veli
CatalanEdit
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veli
EsperantoEdit
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veli (present velas, past velis, future velos, conditional velus, volitive velu)
- (intransitive) to sail
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of veli
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EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognate with Finnish veli.
NounEdit
veli (genitive velje, partitive velje) veli (genitive velle, partitive velle)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | veli | veljed |
genitive | velje | veljede |
partitive | velje | veljesid |
illative | veljesse / velje | veljedesse |
inessive | veljes | veljedes |
elative | veljest | veljedest |
allative | veljele | veljedele |
adessive | veljel | veljedel |
ablative | veljelt | veljedelt |
translative | veljeks | veljedeks |
terminative | veljeni | veljedeni |
essive | veljena | veljedena |
abessive | veljeta | veljedeta |
comitative | veljega | veljedega |
singular | plural | |
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nominative | veli | velled |
genitive | velle | vellede |
partitive | velle | vellesid |
illative | vellesse / velle | velledesse |
inessive | velles | velledes |
elative | vellest | velledest |
allative | vellele | velledele |
adessive | vellel | velledel |
ablative | vellelt | velledelt |
translative | velleks | velledeks |
terminative | velleni | velledeni |
essive | vellena | velledena |
abessive | velleta | velledeta |
comitative | vellega | velledega |
FaroeseEdit
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veli
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *velji, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swelijô. Cognate with Northern Sami viellja, Karelian velj, Estonian veli.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
veli
- brother (male sibling)
- (rare) brother (ally or fellow)
- (in particular) Term of address used by World War II veterans among each other.
- (Helsinki slang) bro
Usage notesEdit
The Helsinki slang usage "bro" is often associated with immigrants.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of this word is somewhat irregular. The stem in inflected forms is velj(e)-.
Inflection of veli (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | veli | veljet | ||
genitive | veljen | veljien | ||
partitive | veljeä | veljiä | ||
illative | veljeen | veljiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | veli | veljet | ||
accusative | nom. | veli | veljet | |
gen. | veljen | |||
genitive | veljen | veljien | ||
partitive | veljeä | veljiä | ||
inessive | veljessä | veljissä | ||
elative | veljestä | veljistä | ||
illative | veljeen | veljiin | ||
adessive | veljellä | veljillä | ||
ablative | veljeltä | veljiltä | ||
allative | veljelle | veljille | ||
essive | veljenä | veljinä | ||
translative | veljeksi | veljiksi | ||
instructive | — | veljin | ||
abessive | veljettä | veljittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived termsEdit
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IngrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognates include Finnish veli and Estonian veli.
PronunciationEdit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞li]
- Rhymes: -eli
- Hyphenation: ve‧li
NounEdit
veli
- Synonym of veljä (“brother”)
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:
- Ivo ono Levon veli.
- Ivo is Levo's brother.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of veli (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | veli | velet |
genitive | velen | velliin, velilöin |
partitive | velliä | velijä, velilöjä |
illative | vellee | vellii, velilöihe |
inessive | veles | velis, velilöis |
elative | velest | velist, velilöist |
allative | velelle | velille, velilöille |
adessive | velel | velil, velilöil |
ablative | velelt | velilt, velilöilt |
translative | veleks | veliks, velilöiks |
essive | velennä, velleen | velinnä, velilöinnä, velliin, velilöin |
exessive1) | velent | velint, velilöint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
ReferencesEdit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 651
ItalianEdit
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veli m
VerbEdit
veli
- inflection of velare:
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
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vēlī n
MalteseEdit
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veli
SwahiliEdit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
NounEdit
veli (n class, plural veli)
- veil (something to hide an object)
VõroEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *velji.
NounEdit
veli (genitive vele or velle, partitive veljä or velle)
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.