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ea

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ea, e, æ, from Old English ēa (“river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“waters, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiː(ə)/
  • Rhymes: -iː, -iːə

Noun

ea (plural eas)

  1. (UK dialect or archaic) A river or watercourse.
Derived terms
  • eddy
Related terms
  • Eau
  • eau
  • yeo

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Determiner

ea

  1. Alternative form of ea.

References

  • “ea”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • -ae, -æ, A & E, A&E, AE, a**e, a.e., ae, æ

Aiwoo

Adjective

ea

  1. bad, evil

References

  • Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • ia

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Romanian ea.

Pronoun

ea f (plural eali)

  1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, nominative form) she

Synonyms

  • nãsã/nãsa

Pronoun

ea f

  1. (long/stressed accusative form) her

Related terms

  • el/elu (masculine equivalent (third-person singular nominative))
  • eali (feminine plural), elj (masculine or mixed plural)
  • u (feminine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
  • (a) ljei (feminine singular genitive and feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • ãlj/ilj/lji (feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)

See also

  • io/iou, mini (first-person singular)
  • tu, tini (second-person singular)
  • noi (first-person plural)
  • voi (second-person plural)
  • nãsh, elj (third-person (masculine or mixed) plural)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ea/, [e̞.a]

Particle

ea

  1. Used in indirect questions as an intensifier.
    Ea nork egin dituen etxeko lanak. ― Let's see who has done the homework.
  2. Used to express one's desire; I hope, I wish
    Ea azkar sendatzen zaren. ― I hope you get well soon.

Usage notes

When using this particle, the verb takes the conjunction -n.

Further reading

  • "ea" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ea” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Estonian

Noun

ea

  1. genitive singular of iga

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *eqa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛjə]

Noun

ea

  1. sovereignty, rule
  2. air, breath, gas, vapor
  3. life, life force

Verb

ea

  1. (intransitive) to rise, go up
  2. (intransitive) to smell

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert (1986), “ea”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Irish

Alternative forms

  • eadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ed (“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a/, (after ba) /ja/

Pronoun

ea

  1. it

Usage notes

  • Only used with the copula, in constructions that do not reference any noun.

Derived terms

  • mar ea
  • ní hea
  • sea

See also

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 개 (gae), and other unitary bound nouns (권, 자루, 켤레, etc)

Etymology

From English ea. (“whole piece”).

Symbol

ea

  1. symbol of 개 (gae, “item, piece, general counter for objects”).
    총 10ea.
    5ea 정도.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *íh₂.

Pronunciation

  • ea: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈeä]
  • ea: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]
  • eā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.aː/, [ˈeäː]
  • eā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]

Pronoun

ea

  1. nominative feminine singular of is: "she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns)
  2. nominative neuter plural of is: "they (things)"
  3. accusative neuter plural of is: "them (things)"

Pronoun

eā f

  1. ablative feminine singular of is

See also

Etymology 2

Declined from is. It stands as if for eā viā ("this/that way"). Compare eō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.aː/, [ˈeäː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]

Adverb

eā (not comparable)

  1. there
  2. that way
  3. on that side
Derived terms
  • eāpropter
  • eātenus
Related terms

References

  • “ea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Lindu

Adjective

ea

  1. shy; ashamed

Middle English

Noun

ea

  1. Alternative form of æ

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ǣ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æ͜ɑː/

Noun

ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan)

  1. river
  2. running water, stream

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: æ, e, ea, ee, eo
    • English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
  • edēa (ed-)
    • Middle English: eddy
      • English: eddy

See also

  • gārseċġ (“ocean”)
  • mere (“lake”)
  • sǣ (“sea”)
  • strēam (“stream”)

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • я (post-1930s Cyrillic spelling)
  • éa (pre-1904 spelling reform)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja/, (hypercorrect) /e̯a/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Homophone: ia

Pronoun

ea f (third-person singular, plural ele, masculine equivalent el)

  1. (nominative form) she
    Synonym: (polite form) dumneaei

Declension

Pronoun

ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)

  1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") her

Related terms

  • el (third-person masculine singular)
  • ei (third-person masculine plural)
  • ele (third-person feminine plural)

See also

References

  • ea in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • gea (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
  • gie (Sursilvan)
  • schi (Puter, Vallader)

Adverb

ea

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Related terms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
  • (Sursilvan) bein
  • (Sutsilvan) bagn
  • (Surmiran) gea bagn
  • (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
  • (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈea/ [ˈe.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: e‧a

Interjection

¡ea!

  1. come on!, come now! (expressing encouragement)
  2. so, and so, now (expressing resolution, preceding a willful resolution)

Further reading

  • “ea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪə̯/

Adverb

ea

  1. (literary) ever, at any time

Further reading

  • “ea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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