ix
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TranslingualEdit
Alternative formsEdit
SymbolEdit
ix
- Ⅸ, the Roman numeral nine (9)
See alsoEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ix
- third-person singular present indicative form of eixir
- second-person singular imperative form of eixir
ChujEdit
NounEdit
ix
ReferencesEdit
- Jessica Coon, Unergatives, antipassives, and roots in Chuj (2016), p. 27
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iks/, [ɪks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iks/, [iks]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːks/, [iːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iks/, [iks]
NounEdit
ix or īx f (indeclinable)
- A name of the letter X.
Usage notesEdit
- Multiple Latin names for the letter X, x have been suggested. The most common are ix or īx, ex, or a syllabic x, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, xē and xə.
SynonymsEdit
- (name of the letter X): ex
Coordinate termsEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
ReferencesEdit
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63
Middle EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
ix
- Alternative form of axen (“to ask”)
PipilEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Nahuan *iːx-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pusi. Compare Classical Nahuatl īxtli (“eye”). Cognate with Yaqui puusim, Hopi poosi'(at), Comanche pui, Shoshone buih, Cahuilla púchill, and Cora hɨʔɨsi.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
-ix (plural -ihix)
- eye (also "face" and "surface" in compounds)
- Xictzahtzacua ne moix!
- Close your eyes!
- seed, grain
- Tiquichcuat ne tal ipal tictocat ne iix ne cacahuat
- We plough the land to plant the cacao seed
- eyehole, hole, opening
- (Huitzapan) bead
Zaniza ZapotecEdit
NounEdit
ix