"ek" meaning in Afrikaans

See ek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /æk/, /ɛk/ (note: Cape dialect) Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-ek.wav Forms: my [possessive]
Etymology: From Dutch ik, from Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om (“I”). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|ik}} Dutch ik, {{inh|af|dum|ic}} Middle Dutch ic, {{inh|af|odt|ik}} Old Dutch ik, {{inh|af|gmw-pro|*ik}} Proto-West Germanic *ik, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*ek}} Proto-Germanic *ek, {{inh|af|ine-pro|*éǵh₂om||I}} Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om (“I”) Head templates: {{head|af|pronoun|object|my|possessive|my}} ek (object my, possessive my)
  1. I (subject) Synonyms: ik [Cape-Afrikaans, archaic], ekke (english: emphatic or marked variant)
    Sense id: en-ek-af-pron-BIkDv3SG Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Afrikaans pronouns, Pages with 28 entries, Pages with entries Related terms: my, myne, jy, jou, joune, u, u s’n, hy, hom, sy, syne, haar, hare, dit, ons, ons s’n, julle, jul1, julle s’n, hulle, hul1, hulle s’n, 1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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