# epe
## Basque
### Noun

epe inan
* term (due date)

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *säppä. Cognates include Finnish sappi, Estonian sapp and Erzya сэпе (sëpe). Its current form is the result of rebracketing an earlier form *ep possessive-suffixed with -e, compare vese, zúza, ipa, and possibly apa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛpɛ]
* Hyphenation: epe
* Rhymes: -pɛ

### Noun

epe (usually uncountable, plural epék)
* (biochemistry) bile (a bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion)
* (figuratively) bitterness, gall
    Synonym: keserűség

#### Derived terms

* epés
* epéskedik
* epehólyag
* epekő

### References

* ↑ Entry #881 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ epe in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* ↑ epe in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

### Further reading

* epe in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* epe in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Igbo
### Noun

epe
* forest, bush
* grove

#### Derived terms

* epe agbara (“sacred grove”)

### Further reading

* Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “epe”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 49

## Italian
### Noun

epe f
* plural of epa

## Japanese
### Romanization

epe
* Rōmaji transcription of エペ

## Mapudungun
### Adverb

epe (Raguileo spelling)
* almost, nearly

## Rapa Nui
### Noun

epe
* ear lobe

## Tocharian A
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tocharian B epe.

### Conjunction

epe
* or

## Tocharian B
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Conjunction

epe
* or
* otherwise, else

#### Descendants

* → Tocharian A: epe

### Further reading

* Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “epe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 95

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French épée.

### Noun

epe (definite accusative epeyi, plural epeler)
* (fencing) epee

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.pe/

### Adverb

epe
* again
    ojaga epe ― he kept watch again
* more, anymore, else
    lo pama epe? ― and what else/more?
    maminye epe ― yet once more

### References

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

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ pè (“to call”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /è.k͡pè/

### Noun

èpè
* swear; curse

#### Derived terms

* ṣépè (“to swear; to curse”)
* àwòdì jẹun èpè sanra (“the kite fattens itself with cursed food”)
* èpè la fi ń wo èpè sàn (“curses are used to cure curses”)

### See also

* èébú (“insult”)