veli
Catalan
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈveli]
- Rhymes: -eli
- Hyphenation: ve‧li
Verb
veli (present velas, past velis, future velos, conditional velus, volitive velu)
- (intransitive) to sail
Conjugation
Conjugation of veli
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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognate with Finnish veli.
Declension
Declension of veli (type puri)
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 |
Declension of veli (type puri)
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 |
Faroese
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *velji, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swelijô. Cognate with Northern Sami viellja, Karelian velj, Estonian veli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞li]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eli
- Syllabification(key): ve‧li
Noun
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
The Helsinki slang usage "bro" is often associated with immigrants.
Declension
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. |
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Derived terms
Compounds
- aateveli
- aseveli
- heimoveli
- isoveli
- kaksoisveli
- kaksosveli
- kasvattiveli
- luostariveli
- maallikkoveli
- pikkuveli
- saarnaajaveli
- täysiveli
- täysveli
- uskonveli
- velihopea
- velikulta
- velimies
- velipekka
- velipoika
- velipuoli
- velisarja
- velisurma
- velisurmaaja
- velivainaja
- veljenmalja
- veljenpoika
- veljentytär
- virkaveli
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞li]
- Rhymes: -eli
- Hyphenation: ve‧li
Noun
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.
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:
- Veli ono kolhozan pravlenjan clena.
- Brother is a member of the board of the kolkhoz.
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Declension
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. |
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 651
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈve.li/
- Rhymes: -eli
- Hyphenation: vé‧li
Verb
veli
- inflection of velare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.liː/, [ˈu̯eːlʲiː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.li/, [ˈvɛːli]
Maltese
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
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