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esi-

esi-

See also: esi, ESI, êsi, ėsi, eşi, and -ësi

Finnish

Prefix

esi-

  1. pre-, fore-.

Inflection

The cases of esi- serve in Finnish only as adverbs. The instructive singular is always used with the enclitic particle -kin or -kään. Declension scheme is the same as type 27 (käsi), except of some missing, not used forms; and the two extra instructive singular forms etenkin and etenkään.

Antonyms

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Finnish_words_prefixed_with_esi-'>Finnish words prefixed with esi-</a>

Related terms

  • See the inflection table.

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

Zulu

Prefix

esi- (relative concord)

  1. First-person plural relative concord.
  2. Class 7 relative concord.

Prefix

esi- (adjective concord)

  1. Class 7 adjective concord.

See also