eee

See also: 'eee and ééé

Translingual

Symbol

eee

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for E.

Luganda

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Interjection

eee

1. Used to signify that one is listening and understands

Synonyms

• mmm

References

The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 152.

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈe.e/
• Hyphenation: e‧e‧e

Particle

eee

1. Alternative form of 'ēē

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 34

Yola

Etymology 1

Preposition

eee

1. Alternative form of ing (“in”)

Etymology 2

Article

eee

1. Alternative form of a (“the”)
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 106:

     Eee crappès o' a shearde ich had a cousaane.

     In the bushes of the gap I had a hole to go through.

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