elo

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

English

Noun

elo (plural elos)

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

Anagrams

• 'Ole, -ole, EOL, LEO, Leo, Loe, OEL, OLE, leo, ole, olé

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

elo

1. (poetic) life
2. (dated) crop, especially corn

Declension

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

• (life): elämä
• (crop): sato
• (corn): vilja

Derived terms

• adjectives: elollinen, eloton
• verbs: elostella

Compounds

• elohopea
• elokuu
• elokuva
• elonkorjuu
• eloperäinen
• elosalama
• hiljaiselo

Etymology 2

Noun

elo

1. Abbreviation of elokuu (“August”).

Etymology 3

From a Sami language.

Noun

elo

1. a large herd of reindeer, often thousands of reindeer

Declension

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

• Leo, ole

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Galician

Elos ("chain links")

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlo̝/

Noun

elo m (plural elos)

1. chain link

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 汝 (lú).

Pronoun

elo

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

Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

• kamu, mu
• lu, lo, elu, elo, eloe (slang, Jakarta)
• coen, koen, ko, kowe (slang, Java)
• engkau (semi-formal, Borneo, Medan)
• kau, dikau (poetic)

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Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish elo.

Noun

elo

1. life

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Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• lo (choice depends chiefly on intonation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈlo/, [əˈloː]

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

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.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɔ/

Interjection

elo

1. (slang) hi

Synonyms

• cześć
• hej

Further reading

• elo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlu/

Noun

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

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading

• “elo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2020.

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• eło, éło, élo

Etymology

From Latin ille or illum. Compare Italian egli.

Pronoun

elo

1. he

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Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

elo

1. life

Inflection

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

• elotada
• kodielo
• üksjaiželo
• eloku
• elorad
• elostarin
• elotoimišt
• elovägi
• elonaigaine
• elonaigaks
• elonkirjutai
• elonnavedii
• elonnavedind
• elontaholine
• elonvero

References

• 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

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Votic

Etymology

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

Noun

elo (genitive eloo, partitive [please provide])

1. life

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• "elo" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlɔ/, /ˈɛlɔ/

Verb

elo

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

Synonyms

• êl

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Xhosa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [êːlo]

Pronoun

êlo

1. that; class 5 distal demonstrative.