eckuce

Creek

Etymology 1

From ecke (“his/her mother”) +‎ -uce (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Oklahoma) IPA(key): [ɪt͡ʃkʊd͡ʒɪ́]
  • Hyphenation: ec‧ku‧ce

Noun

eckuce

  1. his/her maternal aunt
Declension
Declension of eckuce
Absolutive eckuce
Subjective eckucet
Objective eckucen
Possessive inflection of eckuce (inalienable)
Singular Plural
First person cvckuce pockuce
Second person ceckuce
Third person eckuce
Indefinite esteckuce

Etymology 2

From eckv (“louse”) +‎ -uce (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Oklahoma) IPA(key): [ɪt͡ʃkʊd͡ʒɪ́]
  • Hyphenation: ec‧ku‧ce

Noun

eckuce

  1. diminutive of eckv: little louse
Declension
Declension of eckuce
Absolutive eckuce
Subjective eckucet
Objective eckucen
Possessive inflection of eckuce (alienable)
Singular Plural
First person vmeckuce pomeckuce
Second person cemeckuce
Third person emeckuce

References

  • R. M. Loughridge; D. M. Hodge (1914), “eckucé”, in English and Muskogee Dictionary, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, page 118
  • J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), “eckuce”, in A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 21
  • J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 135
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