eļļõ
Livonian
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Latvian eļļa. Ultimately from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German ölje from olie. Compare German Öl.[1] Suhonen lists the form eļ as a borrowing from Latvian or German.[2] This entry uses the form listed in LĒL for the "oil" sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eʎːə/
Noun
eļļõ
eļļõ
- oil
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- eļļõks eļļõb
- oiling, greasing up with oil
- eļļõks eļļõb
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Usage notes
The word eļ (“hell”) is in one instance indicated as meaning oil (in the compound "almond oil"), however, with a different inflectional type (type 103 – with consonant shift – lengthening of the stem consonant different from inflection of the "hell" sense of the word eļ.) However, eļļõ of the sieldõ type seems to be a much more prevalent word to refer to oil.
Declension
singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (nominatīv) | eļļõ | eļļõd |
genitive (genitīv) | eļļõ | eļļõd |
partitive (partitīv) | eļļõ | eļļidi |
dative (datīv) | eļļõn | eļļõdõn |
instrumental (instrumentāl) | eļļõks | eļļõdõks |
illative (illatīv) | eļļõz eļļõ |
eļļiž |
inessive (inesīv) | eļļõs | eļļis |
elative (elatīv) | eļļõst | eļļist |
References
- Konstantīns Karulis (1992, 2001), Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca, Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- Seppo Suhonen (1973), Die jungen lettischen Lehnwörter im livischen, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
Verb
eļļõ
- to oil
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- mašīnt eļļõb, laz vȯlkõ kievām
- [you] oil the car in order for it to be easy
- mašīnt eļļõb, laz vȯlkõ kievām
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Conjugation
1imperative-like constructions possible with laz (“so that”) + jussive: laz ma/ta eļļõg, laz ne eļļõgõd
2rare, using indicative present more common, laz + jussive construction possible: laz mēg eļļõgõd