veli
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
veli
- inflection of velar:
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
veli (present velas, past velis, future velos, conditional velus, volitive velu)
- (intransitive) to sail
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of veli
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Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognate with Finnish veli.
Noun edit
veli (genitive velle or velje, partitive velle or velje)
Declension edit
Declension of veli (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | veli | velled | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | velle | ||
genitive | vellede | ||
partitive | velle | vellesid | |
illative | velle vellesse |
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 |
Declension of veli (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | veli | veljed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | velje | ||
genitive | veljede | ||
partitive | velje | veljesid | |
illative | velje veljesse |
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 |
Faroese edit
Noun edit
veli
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *velji, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swelijô.[1] Cognate with Northern Sami viellja, Karelian velj, Estonian veli.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 notes edit
The Helsinki slang usage "bro" is often associated with immigrants.
Declension edit
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 | ||
abessive | veljettä | veljittä | ||
instructive | — | veljin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
- aateveli
- aseveli
- dominikaaniveli
- heimoveli
- isoveli
- kaksoisveli
- kaksosveli
- kasvattiveli
- kilpaveli
- luostariveli
- maallikkoveli
- ottoveli
- pikkuveli
- puoliveli
- saarnaajaveli
- sielunveli
- täysiveli
- täysveli
- uskonveli
- uusveli
- velihopea
- velikulta
- velimies
- velipekka
- velipoika
- velipuoli
- velisarja
- velisurma
- velisurmaaja
- velivainaja
- veljenmalja
- veljenpoika
- veljensurmaaja
- veljentappaja
- veljentytär
- veriveli
- virkaveli
- vitaaliveljet
References edit
Further reading edit
- “veli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognates include Finnish veli and Estonian veli.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋelʲi/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
- Rhymes: -eli, -elʲi
- Hyphenation: ve‧li
Noun edit
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.
Declension edit
All forms except the nominative singular show the stem veljä- and are shared with veljä.
Declension of veli (irregular) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | veli | veljät |
genitive | veljän | veljöin |
partitive | veljää | veljöjä |
illative | veljää | veljöi |
inessive | veljääs | veljöis |
elative | veljäst | veljöist |
allative | veljälle | veljöille |
adessive | veljääl | veljöil |
ablative | veljält | veljöilt |
translative | veljäks | veljöiks |
essive | veljännä, veljään | veljöinnä, veljöin |
exessive1) | veljänt | veljöint |
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. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 651
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veli m
Verb edit
veli
- inflection of velare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.liː/, [ˈu̯eːlʲiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.li/, [ˈvɛːli]
Noun edit
vēlī n
Maltese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veli
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veli (n class, plural veli)
- veil (something to hide an object)
Võro edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *velji.
Noun edit
veli (genitive vele or velle, partitive veljä or velle)
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/eli
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto verbs
- Esperanto intransitive verbs
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian terms with uncommon senses
- Estonian puri-type nominals
- Faroese non-lemma forms
- Faroese noun forms
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Finnish/eli
- Rhymes:Finnish/eli/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with rare senses
- Helsinki slang
- Finnish ovi-type nominals
- Finnish irregular nouns
- fi:Family
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eli
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eli/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/elʲi
- Rhymes:Ingrian/elʲi/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/eli
- Rhymes:Italian/eli/2 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian noun forms
- Italian verb forms
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese non-lemma forms
- Maltese noun plural forms
- Swahili terms borrowed from English
- Swahili terms derived from English
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
- Võro terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Võro terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Võro lemmas
- Võro nouns
- vro:Family