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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "eci"}}
==Albanian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sq|heci}} {{qual|Gheg}}

===Etymology===
From *''etës'' (compare dialectal {{m|sq|ecëj}}), from {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*aitatja}}, from {{der|sq|ine-pro|*h₁éyti}}, present of {{m|ine-pro|*h₁ey-}}. Compare {{cog|sh|ići|ìći}}, {{cog|lt|eiti|eĩti}}. See {{m|sq|heci}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sq|/ˈɛtsi/}}

===Verb===
{{sq-verb|eca|ecur}}

# to [[walk]]

====Conjugation====
{{sq-conj/eci}}

==Nupe==
[[Image:YamsatBrixtonMarket.jpg|thumb|'''Ecizhì''' na dan dzukó o na.]]

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nup|alv-nup-pro|*iti}}. Cognates include {{cog|aum|eci}}, {{cog|dio|eci}}, {{cog|gpa|itsi}}, {{cog|kka|iti}}, {{cog|kug|ici}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|nup|/ē.t͡ʃī/}}

====Noun====
{{nup-noun|eci|ecizhì}}

# [[yam]] {{gl|general term}} ({{taxfmt|Dioscorea|genus}})
#: {{uxi|nup|Mi è pa '''eci'''.|I am pounding '''yam'''.}}
## {{vern|yellow Guinea yam}} ({{taxlink|Dioscorea rotundata|species}})

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col3|nup
|cin̄gini <t:pounded yam>
|èrú <t:boiled yam>
|dìndín <t:fried yam>
|eci dzúrú <t:red yam>
|kàndù <t:areal yam>
|èfyági <t:yam cultivar>
|kòkókùmà <t:yam cultivar>
|malábàgi <t:yam cultivar>
|kpatságà <t:yam cultivar>
}}

====Further reading====
* Roger Blench, ''[http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/VN/Nupoid/Nupoid%20Overview%202013.pdf The Nupoid Languages of West-Central Nigeria: Overview and Comparative Wordlist]'' (2013)

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|nup|/ē.t͡ʃī/}}

====Noun====
{{nup-noun|eci}}

# [[race]]; [[run]]
#: {{uxi|nup|'''Eci''' na dòkò bi na máfi dòkòci.|The '''race''' that the horse ran pleased the horserider.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|nup
|ecibi <t:running>
|bici <t:to run>
|ecibici <t:runner>
}}

{{C|nup|Plants|Dioscoreales order plants|Foods}}