veli
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
veli
- inflection of velar:
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
veli (present velas, past velis, future velos, conditional velus, volitive velu)
- (intransitive) to sail
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of veli
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Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognate with Finnish veli.
Noun[edit]
veli (genitive velle or velje, partitive velle or velje)
Declension[edit]
Declension of veli (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | veli | velled | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | velle | ||
genitive | vellede | ||
partitive | velle | vellesid | |
illative | velle vellesse |
velledesse | |
inessive | velles | velledes | |
elative | vellest | velledest | |
allative | vellele | velledele | |
adessive | vellel | velledel | |
ablative | vellelt | velledelt | |
translative | velleks | velledeks | |
terminative | velleni | velledeni | |
essive | vellena | velledena | |
abessive | velleta | velledeta | |
comitative | vellega | velledega |
Declension of veli (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | veli | veljed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | velje | ||
genitive | veljede | ||
partitive | velje | veljesid | |
illative | velje veljesse |
veljedesse | |
inessive | veljes | veljedes | |
elative | veljest | veljedest | |
allative | veljele | veljedele | |
adessive | veljel | veljedel | |
ablative | veljelt | veljedelt | |
translative | veljeks | veljedeks | |
terminative | veljeni | veljedeni | |
essive | veljena | veljedena | |
abessive | veljeta | veljedeta | |
comitative | veljega | veljedega |
Faroese[edit]
Noun[edit]
veli
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *velji, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swelijô.[1] Cognate with Northern Sami viellja, Karelian velj, Estonian veli.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
veli
- brother (male sibling)
- (rare) brother (ally or fellow)
- (in particular) Term of address used by World War II veterans among each other.
- (Helsinki slang) bro
Usage notes[edit]
The Helsinki slang usage "bro" is often associated with immigrants.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of this word is somewhat irregular. The stem in inflected forms is velj(e)-.
Inflection of veli (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | veli | veljet | ||
genitive | veljen | veljien | ||
partitive | veljeä | veljiä | ||
illative | veljeen | veljiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | veli | veljet | ||
accusative | nom. | veli | veljet | |
gen. | veljen | |||
genitive | veljen | veljien | ||
partitive | veljeä | veljiä | ||
inessive | veljessä | veljissä | ||
elative | veljestä | veljistä | ||
illative | veljeen | veljiin | ||
adessive | veljellä | veljillä | ||
ablative | veljeltä | veljiltä | ||
allative | veljelle | veljille | ||
essive | veljenä | veljinä | ||
translative | veljeksi | veljiksi | ||
abessive | veljettä | veljittä | ||
instructive | — | veljin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
- aateveli
- aseveli
- dominikaaniveli
- heimoveli
- isoveli
- kaksoisveli
- kaksosveli
- kasvattiveli
- kilpaveli
- luostariveli
- maallikkoveli
- ottoveli
- pikkuveli
- puoliveli
- saarnaajaveli
- sielunveli
- täysiveli
- täysveli
- uskonveli
- uusveli
- velihopea
- velikulta
- velimies
- velipekka
- velipoika
- velipuoli
- velisarja
- velisurma
- velisurmaaja
- velivainaja
- veljenmalja
- veljenpoika
- veljensurmaaja
- veljentappaja
- veljentytär
- veriveli
- virkaveli
- vitaaliveljet
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “veli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Anagrams[edit]
Ingrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognates include Finnish veli and Estonian veli.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋelʲi/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
- Rhymes: -eli, -elʲi
- Hyphenation: ve‧li
Noun[edit]
veli
- Synonym of veljä (“brother”)
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:
- Ivo ono Levon veli.
- Ivo is Levo's brother.
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:
- Veli ono kolhozan pravlenjan clena.
- Brother is a member of the board of the kolkhoz.
Declension[edit]
All forms except the nominative singular show the stem veljä- and are shared with veljä.
Declension of veli (irregular) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | veli | veljät |
genitive | veljän | veljöin |
partitive | veljää | veljöjä |
illative | veljää | veljöi |
inessive | veljääs | veljöis |
elative | veljäst | veljöist |
allative | veljälle | veljöille |
adessive | veljääl | veljöil |
ablative | veljält | veljöilt |
translative | veljäks | veljöiks |
essive | veljännä, veljään | veljöinnä, veljöin |
exessive1) | veljänt | veljöint |
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. |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 651
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
veli m
Verb[edit]
veli
- inflection of velare:
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.liː/, [ˈu̯eːlʲiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.li/, [ˈvɛːli]
Noun[edit]
vēlī n
Maltese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
veli
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
veli (n class, plural veli)
- veil (something to hide an object)
Võro[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *velji.
Noun[edit]
veli (genitive vele or velle, partitive veljä or velle)
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/eli
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto verbs
- Esperanto intransitive verbs
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian terms with uncommon senses
- Estonian puri-type nominals
- Faroese non-lemma forms
- Faroese noun forms
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Finnish/eli
- Rhymes:Finnish/eli/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with rare senses
- Helsinki slang
- Finnish ovi-type nominals
- Finnish irregular nouns
- fi:Family
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eli
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eli/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/elʲi
- Rhymes:Ingrian/elʲi/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/eli
- Rhymes:Italian/eli/2 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian noun forms
- Italian verb forms
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese non-lemma forms
- Maltese noun plural forms
- Swahili terms borrowed from English
- Swahili terms derived from English
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
- Võro terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Võro terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Võro lemmas
- Võro nouns
- vro:Family