes: -ek
• Hyphenation: ek

ek-

1. The prefix ek- indicates that the action it modifies is momentary or just beginning. It marks the inceptive aspect of verbs.

   ‎ek- + ‎krii (“to cry”) → ‎ekkrii (“to cry out”)

   ‎ek- + ‎kanti (“to sing”) → ‎ekkanti (“to begin to sing”)

• ek (“let's go”)
• eki (“to begin, to start”)
• eko (“beginning, start”)

Prefix form of ek (“out of (motion from; made or extracted from; fractional part of), out from, out (forth from), of (made of)”).

ek-

1. prefix indicating out, out from

   ‎ek- + ‎irar (“to go”) → ‎ekirar (“to go out; exit”)

Compare Southern Ohlone -ka.

ek-

1. I (first-person, singular, proclitic subject pronoun)
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes‎:

     ek-jawwasin

     I will wait

ek-

1. my (first-person, singular, possessive)
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes‎:

     kiš kaayi ek-mootil

     My head is hurting me

• María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎, Unpublished