keli
See also: kēlì
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *keli, from Proto-Oceanic *kali, *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Verb
keli
- obsolete spelling of keri (“to dig”)
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *keli, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *keljas (compare Latvian ceļš (“road”), Lithuanian kelias (“road”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeli/, [ˈk̟e̞li]
- Rhymes: -eli
- Syllabification(key): ke‧li
- Hyphenation(key): ke‧li
Noun
keli
- weather conditions relating specifically to surfaces for travel (such as road conditions or skiing conditions)
- (colloquial) weather
- Synonym: sää
Declension
| Inflection of keli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keli | kelit | |
| genitive | kelin | kelien | |
| partitive | keliä | kelejä | |
| illative | keliin | keleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keli | kelit | |
| accusative | nom. | keli | kelit |
| gen. | kelin | ||
| genitive | kelin | kelien | |
| partitive | keliä | kelejä | |
| inessive | kelissä | keleissä | |
| elative | kelistä | keleistä | |
| illative | keliin | keleihin | |
| adessive | kelillä | keleillä | |
| ablative | keliltä | keleiltä | |
| allative | kelille | keleille | |
| essive | kelinä | keleinä | |
| translative | keliksi | keleiksi | |
| abessive | kelittä | keleittä | |
| instructive | — | kelein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “keli”, 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 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Ido
Noun
keli
- plural of kelo
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
Originally "ke-li". From "kel" Portuguese aquilo ("this") + "li".
Adverb
keli
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
keli |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
keli |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *keli. Cognates include Finnish keli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkelʲi/
- Hyphenation: ke‧li
Noun
keli (genitive kelin, partitive kelie)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of keli (type 2/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keli | kelit | |
| genitive | kelin | kelien | |
| partitive | kelie | kelijä | |
| illative | kelih | kelilöih | |
| inessive | kelissä | kelilöissä | |
| elative | kelistä | kelilöistä | |
| adessive | kelillä | kelilöillä | |
| ablative | keliltä | kelilöiltä | |
| translative | keliksi | kelilöiksi | |
| essive | kelinä | kelilöinä | |
| comitative | — | kelilöineh | |
| abessive | kelittä | kelilöittä | |
| prolative | — | — | |
| instructive | — | kelilöin | |
| Tver Karelian declension of keli (type 2/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keli | kelit | |
| genitive | kelin | kelilöin | |
| partitive | kelie | kelilöidä | |
| illative | kelih | kelilöih | |
| inessive | kelissä | kelilöissä | |
| elative | kelistä | kelilöistä | |
| adessive | kelillä | kelilöillä | |
| ablative | kelildä | kelilöildä | |
| translative | keliksi | kelilöiksi | |
| essive | kelinä | kelilöinä | |
| comitative | kelinke | kelilöinke | |
| abessive | kelittä | kelilöittä | |
| prolative | keličči | kelilöičči | |
| instructive | — | kelilöin | |
| Possessive forms of keli | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | kelini | |
| 2nd person | kelis | |
| 3rd person | kelih | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “keli”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 51
- Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “keli”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[3], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“interrogative, relative stem”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲɛˈlʲɪ]
Determiner
keli̇̀
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “keli̇̀”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 271
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke.li/
Verb
keli
- to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)
Volapük
Pronoun
keli
- accusative singular of kel
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:
- Omotof soni, keli onemol Yesusi; om ga olelivükom pöpi de sinods onik.
- She will give birth to a son, whom you must name Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.