"-e" meaning in Esperanto

See -e in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-e/
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From the Latin and Italian adverbial suffix -e (as in bene (“well”)), perhaps reinforced by Russian -е (-e) and Polish -e. Etymology templates: {{der|eo|la|-}} Latin, {{der|eo|it|-}} Italian, {{der|eo|ru|-е}} Russian -е (-e), {{der|eo|pl|-e}} Polish -e Head templates: {{head|eo|suffix}} -e
  1. -ly; used to form adverbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-eo-suffix-JJn4T3kc Categories (other): Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto Disambiguation of Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto: 69 31
  2. the ending for correlatives of place Tags: morpheme Derived forms (correlatives): ĉie (english: everywhere), ie (english: somewhere), kie (english: where), nenie (english: nowhere), tie (english: there)
    Sense id: en--e-eo-suffix-pamUMwLV Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'correlatives': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro, Esperanto BRO1 Disambiguation of Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro: 0 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 0 0
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