eli

See also: Eli, éli, Elí, eli-, èli, élį, and ʻeli

Akkadian

Root
'-l-y
4 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕalay- (“on, over”). Cognate with Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʕalā) and Biblical Hebrew עַל‎ (ʕal), עֲלֵי‎ (ʕălê).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li/

Preposition

eli (pronominal form elī) (from Old Akkadian on)

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

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

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

     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.

Alternative forms

• ili, elu, el
• al (Old Akkadian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌋𒅗 (UGU)	𒂊𒇷 (e-li)

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
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns

Dilling

Etymology

Proto-Nubian *il-di.

Noun

eli

1. woman

References

• [2] (as eli)
• Salem Chaker, Andrzej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000) (as ǐḷī)

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

eli

1. to be.

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeli(ˣ)/, [ˈe̞li(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification^(key): e‧li

Conjunction

eli

1. (coordinating) so
2. a.k.a., or
3. i.e., that is, in other words
4. as in (in the sense of)
5. (dated or dialectal) or

   Synonym: tai

Verb

eli

1. third-person singular past indicative of elää

   Hän eli täällä.

   He lived here.

Anagrams

• lei, lie

Ido

Etymology

elu (“she, her”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

Pronoun

eli pl

1. they, them (feminine)

Related terms

• li (“they, them”)
• ili (“they, them”) (masculine)
• oli (“they, them”) (neuter)

Ingrian

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.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈeli/, [ˈe̞lʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈeli/, [ˈe̞li]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: e‧li

Conjunction

eli

1. (folk poetic) or

Synonyms

• tali, ehki, vai

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈeli/, [ˈe̞lʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈeli/, [ˈe̞li]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: e‧li

Verb

eli

1. third-person singular indicative imperfect of ellää

   Hää eli Soikkolaas. ― She lived in Soikkola.

References

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

Italian

Noun

eli m

1. plural of elio

Anagrams

• -ile, Lei, lei

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese ele (“he”), from Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille (“that”).

Pronoun

eli

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

See also

Kristang personal pronouns (edit)
Person	Singular	Plural
First	yo	nus
Second	bos	bolotu
Third	eli	olotu

Meänkieli

Conjunction

eli

1. or

Nupe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.lī/

Noun

eli

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

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Sahu 'elingi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈ(ʔ)e.li]

Verb

eli

1. (transitive) to remember

Conjugation

Conjugation of eli
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toeli	foeli	mieli
2nd	noeli	nieli
3rd	Masculine	oeli	ieli, yoeli†
Feminine	moeli
Neuter	ieli
† - archaic

Alternative forms

• el

References

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

Venetian

Pronoun

eli m

1. they, them

Volapük

Article

eli

1. accusative singular of el

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eli, from Proto-Brythonic *ėliv, borrowed from Latin olīvum, see olīva and oleum.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːli/, /ˈɛli/
• Rhymes: -ɛli

Noun

eli m (plural elïau)

1. ointment

   Synonym: ennaint

Derived terms

eli haul (“sun cream, sunscreen”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eli	unchanged	unchanged	heli
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [êːli]

Pronoun

êli

1. this; class 5 proximal demonstrative.