ee

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Translingual

Symbol

ee

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Ewe.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

Noun

ee (plural een)

1. (Scotland, Northern England and archaic) An eye.

Derived terms

References

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “ee”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

Interjection

ee

1. (Northern England) eh

Etymology 3

Noun

ee (plural ees)

1. (chemistry) Enantiomeric excess.

Etymology 4

Noun

ee (plural ees)

2. Alternative form of e: the name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
   • 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5

     ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".

Derived terms

• aitch ee double hockey sticks

Etymology 5

From Cantonese 噫 (ji², interjection).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /iː/, [iː˧˦˧], [iː˦˦˧], [iːː˨˦˧]

Interjection

ee (with as many extra ‘e’s as needed for emphasis)

1. (Singapore) Ew, yuck; expression of disgust.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with eee, an unrelated general-English interjection of excitement.

See also

Dibabawon Manobo

Interjection

èe

1. yes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch êe, from Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Hyphenation: ee
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

ee f (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) a law or rule
2. (obsolete) the bond of marriage

Related terms

• eegade, eega, eegemaal, echt, eeuw, ieder, ooit

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

ee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Etymology 2

Noun

ee

1. genitive singular of esi

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin ē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/, [ˈe̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation^(key): ee

Noun

ee

1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Declension

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔéː/

Interjection

ee

1. OK
2. yes

References

• Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎^[1], Leiden University

Igbo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /éꜜé/

Interjection

eē

1. yes

   Antonym: mbà

Luo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.e/

Interjection

ee

1. yes

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish í.

Pronoun

ee (emphatic eeish or ish)

1. she

2. her

3. it (referring to a feminine noun)

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ithid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸiteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-.

Verb

ee (past dee, verbal noun ee, present participle gee, past participle eeit)

1. to eat, consume, feed

Usage notes

The expected future indicative form would be *ee but it’s not attested, the relative form is eeys. In non-relative context generally periphrastic constructions with the verbal noun are used, eg. cre nee shiu y ee, ny cre nee shiu y iv ― what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nee eh gee ec my voayrd hene ― he shall eat at my table, raad nee ad gee eh ― wherein they shall eat it.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English)
• *eo

Etymology

From Old English ēa, ǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō. Doublet of aa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/
• (early) IPA^(key): /æː/

Noun

ee

1. A body of water; river, stream.

Descendants

• English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo

References

• “ē, n.²”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Phalura

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ee/

Particle

ee (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)

1. Utterance final question clitic

Alternative forms

• aa (Biori)

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ee”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ee/

Conjunction

ee (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)

1. Conjoining marker cliticized to the first constituent

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ee”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Scots

Etymology 1

From (Anglian) Old English ēġe.

Noun

ee (plural een)

1. eye

Alternative forms

• (Dundee) eh

Etymology 2

From Old English ġē.

Pronoun

ee (personal, non-emphatic)

1. (Southern Scots) you

Etymology 3

Numeral

ee

1. Shetland form of ae (“one”)

See also

• ye
• yow
• yow yins

References

• “ee, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Interjection

ee

1. o; oh

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *ɨ́ɨ̨́.

Numeral

ee

1. one

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *ɨ̀ɨ̨̀.

Numeral

ee

1. nine

References

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 203v

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

ee (upper case Ee)

1. (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: ì

See also

• Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɪ/

Interjection

ee

1. yes

Tukudede

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ee

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Võro

Noun

ee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

• 'eee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eː]

Particle

ee

1. yes

   Synonym: mmjm

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ee”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 388: “'eee - yes”
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “ʔeee”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[5], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yola

Etymology 1

Preposition

ee

1. Alternative form of ing (“in”)

Etymology 2

Article

ee

1. Alternative form of a (“the”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37

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Zyphe

Verb

ee

1. to eat

References

• Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎^[6]