eka

eka

See also: -eka, ekă, ēka, ēkā, eka-, and éka-

Translingual

Symbol

eka

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ekajuk.

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Anaang

Noun

ékà

1. woman

Synonyms

• nwáán

Further reading

• Cristiane Benjamin Santos, Aspectos morfossintáticos dos pronomes pessoais em Anaan (2007)

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Balinese

Romanization

eka

1. Romanization of ᬏᬓ.

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Baruga

Noun

eka

1. leg

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Finnish

Finnish numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: yksi     Colloquial counting form: yy     Ordinal: ensimmäinen     Colloquial ordinal: eka, ensin     Ordinal abbreviation: 1.     Adverbial: kerran     Multiplier: yksinkertainen     Distributive: yksittäin
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Etymology

A slang shortening of ensimmäinen; compare toka, vika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈekɑ/, [ˈe̞kɑ]
• Rhymes: -ekɑ
• Syllabification^(key): e‧ka

Numeral

eka

1. (colloquial) first

Declension

Inflection of eka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		eka	ekat
genitive		ekan	ekojen
partitive		ekaa	ekoja
illative		ekaan	ekoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		eka	ekat
accusative	nom.	eka	ekat
	gen.	ekan
genitive		ekan	ekojen ekainrare
partitive		ekaa	ekoja
inessive		ekassa	ekoissa
elative		ekasta	ekoista
illative		ekaan	ekoihin
adessive		ekalla	ekoilla
ablative		ekalta	ekoilta
allative		ekalle	ekoille
essive		ekana	ekoina
translative		ekaksi	ekoiksi
instructive		—	ekoin
abessive		ekatta	ekoitta
comitative		—	ekoineen

Possessive forms of eka (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	ekani	ekamme
2nd person	ekasi	ekanne
3rd person	ekansa

Synonyms

• ensimmäinen

Anagrams

• kea

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English acre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔéː.kàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔéː.kàː]

Noun

ēkā̀ f (plural ēkōkī, possessed form ēkàr̃)

1. acre

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Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : eka

Etymology

From Malay eka, from Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *óykos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ka/

Numeral

eka

1. one

Synonyms

• satu
• esa / sa
• tunggal

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Javanese

Romanization

eka

1. Romanization of ꦲꦺꦏ.

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : eka

Alternative forms

• ekă (ekă-)
• ايک‎ (ايک-‎)

Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *óykos.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ekə/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /eka/
• Rhymes: -ekə, -kə, -ə

Numeral

eka (Jawi spelling ايک)

1. one

Synonyms

• satu / ساتو‎
• esa (se-) / اسا‎ (س-‎)
• tunggal / توڠݢل‎
• ahad / احد‎

Derived terms

• eka-

Descendants

• Indonesian: eka

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Mauwake

Noun

eka

1. water

Further reading

• Liisa Berghäll, A grammar of Mauwake (2015, →ISBN
• Mauwake - English dictionary (2007, SIL)

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Nzadi

Noun

eká (plural ŋká)

1. fur

Noun

eka (plural ŋka)

1. A kind of climbing gourami, in the genus Ctenopoma.

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

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Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (eka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *óykos.

Numeral

eka

1. one

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦺꦏ (éka)
• → Balinese: ᬏᬓ (éka)

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Pali

Pali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : eka     Ordinal : paṭhama

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀏𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• एक (Devanagari script)
• এক (Bengali script)
• එක (Sinhalese script)
• ဧက or ဨက or ဢေၵ (Burmese script)
• เอก or เอกะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອກ or ເອກະ (Lao script)
• ឯក (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit एक (eka).

Numeral

eka

1. one

Usage notes

In the plural, the word has the meaning some.

Declension

Declension table of "eka" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	eko	eke
Accusative (second)	ekaṃ	eke
Instrumental (third)	ekena	ekehi or ekebhi
Dative (fourth)	ekassa	ekesaṃ or ekesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ekasmā or ekamhā	ekehi or ekebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ekassa	ekesaṃ or ekesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ekasmiṃ or ekamhi	ekesu
Vocative (calling)	eka	eke

Declension table of "ekā" (feminine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ekā	ekāyo or ekā
Accusative (second)	ekaṃ	ekāyo or ekā
Instrumental (third)	ekāya	ekāhi or ekābhi
Dative (fourth)	ekissā or ekissāya	ekāsaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ekāya	ekāhi or ekābhi
Genitive (sixth)	ekissā or ekissāya	ekāsaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ekāya or ekāyaṃ or ekissaṃ	ekāsu
Vocative (calling)	eke	ekāyo or ekā

Declension table of "eka" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ekaṃ	ekāni
Accusative (second)	ekaṃ	ekāni
Instrumental (third)	ekena	ekehi or ekebhi
Dative (fourth)	ekassa	ekesaṃ or ekesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ekasmā or ekamhā	ekehi or ekebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ekassa	ekesaṃ or ekesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ekasmiṃ or ekamhi	ekesu
Vocative (calling)	eka	ekāni

Derived terms

• aneka
• neka

 

• ekādasa (“11”)
• ekūnavīsati (“19”)
• ekūnatiṃsati (“29”)
• ekatiṃsati (“31”)
• ekūnacattālīsati (“39”)
• ekacattālīsā (“41”)
• ekūnapaññāsa (“49”)
• ekūnasattati (“69”)
• ekūnāsīti (“79”)
• ekūnnavuti (“89”)
• ekūnasata (“99”)

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဧက (eka.)
• → Khmer: ឯក (ʼaek)
• → Lao: ເອກ (ʼēk)
• → Thai: เอก (èek)

References

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “eka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

eka (n class, plural eka)

1. Alternative form of ekari

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ēkia (Old Norse eikja).Original meaning: “boat carved out of the trunk of an oak”.Derived from an old word for “oak” (from which Swedish ek (“oak”)).[1]

See also Old English āc (“oaken ship”).

Noun

eka c

1. a kind of small wooden rowing- or sailing boat

Declension

Declension of eka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	eka	ekan	ekor	ekorna
Genitive	ekas	ekans	ekors	ekornas

Verb

eka (present ekar, preterite ekade, supine ekat, imperative eka)

1. to echo
2. to yield an echo

Conjugation

Conjugation of eka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	eka		—
Supine	ekat		—
Imperative	eka		—
Imper. plural1	eken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ekar	ekade	—	—
Ind. plural1	eka	ekade	—	—
Subjunctive2	eke	ekade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	ekande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• eko

References

1. eka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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Volapük

Pronoun

eka

1. genitive singular of ek