Possibly anabbreviation ofEnglishEskimo.
esi
esi m sg (feminine singularesa,neuter singulareso,masculine pluralesos,feminine pluraleses)
FromProto-Finnic*eci. Cognate toFinnishesi-.
| Declension ofesi (ÕS type15/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 | |
Seeesi-.
esi
| Inflection ofesi (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 ettenrare | |
| 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. | ||
FromProto-Finnic*eci, fromProto-Uralic*ede. Cognates includeEstonianesi andKarelianesi.
esi
| Declension ofesi (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 *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. | ||
Cognate withUrhoboesi,Edoesi(“bush-pig”).
esi (pluralisi)
Cognate withUrhoboísio(“star”).
esi (pluralisi)
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Compare withYorubaèsì,Edoesi,Isokoesi,Khanazi,Igboezì.
esi
Postulated by Voorhoeve to have derived (by regressive vowel assimilation) from an older*osi, from*gosi (by loss of initial velars). Cognate withTidoregosi(“egg”).
esi
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
êsi
Proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*é-sì, compare withIgalaéhì,Itsekiriesin, also seeKhanazi,Edoèsì,Urhoboesi,Idomaeshi,Igboezì,Ogbiaeznì, perhaps alsoIbibioedi
esì
Compare withIgalaéchí, proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*é-cí, compare withItsekirièṣín
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