Word: ekings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
kings
Definition: Plural of eking. A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another.
Morphemes:
Affix: eke
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: h₂ew
Language: ine-pro
Decoded: h2ew
Meaning: away from, off; again
Affix: gʰe
Language: ine-pro
Decoded: ghe
Meaning: postpositional intensifying particle meaning ‘at any rate, indeed, in fact’
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).