Symbol

eliCategory:Translingual lemmas#ELICategory:Translingual symbols#ELICategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#ELICategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Nding.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nding terms

Etymology

From Proto-SemiticCategory:Akkadian terms inherited from Proto-Semitic#ELICategory:Akkadian terms derived from Proto-Semitic#ELI *ʕalay- (“on, over”). Cognate with Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) and Biblical Hebrew עַל (ʕal), עֲלֵי (ʕălé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.li/Category:Akkadian terms with IPA pronunciation#ELI

Preposition

eli (pronominal form elī)Category:Akkadian lemmas#ELICategory:Akkadian prepositions#ELICategory:Akkadian entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI (from Old Akkadian onCategory:Akkadian terms attested from Old Akkadian on#ELI)

1. on, above, over, upon
2. towards
3. against
4. beyond, more than
   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Law 202:

     𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒇷𒂊𒀉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒊭 𒂊𒇷𒋗 𒊏𒁍𒌑 𒅎𒋫𒄩𒊍 𒄿𒈾 𒁍𒌔𒊑𒅎 𒄿𒈾 𒋢𒉮 𒄞 𒁹𒋗𒅆 𒅎𒈤𒄩𒊍

     [šumma awīlum lēt awīlim ša elīšu rabû imtaḫaṣ, ina puḫrim ina qinnāz alpim (ištēn) šūši immaḫḫaṣ.]

     šum-ma a-wi-lum le-e-et a-wi-lim ša e-li-šu ra-bu-u₂ im-ta-ḫa-aṣ i-na pu-uḫ₂-ri-im i-na ^kušUSAN₃ GUD 1 šu-ši im-maḫ-ḫa-aṣ

     If a man has struck the cheek of a man who is of higher rank than he, he will be struck with an ox whip sixty times in the assembly.

     Category:Akkadian terms with quotations#ELI

References

• “eli”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “eli”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library
• Huehnergard, John (2011), A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns

Etymology

Proto-NubianCategory:Dilling terms inherited from Proto-Nubian#ELICategory:Dilling terms derived from Proto-Nubian#ELI *il-di.

Noun

eliCategory:Dilling lemmas#ELICategory:Dilling nouns#ELICategory:Dilling entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. woman

References

• (as eli)
• Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →ISBN, page 32

Verb

eliCategory:Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas#ELICategory:Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl verbs#ELICategory:Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. to be.

Etymology 1

Either from the pronominal stem e- seen in että (compare mikäli, from mikä), or alternatively a North Germanic loan (compare Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz). Also compare Estonian elik.

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• lei, lie

Etymology

elu (“she, her”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)Category:Ido terms suffixed with -i#ELI

Pronoun

eli plCategory:Ido lemmas#ELICategory:Ido pronouns#ELICategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. they, them (feminine)

Etymology

Cognate with Urhobo eni, Edo ení, Igbo enyi, Yoruba erin, Olukumi erin. This form was replaced by Igala àdagbá, from Idoma adagba or Nupe dagba. Proposed to be derived from Proto-YoruboidCategory:Igala terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid#ELICategory:Igala terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid#ELI *é-lĩ or Proto-YoruboidCategory:Igala terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid#ELICategory:Igala terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid#ELI *é-nĩ. See Benue-Congo cognates, Ibibio eniin, Tee ni, Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n, Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ, Westermann constructs a possible reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-CongoCategory:Igala terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo#ELICategory:Igala terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo#ELI *-ni-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /é.lī/Category:Igala terms with IPA pronunciation#ELI

Noun

éliCategory:Igala lemmas#ELICategory:Igala nouns#ELICategory:Igala entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. (obsoleteCategory:Igala terms with obsolete senses#ELI) elephant

   Synonym: àdagbá

Etymology 1

From the pronominal stem e-, of uncertain origin. Akin to Finnish eli and Estonian elik.
Possibly influenced by or derived from Russian или (ili), Swedish eller.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 30

Noun

eli mCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#ELICategory:Italian noun forms#ELICategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. plural of elio

Anagrams

• -ile, Lei, lei

Etymology

From PortugueseCategory:Kristang terms inherited from Portuguese#ELICategory:Kristang terms derived from Portuguese#ELI ele (“he”), from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Kristang terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#ELICategory:Kristang terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#ELI ele, from LatinCategory:Kristang terms inherited from Latin#ELICategory:Kristang terms derived from Latin#ELI ille (“that”).

Pronoun

eliCategory:Kristang lemmas#ELICategory:Kristang pronouns#ELICategory:Kristang entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

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

See also

References

Conjunction

eliCategory:Meänkieli lemmas#ELICategory:Meänkieli conjunctions#ELICategory:Meänkieli entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.lī/Category:Nupe terms with IPA pronunciation#ELI

Noun

eliCategory:Nupe lemmas#ELICategory:Nupe nouns#ELICategory:Nupe entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. alternative form of ali (“character; disposition; behaviour”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.li/Category:Silesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ELI

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Silesian terms with audio pronunciation#ELI
• Rhymes: -ɛliCategory:Rhymes:Silesian/ɛli#ELICategory:Rhymes:Silesian/ɛli/2 syllables#ELI
• Syllabification: e‧li

Conjunction

eliCategory:Silesian lemmas#ELICategory:Silesian conjunctions#ELICategory:Silesian entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. alternative form of jeśli

Further reading

• eli in silling.org

Etymology

Cognate with Sahu 'elingi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈ(ʔ)e.li]Category:Ternate terms with IPA pronunciation#ELI

Verb

eliCategory:Ternate lemmas#ELICategory:Ternate verbs#ELICategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. (transitiveCategory:Ternate transitive verbs#ELI) to remember

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Noun

eliCategory:Turkish non-lemma forms#ELICategory:Turkish noun forms#ELICategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. inflection of el:
   1. definite accusative singular
   2. third-person singular single-possession possessive

Pronoun

eli mCategory:Venetan lemmas#ELICategory:Venetan pronouns#ELICategory:Venetan entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. they, them

Article

eliCategory:Volapük non-lemma forms#ELICategory:Volapük article forms#ELICategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. accusative singular of el
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     Ekö! jivirgan ogrodikof, ed omotof soni, keli onemoy eli ‚Emmanuel’, kela tradutod binon: God binom ko obs.

     Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means „God-is-with-us”.

     Category:Volapük terms with quotations#ELI

Etymology

Inherited from Middle WelshCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh#ELICategory:Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh#ELI eli, from Proto-BrythonicCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic#ELICategory:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic#ELI *ėliv, borrowed from LatinCategory:Welsh terms derived from Latin#ELI olīvum, see olīva and oleum.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɪ/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#ELI
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːli/, /ˈɛli/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#ELI
• Rhymes: -ɛliCategory:Rhymes:Welsh/ɛli#ELICategory:Rhymes:Welsh/ɛli/2 syllables#ELI

Noun

eli m (plural elïau or elïoedd)Category:Welsh lemmas#ELICategory:Welsh nouns#ELICategory:Welsh countable nouns#ELICategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Welsh masculine nouns#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELICategory:Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines#ELI

1. ointment, balm, lotion

   Synonyms: ennaint, balm, trwyth

2. (figurative) salve, remedy

   Synonym: rhwymedi

Mutation

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “eli”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “eli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Xhosa entries#ELI

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [êːli]Category:Xhosa terms with IPA pronunciation#ELI

Pronoun

êliCategory:Xhosa lemmas#ELICategory:Xhosa pronouns#ELICategory:Xhosa demonstrative pronouns#ELICategory:Xhosa entries with incorrect language header#ELICategory:Pages with entries#ELICategory:Pages with 19 entries#ELI

1. this; class 5 proximal demonstrative.