'e

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

English

Etymology 1

A representation of the pronunciation of he by a speaker who does not use the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]).

Pronoun

'e

1. Pronunciation spelling of he.

See also

• 'im

Etymology 2

Pronoun

'e

1. Alternative spelling of 'ee.

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔe/

Verb

'e (active, transitive, irregular)

1. say

Conjugation

• (che) ha'e
• (nde) ere
• (ha'e) he'i
• (ñande) ja'e
• (ore) ro'e
• (peẽ) peje
• (ha'ekuéra) he'i

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• le (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

From Latin de.

Preposition

’e

1. of
2. from (only with verb esse)

Etymology 2

From Latin illae.

Article

’e pl and f pl

1. the

Pronoun

'e

1. him (dative)
2. her (dative)
3. them (accusative)

Coordinate terms

Neapolitan personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	reflexive	possessive	prepositional
singular	first person		io (i')	me			mìo, mìa, mieje, meje	me, méne
	second person	familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje	te, téne
		formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third person	m	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
		f	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first person		nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second person		vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third person	m	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
		f	llòro	'e (le)

See also

• 'a
• ê
• ll'
• 'o

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔe / *ʔi, from Proto-Tupian *kʔe (“to say, to do”).

Cognate with Guaraní 'e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: 'e

Noun

'e (possessable)

1. verbal noun of 'e

Verb

'e (first-person singular active indicative a'é, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'éî, first-person singular gerund gûi'îabo, noun 'e)(transitive, irregular)

1. to say

   'e tenhẽ marã

   to talk nonsense

2. to enunciate
3. to conclude (to come to a conclusion)
4. to wish; to have the intention to
5. to mean; to signify (to convey a meaning)
6. to think; to suppose; to assume; to judge

   Synonyms: mo'ang, 'ea'ub

Verb

'e (first-person singular active indicative a'é, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'éî, first-person singular gerund gûi'îabo, noun 'e)(intransitive, auxiliary, irregular)

1. syntactic marker for emphasis; do [with gerund]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of 'e (transitive and intransitive, irregular) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	a'é	eré	e'i	oro'e	*îa'e	peîé
Permissive	*t'a'e	t'eré	t'e'i	*t'oro'e	t'îa'e	*ta peîé
Imperative		eré				peîé
Negative indicative	n'a'eî	n'eréî	n'e'i	*n'oro'eî	*n'îa'eî	*na peîéî
Negative permissive	*t'a'e umẽ	*t'eré umẽ	*t'e'i umẽ	*t'oro'e umẽ	*t'îa'e umẽ	*ta peîé umẽ
Negative imperative		*eré umẽ				*peîé umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûi'îabo	e'îabo	o'îabo	*oro'îabo	*îa'îabo	*pe'îabo
Negative	*gûi'ee'yma na gûi'îabo ruã	*e'ee'yma *na e'îabo ruã	*o'ee'yma *na o'îabo ruã	*oro'ee'yma *na oro'îabo ruã	*îa'ee'yma *na îa'îabo ruã	*peîee'yma *na pe'îabo ruã
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	'e
Negative	'ee'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	*xe 'eû		i 'eû	*oré 'eû	*îandé 'eû

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:'e.

Derived terms

• 'e angá
• 'e katu
• 'e tenhẽ marã
• 'ea'ub
• marã 'é
• mo'e

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'i/'é”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 149–150

Samoan

Pronoun

'e

1. Alternative form of ʻe

Sardinian

Etymology

Aphetic form of de.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e/

Preposition

'e

1. Aphetic form of de

West Frisian

Determiner

'e

1. Form of de, used before one-syllable prepositions ending in a consonant.