jelsõ

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjeˀlsə/, [ˈjeˀlsə]

Adverb

je’lsõ

  1. alive

Usage notes

Considered an adjective by LEL. However, the word is not inflected, and is almost always used predicatively. The corresponding (and cognate) words in Finnish and Estonian (Finnish elossa, Estonian elus) are usually analyzed as adverbs.

Noun

je’lsõ

  1. inessive singular of jel

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “je’lsõ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra