meeli

See also: Meeli

Estonian

Noun

meeli

  1. partitive plural of meel

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meeli. Cognates include Finnish mieli and Estonian meel.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈmeːlʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈme̝ːli]
  • Rhymes: -eːl, -eːli
  • Hyphenation: mee‧li

Noun

meeli

  1. mood
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 38:
      Heil ono hyvä meeli.
      They are in a good mood.
      (literally, “They have a good mood.”)
  2. mind
  3. thought
    • 1936, V. I. Junus; P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Sanokaa veel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.
      Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.
  4. reason, sense

Declension
Declension of meeli (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meeli meelet
genitive meelen meeliin, meelilöin
partitive meeltä, meelt meeliä, meelilöjä
illative meelee meelii, meelilöihe
inessive meelees meeliis, meelilöis
elative meelest meelist, meelilöist
allative meelelle meelille, meelilöille
adessive meeleel meeliil, meelilöil
ablative meelelt meelilt, meelilöilt
translative meeleks meeliks, meelilöiks
essive meelennä, meeleen meelinnä, meelilöinnä, meeliin, meelilöin
exessive1) meelent meelint, meelilöint
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

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meeli.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈmeːli]
  • Rhymes: -eːli
  • Hyphenation: mee‧li

Noun

meeli

  1. mind
  2. mood, feeling, atmosphere
  3. character (of someone)
  4. thought, idea

Inflection
Declension of meeli (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meeli meeled
genitive meele meelije, meeli
partitive meelte meelite, meeli
illative meele, meelese meelije, meelise
inessive meelez meeliz
elative meelesse meelisse
allative meelele meelile
adessive meelelle meelille
ablative meelelte meelilte
translative meelessi meelissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn
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