kel'

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keeli.

Noun

kel'

1. tongue
2. language

Inflection

Inflection of kel' (inflection type 4/meri)
nominative sing.	kel'
genitive sing.	kelen
partitive sing.	kel't
partitive plur.	kelid
	singular	plural
nominative	kel'	keled
accusative	kelen	keled
genitive	kelen	keliden
partitive	kel't	kelid
essive-instructive	kelen	kelin
translative	keleks	kelikš
inessive	keles	keliš
elative	kelespäi	kelišpäi
illative	kelehe kelhe	kelihe
adessive	kelel	kelil
ablative	kelelpäi	kelilpäi
allative	kelele	kelile
abessive	keleta	kelita
comitative	kelenke	kelidenke
prolative	kel'tme	kelidme
approximative I	kelenno	kelidenno
approximative II	kelennoks	kelidennoks
egressive	kelennopäi	kelidennopäi
terminative I	kelehesai kelhesai	kelihesai
terminative II	kelelesai	kelilesai
terminative III	kelessai	—
additive I	kelehepäi kelhepäi	kelihepäi
additive II	kelelepäi	kelilepäi

Derived terms

• kirjutuzkel'
• libedkel'
• peitkel'
• pit'kkel'
• kel'tedo
• kelenkandišii

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “язык”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yurok

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *ki·la (“you (singular)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˀl/

Pronoun

kel'

1. second person singular pronoun; you