elo

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See also: Elo, elő, élő, èło, elő-, e-lờ, and êlo

English[edit]

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Noun[edit]

elo (plural elos)

  1. (chess, other games) Synonym of Elo rating

Anagrams[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈelo/, [ˈe̞lo̞]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Syllabification: e‧lo

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *elo, equivalent to elää (“to live”) +‎ -o. Cognate with Estonian elu, Karelian elo, Livonian jel, Veps elo, Votic elo.

Noun[edit]

elo

  1. (poetic) life
  2. (dated) crop, especially corn
Declension[edit]
Inflection of elo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative elo elot
genitive elon elojen
partitive eloa eloja
illative eloon eloihin
singular plural
nominative elo elot
accusative nom. elo elot
gen. elon
genitive elon elojen
partitive eloa eloja
inessive elossa eloissa
elative elosta eloista
illative eloon eloihin
adessive elolla eloilla
ablative elolta eloilta
allative elolle eloille
essive elona eloina
translative eloksi eloiksi
instructive — eloin
abessive elotta eloitta
comitative — eloineen
Possessive forms of elo (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person eloni elomme
2nd person elosi elonne
3rd person elonsa
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

elo

  1. Abbreviation of elokuu (“August”).

Etymology 3[edit]

From a Sami language.

Noun[edit]

elo

  1. a large herd of reindeer, often thousands of reindeer
Declension[edit]
Inflection of elo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative elo elot
genitive elon elojen
partitive eloa eloja
illative eloon eloihin
singular plural
nominative elo elot
accusative nom. elo elot
gen. elon
genitive elon elojen
partitive eloa eloja
inessive elossa eloissa
elative elosta eloista
illative eloon eloihin
adessive elolla eloilla
ablative elolta eloilta
allative elolle eloille
essive elona eloina
translative eloksi eloiksi
instructive — eloin
abessive elotta eloitta
comitative — eloineen
Possessive forms of elo (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person eloni elomme
2nd person elosi elonne
3rd person elonsa

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Elos ("chain links")

Etymology[edit]

From an older Galician-Portuguese *ãelo, from Latin anellus. Doublet of anel, a borrowing from Occitan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

elo m (plural elos)

  1. chain link

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hokkien 汝 (lú).

Pronoun[edit]

elo

  1. (Jakarta, slang) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Synonyms[edit]

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *elo, equivalent to ellää (“to live”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish elo and Estonian elu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

elo (genitive elon, partitive elloa)

  1. life
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Senen peräst, jot höö tahtoot
      uutta elloa oppia.
      Because they want
      to try out a new life.

Declension[edit]

Declension of elo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative elo elot
genitive elon elloin, eloloin
partitive elloa elloja, eloloja
illative elloo elloihe, eloloihe
inessive elos elois, elolois
elative elost eloist, eloloist
allative elolle eloille, eloloille
adessive elol eloil, eloloil
ablative elolt eloilt, eloloilt
translative eloks eloiks, eloloiks
essive elonna, elloon eloinna, eloloinna, elloin, eloloin
exessive1) elont eloint, eloloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
Chernyavskij's declension of elo
singular plural
nominative elo elot
genitive elon eloloin
partitive ellooa eloloja
illative elloo eloloihe
inessive elooz eloloiz
elative elost eloloist
allative elolle eloloille
adessive elool eloloil
ablative elolt eloloilt
translative eloks eloloiks
essive elloon eloloin
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 82
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 30
  • Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)‎[2], page 96
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[3], →ISBN, page 78

Livvi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *elo, equivalent to eliä (“to live”) +‎ -o. Cognate with Finnish elo and Estonian elu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈelo/
  • Hyphenation: e‧lo
  • Rhymes: -elo

Noun[edit]

elo (genitive elon, partitive eluo)

  1. life

Declension[edit]

Declension of elo (Type 8/ruado, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative elo elot
genitive elon eloloin
partitive eluo eloloi
illative eloh eloloih
inessive elos elolois
elative elospäi eloloispäi
allative elole eloloile
adessive elol eloloil
ablative elolpäi eloloilpäi
translative elokse eloloikse
essive elonnu eloloinnu
abessive elottah eloloittah
comitative elonke eloloinke
instructive eloloin
prolative eloči

References[edit]

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 34

Luxembourgish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • lo (choice depends chiefly on intonation)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German aldā (“right there”), from al + dā (Luxembourgish all + do). Compare Dutch aldaar, archaic German allda.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eˈlo/, [əˈloː]
  • Audio(file)

Adverb[edit]

elo

  1. now
    Ech wëll elo heemgoen.
    I want to go home now.
  2. (now only with demonstratives) right here; right there
    Dat elo ass eng Schëpp.
    This right here is a shovel.

Nupe[edit]

Elo ebá na dan cikán bo na.
Èlo dagba

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

elo (plural elozhì)

  1. kob antelope (Kobus kob)
    Synonym: elogi

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

èlo

  1. trunk (of an elephant)

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English hello.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

elo

  1. (slang) hi
    Synonyms: cześć, hej

Further reading[edit]

  • elo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • elo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese *ãelo, from Latin ānellus, diminutive of anus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). See also the doublet anel, borrowed from Occitan.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.lu/, [ˈɛ.lu]

Noun[edit]

elo m (plural elos)

  1. link
    • (Can we date this quote?), Paulo Leminski, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Amar é um elo
      entre o azul
      e o amarelo
      To love is a link
      between the blue /
      and the yellow

Further reading[edit]

Venetian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ille or illum. Compare Italian egli.

Pronoun[edit]

elo

  1. he

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

elo

  1. life

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of elo
nominative sing. elo
genitive sing. elon
partitive sing. elod
partitive plur. eloid
singular plural
nominative elo elod
accusative elon elod
genitive elon eloiden
partitive elod eloid
essive-instructive elon eloin
translative eloks eloikš
inessive elos eloiš
elative elospäi eloišpäi
illative ? eloihe
adessive elol eloil
ablative elolpäi eloilpäi
allative elole eloile
abessive elota eloita
comitative elonke eloidenke
prolative elodme eloidme
approximative I elonno eloidenno
approximative II elonnoks eloidennoks
egressive elonnopäi eloidennopäi
terminative I ? eloihesai
terminative II elolesai eloilesai
terminative III elossai —
additive I ? eloihepäi
additive II elolepäi eloilepäi

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “быт, жизнь, положение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

elo (genitive eloo, partitive [please provide])

  1. life

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References[edit]

  • "elo" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

elo

  1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of mynd

Synonyms[edit]

Xhosa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

êlo

  1. that; class 5 distal demonstrative.
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