esi

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Asturian

Adjective

esi m sg (feminine singular esa, neuter singular eso, masculine plural esos, feminine plural eses)

  1. that one

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eci. Cognate to Finnish esi-.

Noun

esi (genitive ee, partitive ett)

  1. (agriculture) the section of a field that is being worked on right in front of the worker
  2. (mining) heading

Declension

Declension of esi (ÕS type 15/käsi, d/t-ø-s gradation)
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

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Finnish

Etymology

See esi-.

Pronunciation

Noun

esi

  1. (folksy, Eastern Finnish) Synonym of lakeinen (swath/swathe (when mowing))
  2. (obsolete, dialectal) front (of something)

Declension

Inflection of esi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of esi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative eteni eteni
accusative nom. eteni eteni
gen. eteni
genitive eteni esieni
etteni rare
partitive ettäni esiäni
inessive edessäni esissäni
elative edestäni esistäni
illative eteeni esiini
adessive edelläni esilläni
ablative edeltäni esiltäni
allative edelleni esilleni
essive etenäni esinäni
translative edekseni esikseni
abessive edettäni esittäni
instructive
comitative esineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative etesi etesi
accusative nom. etesi etesi
gen. etesi
genitive etesi esiesi
ettesi rare
partitive ettäsi esiäsi
inessive edessäsi esissäsi
elative edestäsi esistäsi
illative eteesi esiisi
adessive edelläsi esilläsi
ablative edeltäsi esiltäsi
allative edellesi esillesi
essive etenäsi esinäsi
translative edeksesi esiksesi
abessive edettäsi esittäsi
instructive
comitative esinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative etemme etemme
accusative nom. etemme etemme
gen. etemme
genitive etemme esiemme
ettemme rare
partitive ettämme esiämme
inessive edessämme esissämme
elative edestämme esistämme
illative eteemme esiimme
adessive edellämme esillämme
ablative edeltämme esiltämme
allative edellemme esillemme
essive etenämme esinämme
translative edeksemme esiksemme
abessive edettämme esittämme
instructive
comitative esinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative etenne etenne
accusative nom. etenne etenne
gen. etenne
genitive etenne esienne
ettenne rare
partitive ettänne esiänne
inessive edessänne esissänne
elative edestänne esistänne
illative eteenne esiinne
adessive edellänne esillänne
ablative edeltänne esiltänne
allative edellenne esillenne
essive etenänne esinänne
translative edeksenne esiksenne
abessive edettänne esittänne
instructive
comitative esinenne

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eci, from Proto-Uralic *ede. Cognates include Estonian esi and Karelian esi.

Pronunciation

Noun

esi

  1. front, facade

Declension

Declension of esi (type 5/vesi, t- gradation)
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.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 36

Latgalian

Pronunciation

Verb

esi

  1. inflection of byut:
    1. second-person singular indicative present
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 10

Latin

Participle

ēsī

  1. inflection of ēsus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian

Verb

esi

  1. (you) are; second-person singular present indicative of būt
  2. be; second-person singular imperative of būt

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Verb

esì

  1. second-person singular present of būti

Middle English

Adjective

esi

  1. Alternative form of esy

Adverb

esi

  1. Alternative form of esy

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

esi

  1. second-person singular present active of eti (to come)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English haste or hasty.

Adjective

esi

  1. fast, quick

Adverb

esi

  1. fast, soon

Urhobo

Etymology

Compare with Yoruba èsì, Edo esi, Khana zi, Igbo ezì.

Noun

esi

  1. pig

West Makian

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

esi

  1. egg

References

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

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

êsi

  1. this; class 7 proximal demonstrative.

Yoruba

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

esì

  1. warthog, hog; (in particular) red river hog
    Synonyms: ìmàdò, ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ igbó, túrúkù

Etymology 2

Compare with Igala échí, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-cí, compare with Itsekiri èṣín

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

esí

  1. Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, squash
    Synonyms: elégédé, gbọ̀rọ̀, àpalá
Derived terms