Veli
See also: Appendix:Variations of "veli"
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From veli (“brother”).
Proper noun edit
Veli (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- a male given name
Related terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From veli (“brother”), but with a different declension.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Veli
- a male given name
- 1992, Inkeri Kilpinen, Miehelläni on toinen nainen, Kirjayhtymä, →ISBN, pages 79–80:
- Velikulta kahmaisi meidät kainaloihinsa ja niin mentiin. Minun on aina ollut vaikea mieltää hänen nimekseen Veli, koska ainoa Veli, jonka ennestään tunsin, on ohut ja vaalea kuin kaisla. ( - - - ) Hänellä on usein hauska juttu huulillaan; siitä lempinimi Velikulta.
- Dear Veli grabbed us up into his arms and so we got going. It has always been hard for me to accept Veli has his name, because the only Veli I knew before was thin and fair like a bulrush. ( - - - ) He often had a fun story to tell, hence why he was dear Veli.
- 2006, Anja Lampela, Älä koske ope, Myllylahti Oy Suomussalmi, →ISBN, page 63:
- ―No, mun nimi on Viivi, ja mulla on pikkuveli, jonka nimi on Veli. Toisin sanoen vanhemmillani on rajattomasti mielikuvitusta.
- ―Well, my name's Viivi, and I've got a little brother named Veli, i.e. my parents have an endless imagination.
Usage notes edit
- Common first part of 20th century conjoined names like Veli-Matti and Veli-Pekka.
Declension edit
Inflection of Veli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Veli | Velit | ||
genitive | Velin | Velien | ||
partitive | Veliä | Velejä | ||
illative | Veliin | Veleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Veli | Velit | ||
accusative | nom. | Veli | Velit | |
gen. | Velin | |||
genitive | Velin | Velien | ||
partitive | Veliä | Velejä | ||
inessive | Velissä | Veleissä | ||
elative | Velistä | Veleistä | ||
illative | Veliin | Veleihin | ||
adessive | Velillä | Veleillä | ||
ablative | Veliltä | Veleiltä | ||
allative | Velille | Veleille | ||
essive | Velinä | Veleinä | ||
translative | Veliksi | Veleiksi | ||
abessive | Velittä | Veleittä | ||
instructive | — | Velein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Statistics edit
- Veli is the 79th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,784 male individuals (and as a middle name to 10,793 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Proper noun edit
Veli
- a male given name