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üle

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Estonian

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Etymology

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

Preposition

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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

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üle

  1. over (Governs the elative)
    Hüppasin kastist üle.
    I jumped over the box.

Adverb

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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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    üle

    1. sour cream, smetana
    Inflection
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    Declension of üle (type XIV/terve, no gradation, gemination)
    singular plural
    nominative üle ülled
    genitive ülle ülleje, üllei
    partitive ülette ülleite, üllei
    illative üllese, ülle ülleise
    inessive üllez ülleiz
    elative üllesse ülleisse
    allative üllele ülleile
    adessive üllelle ülleille
    ablative üllelte ülleilte
    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.

    References

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

    Etymology 2

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      Noun

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      üle

      1. alternative form of ülle
      Inflection
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      Declension of üle (type XIV/terve, ltš-l gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative üle ültšed
      genitive ültše ültšeje, ültšei
      partitive ülette ültšeite, ültšei
      illative ültšese, ültše ültšeise
      inessive ültšez ültšeiz
      elative ültšesse ültšeisse
      allative ültšele ültšeile
      adessive ültšelle ültšeille
      ablative ültšelte ültšeilte
      translative ültšessi ültšeissi
      *) 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.

      References

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