# ee
## Translingual
### Symbol

ee
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Ewe.

## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -iː

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ee (plural een)
* (Scotland, Northern England and archaic) An eye.
** 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere":Each turn'd his face with a ghastly pang / And curs'd me with his ee.
** 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering:[…] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word […]

##### Derived terms

* eesome

##### References

* Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “ee”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

ee
* (Northern England) eh
** 1975, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, The Werewolf and the Vampire:Father advanced with outstretched hand and announced in a loud, very hearty voice: "Ee, I'm pleased to meet ye, lad. […]
** 2008, Mavis Crawley, The Rolling Stone: Based on the True Story of My Life:'Ee by gum lass we've seen nought of thee this many a long year, thou's a sight for sore eyes,' he said planting a kiss firmly on Mum's cheek...

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ee (plural ees)
* (chemistry) Enantiomeric excess.

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

ee (plural ees)
* Alternative form of e: the name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
** 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
** 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
** 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
    ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".

##### Derived terms

* aitch ee double hockey sticks

### Etymology 5

From Cantonese 噫 (ji$^2$, interjection).

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /iː/, [iː˧˦˧], [iː˦˦˧], [iːː˨˦˧]

#### Interjection

ee (with as many extra ‘e’s as needed for emphasis)
* (Singapore) Ew, yuck; expression of disgust.
** 2000 December 29, Samuel Lee, The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page L8:Eee, so commercial some might say.

##### Usage notes

* Not to be confused with eee, an unrelated general-English interjection of excitement.

### See also

* ark at ee
* day-ee
* ee aye addio

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Interjection

èe
* yes

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch êe, from Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eː/
* Hyphenation: ee
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

ee f (uncountable)
* (obsolete) a law or rule
* (obsolete) the bond of marriage

#### Related terms

* eegade, eega, eegemaal, echt, eeuw, ieder, ooit

## Estonian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ee
* genitive singular of esi

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin ē.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeː/, [ˈe̞ː]
* Rhymes: -eː
* Hyphenation: ee

### Noun

ee
* The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eeni
eeni
accusative
nom.
eeni
eeni
gen.
eeni
genitive
eeni
eideni eitteni
partitive
eetäni
eitäni
inessive
eessäni
eissäni
elative
eestäni
eistäni
illative
eeheni
eihini
adessive
eelläni
eilläni
ablative
eeltäni
eiltäni
allative
eelleni
eilleni
essive
eenäni
einäni
translative
eekseni
eikseni
abessive
eettäni
eittäni
instructive
comitative
—eineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eesi
eesi
accusative
nom.
eesi
eesi
gen.
eesi
genitive
eesi
eidesi eittesi
partitive
eetäsi
eitäsi
inessive
eessäsi
eissäsi
elative
eestäsi
eistäsi
illative
eehesi
eihisi
adessive
eelläsi
eilläsi
ablative
eeltäsi
eiltäsi
allative
eellesi
eillesi
essive
eenäsi
einäsi
translative
eeksesi
eiksesi
abessive
eettäsi
eittäsi
instructive
comitative
—einesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eemme
eemme
accusative
nom.
eemme
eemme
gen.
eemme
genitive
eemme
eidemme eittemme
partitive
eetämme
eitämme
inessive
eessämme
eissämme
elative
eestämme
eistämme
illative
eehemme
eihimme
adessive
eellämme
eillämme
ablative
eeltämme
eiltämme
allative
eellemme
eillemme
essive
eenämme
einämme
translative
eeksemme
eiksemme
abessive
eettämme
eittämme
instructive
comitative
—einemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eenne
eenne
accusative
nom.
eenne
eenne
gen.
eenne
genitive
eenne
eidenne eittenne
partitive
eetänne
eitänne
inessive
eessänne
eissänne
elative
eestänne
eistänne
illative
eehenne
eihinne
adessive
eellänne
eillänne
ablative
eeltänne
eiltänne
allative
eellenne
eillenne
essive
eenänne
einänne
translative
eeksenne
eiksenne
abessive
eettänne
eittänne
instructive
comitative
—einenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eensä
eensä
accusative
nom.
eensä
eensä
gen.
eensä
genitive
eensä
eidensä eittensä
partitive
eetään eetänsä
eitään eitänsä
inessive
eessään eessänsä
eissään eissänsä
elative
eestään eestänsä
eistään eistänsä
illative
eehensä
eihinsä
adessive
eellään eellänsä
eillään eillänsä
ablative
eeltään eeltänsä
eiltään eiltänsä
allative
eelleen eellensä
eilleen eillensä
essive
eenään eenänsä
einään einänsä
translative
eekseen eeksensä
eikseen eiksensä
abessive
eettään eettänsä
eittään eittänsä
instructive
comitative
—eineen einensä :

## Hamer-Banna
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔéː/

### Interjection

ee
* OK
* yes

### References

* Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University

## Igbo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /éꜜé/

### Interjection

eē
* yes
    Antonym: mbà

## Japanese
### Romanization

ee
* Rōmaji transcription of ええ

## Luo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.e/

### Interjection

ee
* yes

## Manx
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish í.

#### Pronoun

ee (emphatic eeish or ish)
* she
    As ta'n chooid share jeh nagh vel ee ny ben Vanninagh.The beauty of it is that she is not Manx.
    Ben vie thie ee.She is a good housekeeper.
    Cha dooar ee eh.She didn't find it.
    Cha nel ee agh ny lhiannoo.She is but a child.
    Er leshyn dy row ee nane jeh e chaarjyn.He counted her among his friends.
* her
    Hug eh fo obbeeys ee.He bewitched her.
    Ren eh smeidey stiagh ee.He beckoned her in.
* it (referring to a feminine noun)
    Cha jargym fakin ee.I can't see it.

#### See also

* ad
* eh
* mee
* oo
* shin
* shiu

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish ithid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸiteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-.

#### Verb

ee (past dee, verbal noun ee, present participle gee, past participle eeit)
* to eat, consume, feed

##### Usage notes

The expected future indicative form would be *ee but it’s not attested, the relative form is eeys. In non-relative context generally periphrastic constructions with the verbal noun are used, e.g. cre nee shiu y ee, ny cre nee shiu y iv ― what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nee eh gee ec my voayrd hene ― he shall eat at my table, raad nee ad gee eh ― wherein they shall eat it.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English)
* *eo

### Etymology

From Old English ēa, ǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō. Doublet of aa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛː/
* (early) IPA: /æː/

### Noun

ee
* A body of water; river, stream.

#### Derived terms

* eafrosk (“waterfrog”)

#### Descendants

* English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo

#### References

* “ē, n.$^2$”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Old English
### Noun

ee f
* Alternative form of ēa

## Phalura
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ee/

#### Particle

ee (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)
* Utterance final question clitic

##### Alternative forms

* aa (Biori)

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ee”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ee/

#### Conjunction

ee (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling اے)
* Conjoining marker cliticized to the first constituent

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ee”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

## Scots
### Etymology 1

From (Anglian) Old English ēġe.
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Noun

ee (plural een)
* eye
** 1789, Robert Burns, Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut:We are na fou, we're nae that fou, / But just a drappie in our eeWe are not full, we're not that full, / but just a drop [of liquor] in our eye

##### Alternative forms

* (Dundee) eh

### Etymology 2

From Old English ġē.

#### Pronoun

ee (personal, non-emphatic)
* (Southern Scots) you

### Etymology 3
#### Numeral

ee
* Shetland form of ae (“one”)

#### See also

* ye
* yow
* yow yins

### References

* “ee, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Interjection

ee
* o; oh

## Teposcolula Mixtec
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *ɨ́ɨ̨́.

#### Numeral

ee
* one

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *ɨ̀ɨ̨̀.

#### Numeral

ee
* nine

### References

* Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 203v

## Tlingit
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

### Letter

ee (upper case Ee)
* (US) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: ì

#### See also

* Canada:
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
* US:
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

## Tswana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.ɪ/

### Interjection

ee
* yes

## Tukudede
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

### Noun

ee
* water (clear liquid H₂O)

## Võro
### Noun

ee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Ye'kwana
### Alternative forms

* 'eee

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eː]

### Particle

ee
* yes
    Synonym: mmjm

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ee”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 388: “'eee - yes”
* Hall, Katherine (2007) “ʔeee”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

## Yola
### Etymology 1
#### Preposition

ee
* Alternative form of ing (“in”)
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:Th' valler w'speen here, th' lass ee chourch-hey.The more we spend here, the less in the churchyard.
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:Joud an moud vrem earchee ete was ee Lough.Throngs and crowds from each quarter were at the Lough;
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:Zitch vaperreen, an shimmereen, fan ee-daff ee aar scoth!Such vapouring and glittering when stript in their shirts!

### Etymology 2
#### Article

ee
* Alternative form of a (“the”)
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 52:Leiough ut ee die.Idle out the day.
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 1-3:Wee, Vassalès o' 'His Most Gracious Majesty,' Wilyame ee Vourthe,We, the subjects of his Most Gracious Majesty, William [the] IV.,
** 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:Ee vrieste o' paryshe on a long-tailed garrane.[The priest of parish on a long-tailed pony.]
** 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:Anure vrem ee Bake,[Another from the Beak,]

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37

## Zyphe
### Verb

ee
* to eat

### References

* Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎