FromLatinē-.^[1]

• (General American)IPA^(key): /ɛ-/

e-

2. (no longerproductive)Used to formadjectives with the sense of something beingabsent, beingremoved, or movingoutward.

   e.g.eluviation,edentulous,elenge

   Synonym:ex-

• “e-”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “e-”, inOED Online⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Abbreviation ofelectronic.

• IPA^(key): /i-/

e-

2. In anelectronic form, especiallycomputerized anddigital; often in association with theInternet.

   Coordinate terms:cyber-,i-

• This practice began withE-mail in June 1979. The first usage ofE-mail, according to theOxford English Dictionary, occurred in the journalElectronics with reference to an initiative of theUnited States Postal Service (USPS) calledElectronic Computer Originated Mail, which USPS abbreviatedE-COM. Many terms beginning withe- can be seen in both hyphenated (e.g.e-card) and unhyphenated (e.g.,ecard) form, and sometimes – particularly in a business context – the letter following thee- will be capitalized (e.g.,eBusiness ore-Business). In the present day,e- is generally used to indicate association with or transmission over the Internet. In proper names beginning withe-, the convention is generally to leave thee- lower-case, and to capitalize the second letter of the name (e.g.,eBay). Thee remains then lower-case when the name is used at the beginning of a sentence.

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Abbreviation ofemergency.

• IPA^(key): /i-/

e-

2. Foremergencypurposes.

   e-stop,e-brake

Abbreviation ofelectric orelectrical.

• IPA^(key): /i-/

e-

2. (marketing) Used to prefix product names, to indicate an electrified or all-electric variant of the product, particularly cars.
   1. (marketing) Used to prefix product names, to indicate a battery-powered or onboard electric power source variant.
3. Electric.

   e-stim

Abbreviation ofembedded.

e-

2. (electronics) Used to prefix items that are embedded into devices, instead of being discrete or removable elements.

Abbreviation ofeducational.

• IPA^(key): /i-/

e-

2. educational

Doublet of-e(“against”) (postpositional)

e-

1. against(verbal prefix)

• Kari, James (1990),Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center,→ISBN, page65

e-

1. third personfeminineagent pronominal prefix;she

• Marianne Mithun; Reginald Henry (1982),Wadęwayę́stanih - A Cayuga Teaching Grammar, 3rd edition, Woodland Cultural Centre, published2015, page66

e-

1. Third-person singular subject marker for tense modifying adverbs.
2. one

FromEnglishe-, abbreviation ofelectronic.

e-

1. electronic; including the hyphen

• IPA^(key): /ə/

e-

1. alternative form ofesh- appearing before theł- andl-classifiers

• Tenenbaum, Joan Marsha (1978),Morphology and Semantics of the Tanaina Verb, Columbia University, page58

FromEnglishe-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/,[ˈe̞ː]

e-

1. e-(electronic)

The hyphen is kept (not dropped) when this prefix is used.

• IPA^(key): /e/

e-

2. marks thethird-personsingularsubject on averb

   ‎e- + ‎dibai'u(“to spear me”) → ‎edibai'u(“He speared me”)

   ‎e- + ‎gana(“to go”) → ‎egana(“He/She went”)

   ‎e- + ‎ganava(“to be going”) → ‎eganava(“He/She is going”)

• Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24).Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. [Working paper, draft created November 2013; Editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online:[1]. For the prefixe-, see page 23, section "5.1.1 Subject Marking".

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*ì-(“Class 5 noun prefix”).

e-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

• Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig, Lutz Marten, Jekura U. Kavari (2002),A Grammatical Sketch of Herero (Otjiherero)‎^[2], Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, page30

e-

1. Prefix for creating nouns.

e-

1. Prefix for creating gerunds.

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*ì-(“Class 5 noun prefix”)

e-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

• Thera Crane, Karl Lindgren-Streicher, Andy Wingo,Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama (2004), page 27

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [ˈeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [ˈɛː]

ē-

1. alternative form ofex- (combining withb-,d-,g-,j-,l-,m-,n-,r-, andv-initial words)

FromProto-Athabaskan*ə-.

• IPA^(key): /ə/

e-

1. Marks theimperfective mode.

   ebatr ―it is simmering

   etrex ―he/she is crying

   eɬchonh ―it is raining

   xwtleɬtsi ―he/she is making a sled

   ethtreghą́ ―he/she is not crying

• Is the first syllable of verbs with an unmarked third-person singular subject and a∅-,de-, orɬ-classifier.
• In some cases, this prefix may be present or not present:denatrex anddenaetrex both mean 'the man is crying.' However, forms withe- are primarily used when the subject is not explicitly named before the verb.

• Kari, Jameset al. (2024), Kari, James, editor,Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center,→ISBN, page24

e-

1. number prefix forone

e- is a numerical prefix, attached to classifiers and other numbers to create various numeral forms and numbers.

• ew
• emen
• ekij
• eijek

Inherited fromProto-Bantu*ì-(“Class 5 noun prefix”).

e-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

• T.E.Tirronen (1986),Ndonga-English Vocabulary‎^[3], ELOC Printing Press, page c

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

e-

1. Class 4 relative concord.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

e-

1. Class 9 relative concord.

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e-

1. Class 9 adjective concord.

e- (class A infixed pronoun)

1. alternative form ofa-(“him, it”)

Borrowed fromEnglishe-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/,/ˈi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɛ,-i

e-

1. e-, as relating to electronics or the internet

   ‎e- + ‎papier → ‎e-papier

• e- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

e-

1. alternative form ofem-used before M and N
2. alternative form ofex-(outward motion)

• “e-”, inDicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

e-

1. Class 4 relative concord.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

e-

1. Class 9 relative concord.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

e-

1. Class 9 adjective concord.

FromOld Norseæ, fromProto-Germanic*aiwi(“forever”),Proto-Germanic*aiwaz.

e-

1. prefix that may be used on certain pronouns and adverbs to create "-ever" constructions, most of which are formal or archaic.

   ‎e- + ‎huru(“how”) → ‎ehuru(“although, however”)

   ‎e- + ‎vad(“what”) → ‎evad(“whatever”)

   ‎e- + ‎var(“where”) → ‎evar(“wherever”)

   ‎e- + ‎ho(“who”) → ‎eho(“whoever”)

• e

FromEnglishe-, shortening ofelectronic.

e-

1. electronic; including the hyphen

CompareTocharian Bai-.

e-

1. togive

• (before-a- or subjunctive-e-)y-
• (before vowels in other cases)ey-

• IPA^(key): /e-/

FromProto-Bantu*jɪ̀-. Originally the concord of Class 9, it replaced the Class 4 concord as well.

e-

1. class 4 pronominal concord

   ‎e- + ‎-nu(“this, these”) → ‎enu(“these (class 4)”)

2. class 9 pronominal concord

   ‎e- + ‎-nu(“this, these”) → ‎enu(“this (class 9)”)

FromProto-Bantu*jɪ́-. Originally the concord of Class 9, it replaced the Class 4 concord as well.

e-

1. they;class 4 subject concord

   ‎e- + ‎-kora(“to do”) → ‎ekora(“they (class 4) do”)

2. it;class 9 subject concord

   ‎e- + ‎-kora(“to do”) → ‎ekora(“it (class 9) does”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007),A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[4], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA),→ISBN, pages413-414

• IPA^(key): /eː/,/ɛ/

Borrowed fromEnglishe-, an abbreviation ofelectronic.

e-

1. e-

   ‎e- + ‎llyfr(“book”) → ‎e-lyfr(“e-book”)

   ‎e- + ‎masnach(“trade, commerce”) → ‎e-fasnach(“e-commerce”)

   ‎e- + ‎post(“post, mail”) → ‎e-bost(“email”)

   ‎e- + ‎dysgu(“to learn”) → ‎e-ddysgu(“e-learning”)