eku

Asu

Noun

eku

1. water

Further reading

• Roger Blench, The Nupoid Languages of West-Central Nigeria: Overview and Comparative Wordlist (2013)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeku]
• Rhymes: -eku
• Hyphenation: e‧ku

Verb

eku

1. imperative of eki

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian eco or a Sicilian equivalent, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːku/

Noun

eku m (plural eki or ekujiet or ekijiet)

1. echo

Olukumi

Etymology

Compare with Yoruba eku, Igala ìkélékwu. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *e-ku

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.kū/

Noun

eku

1. mouse, rat

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	eku
Brazilian standard	eku
New Tribes	ecu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eku]

Verb

eku

1. (transitive) to have sex with

Derived terms

• ooku

 

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Olukumi eku, Igala ìkélékwu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.kū/

Noun

eku

1. rat, bush rat

   Synonyms: èkúté, ẹmọ́

Derived terms

• eku abìrùpùyẹ́ (“a long-tailed rat”)
• eku asín (“shrew”)
• eku ẹdá

 

Related terms

• ẹ̀lírí