üle

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ule"

Estonian

Etymology

From üla-. Cognate to Finnish yli. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Preposition

üle

1. over (Governs the genitive)

   Hüppasin üle aia.

   I jumped over the fence.

2. throughout (Governs the genitive)

   Ta on tuntud üle kogu maa.

   He is known throughout the land.

Postposition

üle

1. over (Governs the elative)

   Hüppasin kastist üle.

   I jumped over the box.

Adverb

üle (not comparable)

1. remaining, leftover, too much

   Toitu jäi veel üle.

   There was food still left.

   Üks taldrik jäi üle.

   There was one plate too much.

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈyle/, [ˈyle]
• Rhymes: -yle
• Hyphenation: ü‧le

Etymology 1

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Noun

üle

1. sour cream, smetana

Inflection

Declension of üle (type XIV/terve, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	üle	ülled
genitive	ülle	ülleje
partitive	ülette	ülleit
illative	üllese, ülle	ülleise
inessive	üllez	ülleiz
elative	ülless	ülleiss
allative	üllelle	ülleille
adessive	üllell	ülleill
ablative	üllelt	ülleilt
translative	üllessi	ülleissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “üle¹”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Etymology 2

Noun

üle

1. alternative form of ülle

Inflection

Declension of üle (type XIV/terve, lč-l gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	üle	ülčed
genitive	ülče	ülčeje
partitive	ülette	ülčeit
illative	ülčese, ülče	ülčeise
inessive	ülčez	ülčeiz
elative	ülčess	ülčeiss
allative	ülčelle	ülčeille
adessive	ülčell	ülčeill
ablative	ülčelt	ülčeilt
translative	ülčessi	ülčeissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “üle²”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn