ekor

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ekor, from ikur, from Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Malay ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈekor/ [ˈe.kɔr]
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  • Rhymes: -ekor
  • Syllabification: e‧kor

Noun

ekor (plural ekor-ekor)

  1. (anatomy) tail (appendage of an animal)

Classifier

ekor

  1. Classifier used for animals.

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ikur, from Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Indonesian ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /eko(r)/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ekʊ(r)/
  • Rhymes: -eko(r), -ko(r), -o(r)
  • Hyphenation: e‧kor

Noun

ekor (Jawi spelling ايکور, plural ekor-ekor)

  1. (anatomy) tail (appendage of an animal)

Classifier

ekor (singular seekor)

  1. classifier used for animals
  2. (slang, humorous) classifier for human beings
    Synonym: orang

Swedish

Noun

ekor

  1. indefinite plural of eka

Anagrams

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.kor/

Verb

ekor

  1. (intransitive) to make noise

Conjugation

Conjugation of ekor (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person teekor meekor aekor
2nd person neekor feekor
3rd person inanimate iekor deekor
animate
imperative neekor, ekor feekor, ekor

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics