'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

Number	Person	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
	second-person, formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
	third-person, feminine	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first-person	nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second-person, plural	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
	third-person, feminine	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.