esi m sg (feminine singular esa, neuter singular eso, masculine plural esos, feminine plural eses)
From Proto-Finnic *eci. Cognate to Finnish esi-.
esi (genitive ee, partitive ett)
Declension of esi (ÕS type 15/käsi, d/t-ø-s gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | esi | eed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | ee | ||
genitive | ete | ||
partitive | ett | esi | |
illative | ette eesse |
etesse esisse | |
inessive | ees | etes esis | |
elative | eest | etest esist | |
allative | eele | etele esile | |
adessive | eel | etel esil | |
ablative | eelt | etelt esilt | |
translative | eeks | eteks esiks | |
terminative | eeni | eteni | |
essive | eena | etena | |
abessive | eeta | eteta | |
comitative | eega | etega |
See esi-.
esi
Inflection of esi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | esi | edet | |
genitive | eden | esien | |
partitive | että | esiä | |
illative | eteen | esiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | esi | edet | |
accusative | nom. | esi | edet |
gen. | eden | ||
genitive | eden | esien etten rare | |
partitive | että | esiä | |
inessive | edessä | esissä | |
elative | edestä | esistä | |
illative | eteen | esiin | |
adessive | edellä | esillä | |
ablative | edeltä | esiltä | |
allative | edelle | esille | |
essive | etenä | esinä | |
translative | edeksi | esiksi | |
abessive | edettä | esittä | |
instructive | — | esin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Proto-Finnic *eci, from Proto-Uralic *ede. Cognates include Estonian esi and Karelian esi.
esi
Declension of esi (type 5/vesi, t- gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | esi | eet |
genitive | een | essiin, esilöin |
partitive | että | essiä, esilöjä |
illative | ettee | essii, esilöihe |
inessive | ees | esiis, esilöis |
elative | eest | esist, esilöist |
allative | eelle | esille, esilöille |
adessive | eel | esiil, esilöil |
ablative | eelt | esilt, esilöilt |
translative | eeks | esiks, esilöiks |
essive | etteennä, etteen | essiinnä, esilöinnä, essiin, esilöin |
exessive1) | ettent | essint, esilöint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
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Compare with Yoruba èsì, Edo esi, Khana zi, Igbo ezì.
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Postulated by Voorhoeve to have derived (by regressive vowel assimilation) from an older *osi, from *gosi (by loss of initial velars). Cognate with Tidore gosi (“egg”).
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-sì, compare with Igala éhì, Itsekiri esin, also see Khana zi, Edo èsì, Urhobo esi, Idoma eshi, Igbo ezì, Ogbia eznì, perhaps also Ibibio edi
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Compare with Igala échí, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-cí, compare with Itsekiri èṣín
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