eli

See also: Eli, éli, Elí, and eli-

Dilling

Etymology

Proto-Nubian *il-di.

Noun

eli

  1. woman

References
  • (as eli)
  • Salem Chaker, ‎Andrzej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000) (as ǐḷī)

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

eli

  1. to be.

Finnish

Etymology

Either from the pronominal stem e- seen in että or a North Germanic loan (compare Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz). Also compare Estonian elik.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: e‧li
  • Rhymes: -eli
  • IPA(key): [ˈeli(ʔ)]

Conjunction

eli

  1. (coordinating) so
  2. a.k.a., or
  3. i.e., that is, in other words
  4. as in (in the sense of)
  5. (obsolete) or
    Synonym: tai

Verb

eli

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of elää.

Anagrams

Ido

Etymology

elu (“she, her”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

Pronoun

eli pl

  1. they, them (feminine)
  • li (“they, them”)
  • ili (“they, them”) (masculine)
  • oli (“they, them”) (neuter)

Ingrian

Etymology

Compare Finnish eli.

Conjunction

eli

  1. or

Italian

Noun

eli m

  1. plural of elio

Anagrams

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese ele (“he”), from Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille (“that”).

Pronoun

eli

  1. he, she or it (third-person singular personal pronoun)[1]

See also
Kristang personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Plural
First yo nus
Second bos bolotu
Third eli olotu

References
  1. 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.

Meänkieli

Conjunction

eli

  1. or

Venetian

Pronoun

eli m

  1. they, them

Volapük

Article

eli

  1. accusative singular of el

Welsh

Etymology

From Latin olīvum.

Noun

eli m (plural elïau)

  1. ointment
    Synonym: ennaint

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
eli unchanged unchanged heli
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Xhosa

Pronoun

eli

  1. this; class 5 proximal demonstrative.
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