eke

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• Received-Pronunciation: ēk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /iːk/
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• General-American: /ik/
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• rhymes with -iːk
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• homophone: eek
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• CMU ARPABET: IY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ek, eek, eke (“also”) [and other forms], from Old English ēac, ǣc, ēc (“also”), from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also, too; furthermore, in addition”), then either: * from Proto-Indo-European *h2ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”); or * from Pre-Germanic *h2ew (“away from, off; again”) + *g(h)e (postpositional intensifying particle meaning ‘at any rate, indeed, in fact’) The English word is cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk, “also; for, because; but also”), Old Frisian âk, Old High German ouh (“also, as well, too”) (Middle High German ouch, modern German auch (“also, as well, too”)), Old Norse auk (“also; and”) (Danish og (“and”), Swedish och (“and”), ock (“(dated) also, as well as, too”)), Old Saxon ôk, Dutch ook (“also, too; moreover; either”), Saterland Frisian ook, uk (“also, too”), West Frisian ek (“also, too”).

The noun is derived from Middle English eke (“addition, increase, enlargement”), from Old English ēaca, from Proto-Germanic *aukô, from *aukaną (“to increase, add, enlarge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”). The English noun is cognate with Old Frisian āka (“addition, increase; bonus”), Old Norse auki (“growth, increase, proliferation”). The verb is derived partly: * from the noun; and * from Middle English eken (“to increase, add, enlarge”) [and other forms], from three distinct verbs (1) Old English īeċan (“to increase, add, enlarge”) (transitive), (2) ēacan (“to be enlarged or increased”), and (3) ēacian, all from Proto-Germanic *aukaną (“to grow, increase”); see further above. The English verb is cognate with Latin augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread; to lengthen; to exaggerate; to enrich; to honour; (figuratively) to exalt, praise”), Old English ēac (“also”), Old Norse auka (“to augment, increase; to add; to exceed, surpass”), Icelandic auka (“to augment, increase to add; to exceed, surpass”), (Danish øge (“to enhance; to increase”), Norwegian Bokmål øke (“to increase”), Norwegian Nynorsk auka (“to increase”), Swedish öka (“to increase”)).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: допълвам (dopǎlvam) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Bulgarian: прибавям (pribavjam) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Bulgarian: удължавам (udǎlžavam) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Chinese Mandarin: 增加 (zēngjiā) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Chinese Mandarin: 補充 /补充 (bǔchōng) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Czech: nastavit — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Finnish: lisätä — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Finnish: venyttää — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Finnish: pitkittää — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Japanese: 補う (oginau) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Russian: добавля́ть (dobavljátʹ) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Russian: удлинять (udlinjatʹ) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Russian: увели́чивать (uvelíčivatʹ) — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Spanish: auger — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen
• Spanish: incrementar — to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen