ellei

Finnish

Etymology

Univerbation of ellä (“if”) (dialectal) +‎ ei

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelːei̯/, [ˈe̞lːe̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -elːei
• Syllabification^(key): el‧lei

Conjunction

ellei

1. unless he/she/it, if he/she/it not

   Ellei sada, menen ulos.

   Unless it is raining, I will go out.

Synonyms

• jollei

See also

• ellen
• ellet
• ellemme
• ellette
• elleivät

Further reading

• “ellei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• Eliel, eleli

Latvian

Noun

ellei f

1. dative singular of elle