eli

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eli

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nding.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Nding terms

From Proto-Semitic *?alay- ("on, over"). Cognate with Arabic `ala~ (?ala) and Biblical Hebrew `al (?al), `aley (?ale).

• IPA^(key): /'e.li/

eli (pronominal form eli) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. on, above, over, upon
2. towards
3. against
4. beyond, more than
   • 1755-1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code^[1], The Louvre, Law 202:

     [summa awilum let awilim sa elisu rabu imtahas, ina puhrim ina qinnaz alpim (isten) susi immahhas.]

     sum-ma a-wi-lum le-e-et a-wi-lim sa e-li-su ra-bu-u2 im-ta-ha-as i-na pu-uh2-ri-im i-na ^kusUSAN3 GUD 1 su-si im-mah-ha-as

     If a man has struck the cheek of a man who is of higher rank than he, he will be struck with an ox whip sixty times in the assembly.

• ili, elu, el
• al (Old Akkadian)

• "eli", in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956-2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), "eli", in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library
• Huehnergard, John (2011), A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns

Proto-Nubian *il-di.

eli

1. woman

• [3] (as eli)
• Vaclav Blazek (2000), "Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels", in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berberes et chamito-semitiques. Melanges offert a Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, -ISBN, page 32

eli

1. to be.

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

• IPA^(key): /'eli(x)/, ['eli(?)]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification^(key): e.li
• Hyphenation^(key): eli

eli (coordinating)

1. that is, that is to say, i.e.; in other words, to put it another way; as in (used to introduce a clarification or explanation)

   Han tulee tanne maanantaina eli ylihuomenna. -- She's coming here on Monday as in two days from now.

   Kuivajaa sublimoituu lammetessaan kaasuksi, eli se muuttuu suoraan kaasuksi muuttumatta valilla nesteeksi. -- Dry ice sublimates to gas directly, i.e. it turns straight into gas without turning into a liquid in between.

2. or, also known as, AKA, a.k.a. (used to introduce an alternative name)

   Synonyms: l., alias, a.k.a.

   Kikka eli Kirsi Siren -- Kikka a.k.a. Kirsi Siren

   ruokasuola eli natriumkloridi -- table salt or sodium chloride

   1. or (used to introduce an alternate title for a work)

      Hobitti eli sinne ja takaisin -- The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

3. (informal) so (used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question; used to introduce a rhetorical question)

   Synonym: siis (when not colloquial, it is usually not the first word in the sentence)

   Eli miten se tarina paattyy? -- So how does the story end?

   Eli kavit siella eilen. -- So you did go there yesterday.

4. (archaic or dialectal) or

   Synonyms: tai, (exclusive or in questions) vai

   Lahdetko mukaan eli et? -- Are you coming along or not?

• "eli", in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004-, retrieved 2 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /'eli/, ['eli]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification^(key): e.li
• Hyphenation^(key): eli

eli

1. third-person singular past indicative of elaa

   Han eli taalla.

   He lived here.

• lei, lie

elu ("she, her") + -i ("-s; plural")

eli pl

1. they, them (feminine)

• li ("they, them")
• ili ("they, them") (masculine)
• oli ("they, them") (neuter)

Cognate with Urhobo eni, Edo eni, Igbo enyi, Yoruba erin, Olukumi erin. This form was replaced by Igala adagba, from Idoma adagba or Nupe dagba. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *e-li or Proto-Yoruboid *e-ni. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *e-ni:n, Proto-Ogoni *nni, Westermann constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-.

• IPA^(key): /e.li/

eli

1. (obsolete) elephant

   Synonym: adagba

From the pronominal stem e-, of uncertain origin. Akin to Finnish eli and Estonian elik.
Possibly influenced by or derived from Russian ili (ili), Swedish eller.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /'eli/, ['elji.]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /'eli/, ['elji.]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: e.li

eli

1. (folk poetic) or

• tali, ehki, vai

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /'eli/, ['elji.]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /'eli/, ['elji.]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: e.li

eli

1. third-person singular indicative imperfect of ellaa

   Haa eli Soikkolaas. -- She lived in Soikkola.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 30

eli m

1. plural of elio

• -ile, Lei, lei

From Portuguese ele ("he"), from Old Galician-Portuguese ele, from Latin ille ("that").

eli

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

eli

1. or

• IPA^(key): /e.li/

eli

1. alternative form of ali ("character; disposition; behaviour")

• IPA^(key): /'e.li/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification: e.li

eli

1. alternative form of jesli

• eli in silling.org

Cognate with Sahu 'elingi.

• IPA^(key): ['(?)e.li]

eli

1. (transitive) to remember

• el

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

eli

1. inflection of el:
   1. definite accusative singular
   2. third-person singular single-possession possessive

eli m

1. they, them

eli

1. accusative singular of el
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ,Matthaeus'. Kapit: I:

     Eko! jivirgan ogrodikof, ed omotof soni, keli onemoy eli ,Emmanuel', kela tradutod binon: God binom ko obs.

     Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means ,,God-is-with-us".

Inherited from Middle Welsh eli, from Proto-Brythonic *eliv, borrowed from Latin olivum, see oliva and oleum.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /'elI/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /'e:li/, /'eli/
• Rhymes: -eli

eli m (plural eliau or elioedd)

1. ointment, balm, lotion

   Synonyms: ennaint, balm, trwyth

2. (figurative) salve, remedy

   Synonym: rhwymedi

• eli eryrod (folk remedy for shingles, literally "shingles ointment")
• eli haul ("sun cream, sunscreen")
• eli'r brenin ("human excrement", literally "king's balm")

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005-present), "eli", in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950-present), "eli", in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [e:li]

eli

1. this; class 5 proximal demonstrative.

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