eli

See also: Eli, éli, Elí, and eli-

Dilling

Etymology

Proto-Nubian *il-di.

Noun

eli

1. woman

References

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

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

eli

1. to be.

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeliˣ/, [ˈe̞li(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification^(key): e‧li

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. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular past indicative of elää

   • Hän eli täällä.
     • He lived here.

Anagrams

• lei, lie

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Ido

Etymology

elu (“she, her”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

Pronoun

eli pl

1. they, them (feminine)

Related terms

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

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Ingrian

Etymology

Compare Finnish eli.

Conjunction

eli

1. or

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Italian

Noun

eli m

1. plural of elio

Anagrams

• lei, Lei

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Kristang

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese ele (“he”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese ele, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ille (“that”).

Pronoun

eli

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

See also

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

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Meänkieli

Conjunction

eli

1. or

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Venetian

Pronoun

eli m

1. they, them

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Volapük

Article

eli

1. accusative singular of el

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Welsh

Etymology

From Latin olīvum.

Noun

eli m (plural elïau)

1. ointment

   Synonym: ennaint

Mutation

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

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Xhosa

Etymology

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Pronoun

eli

1. this; class 5 proximal demonstrative.