epe

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Basque

Noun

epe inan

  1. term (due date)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *säppä. Cognates include Finnish sappi, Estonian sapp and Erzya сэпе (sepe). Its current form is the result of rebracketing an earlier form *ep possessive-suffixed with -e, compare vese, zúza, ipa, and possibly apa.

Pronunciation

Noun

epe (usually uncountable, plural epék)

  1. (biochemistry) bile (a bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative epe epék
accusative epét epéket
dative epének epéknek
instrumental epével epékkel
causal-final epéért epékért
translative epévé epékké
terminative epéig epékig
essive-formal epeként epékként
essive-modal — —
inessive epében epékben
superessive epén epéken
adessive epénél epéknél
illative epébe epékbe
sublative epére epékre
allative epéhez epékhez
elative epéből epékből
delative epéről epékről
ablative epétől epéktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		epéé epéké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		epééi epékéi
Possessive forms of epe
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. epém epéim
2nd person sing. epéd epéid
3rd person sing. epéje epéi
1st person plural epénk epéink
2nd person plural epétek epéitek
3rd person plural epéjük epéik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ Entry #881 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ epe in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  3. ^ epe in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

  • epe in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • epe in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Igbo

Noun

epe

  1. forest, bush
  2. grove

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “epe”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 49

Italian

Noun

epe f

  1. plural of epa

Japanese

Romanization

epe

  1. Rōmaji transcription of エペ

Mapudungun

Adverb

epe (Raguileo spelling)

  1. almost, nearly

Rapa Nui

Noun

epe

  1. ear lobe

Tocharian A

Etymology

Borrowed from Tocharian B epe.

Conjunction

epe

  1. or

Tocharian B

Etymology

Unknown.

Conjunction

epe

  1. or
  2. otherwise, else

Descendants

  • → Tocharian A: epe

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “epe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 95

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French épée.

Noun

epe (definite accusative epeyi, plural epeler)

  1. (fencing) epee

West Makian

Pronunciation

Adverb

epe

  1. again
    ojaga epe ― he kept watch again
  2. more, anymore, else
    lo pama epe? ― and what else/more?
    maminye epe ― yet once more

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Etymology

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ pè (“to call”)

Pronunciation

Noun

èpè

  1. swear; curse

Derived terms

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia