kelis

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Lithuanian

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Vyro kelis - A man's knee

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kel-, *kal-. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *kolěno (knee) and Latvian celis (knee), as well as dialectal Lithuanian kelė́nas (knee); see the Proto-Slavic for more.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kẽlis m (plural kẽliai) stress pattern 2

  1. (anatomy) knee

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kelis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235


Volapük

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Pronoun

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kelis

  1. accusative plural of kel