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ekka1 Anglo-Ind.|ˈɛkə|
Also ecca, ecka.
[a. Hindi ekkā lit. unit, f. Skr. eka one.]
A small one-horsed vehicle used in India. Also attrib.
1811F. B. Solvyns Les Hindous III. xxxi. pl. 4 Ekka..perhaps the simplest carriage that can be imagined, being nothing more than a chair covered with red cloth, and fixed upon an axle-tree between two small wheels. The Ekka is drawn by one horse. 1848J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter, Ecka, a light pony gig on two wheels, with crimson cloth cushions on the top, on which the natives of India (who alone use them) sit cross-legged. 1887Kipling Departm. Ditties (1888) 21 The Waler jumped an ekka just above the City Drain. 1888― Plain Tales from Hills iii. 21 The ekka-pony..had gone home. 1892Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Dec. 3/2, I am going to take an ecka. 1895B. M. Croker Village Tales 148 His wife had real silver tyres to the wheels of her ekka! 1899Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. 3/1 Ekka bells. 192219th Cent. Oct. 592 The bullock carts, the loaded camels, the eccas, the elephants, of typical India. 1966E. Newby Slowly down Ganges 101 The only vehicle..was an ekka, a small pony cart with a canopy over it and side curtains. |
