ekor

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ekor, from ikur, from Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Malay ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.kor/, /ɛ.kɔr/
  • Hyphenation: e‧kor

Noun

ekor (first-person possessive ekorku, second-person possessive ekormu, third-person possessive ekornya)

  1. (anatomy) tail (appendage of an animal)

Classifier

ekor

  1. Classifier used for animals.

Further reading

Malay

ekor

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ikur, from Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Indonesian ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ekor (Jawi spelling ايکور, plural ekor-ekor, informal 1st possessive ekorku, 2nd possessive ekormu, 3rd possessive ekornya)

  1. (anatomy) tail (appendage of an animal)

Classifier

ekor

  1. Classifier used for animals.

Swedish

Noun

ekor

  1. indefinite plural of eka

Anagrams

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.kor/

Verb

ekor

  1. (intransitive) to make noise

Conjugation

Conjugation of ekor (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person teekor meekor aekor
2nd person neekor feekor
3rd person inanimate iekor deekor
animate
imperative neekor, ekor feekor, ekor

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
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