FromProto-Semitic *ʕalay- ( “ on, over ” ) . Cognate withArabic عَلَى ( ʕalā ) andBiblical Hebrew עַל ( ʕal ) ,עֲלֵי ( ʕălé ) .
eli (pronominal form elī ( from Old Akkadian on )
on ,above ,over ,upon towards against beyond ,more than 1755–1750BCE ,King Hammurabi of Babylon , translated by OMNIKA Foundation,Hammurabi Code [1] Louvre ,Law 202 𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒇷𒂊𒀉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒊭𒂊𒇷 𒋗 𒊏𒁍𒌑 𒅎𒋫𒄩𒊍 𒄿𒈾 𒁍𒌔𒊑𒅎 𒄿𒈾 𒋢𒉮 𒄞 𒁹𒋗𒅆 𒅎𒈤𒄩𒊍 [šumma awīlum lēt awīlim šaelī šu rabû imtaḫaṣ, ina puḫrim ina qinnāz alpim (ištēn) šūši immaḫḫaṣ.] šum-ma a-wi-lum le-e-et a-wi-lim šae-li -šu ra-bu-u₂ im-ta-ḫa-aṣ i-na pu-uḫ₂-ri-im i-nakuš USAN₃ GUD 1 šu-ši im-maḫ-ḫa-aṣ If a man has struck the cheek of a man who is of higher rank than he, he will be struck with an ox whip sixty times in the assembly. Cuneiform spellings Logograms Phonetic
“eli”, inThe Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD) [2] 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy ,George, Andrew ,Postgate, Nicholas (2000 ) “eli ”, inA Concise Dictionary of Akkadian , 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via theelectronic Babylonian Library Huehnergard, John (2011 )A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies;45 ), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: EisenbraunsProto-Nubian *il-di
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woman [3] (aseli )Salem Chaker, Andrzej Zaborski,Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000) (asǐḷī ) Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl [ edit ] eli
tobe . Either from the pronominal steme- seen inettä mikäli mikä Old Norse ella ellar Proto-Germanic *aljaz Estonian elik
eli ( coordinating )
that is ,that is to say ,i.e. ;in other words ,to put it another way ;as in ( used to introduce a clarification or explanation ) Hän tulee tänne maanantainaeli ylihuomenna. ―She's coming here on Mondayas in two days from now. Kuivajää sublimoituu lämmetessään kaasuksi,eli se muuttuu suoraan kaasuksi muuttumatta välillä nesteeksi. ―Dry ice sublimates to gas directly,i.e. it turns straight into gas without turning into a liquid in between. or ,also known as ,AKA ,a.k.a. ( used to introduce an alternative name ) Synonyms: l. alias a.k.a. Kikkaeli Kirsi Sirén ―Kikkaa.k.a. Kirsi Sirén ruokasuolaeli natriumkloridi ―table saltor sodium chloride ( informal ) so ( used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question; used to introduce a rhetorical question ) Synonym: siis ( when not colloquial, it is usually not the first word in the sentence ) Eli miten se tarina päättyy?So how does the story end?Eli kävit siellä eilen.So you did go there yesterday.( archaic or dialectal ) or Synonyms: tai ( exclusive or in questions ) vai Lähdetkö mukaaneli et? ―Are you coming alongor not? eli
third-person singular past indicative ofelää Häneli täällä. Helived here. elu ( “ she, her ” ) +-i ( “ -s; plural ” )
eli pl
they ,them ( feminine ) li ( “ they, them ” ) ili ( “ they, them ” ) ( masculine ) oli ( “ they, them ” ) ( neuter ) Éli Cognate withUrhobo eni Edo ení Igbo enyi Yoruba erin Olukumi erin Igala àdagbá Idoma adagba Nupe dagba Proto-Yoruboid *é-lĩ Proto-Yoruboid *é-nĩ Ibibio eniin Tee ni Proto-Lower Cross River *é-nì:n Proto-Ogoni *ǹnĩ Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ni-
éli
( obsolete ) elephant Synonym: àdagbá From the pronominal steme- , of uncertain origin. Akin toFinnish eli Estonian elik Russian или ( ili ) ,Swedish eller
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( folk poetic ) or See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
eli
third-person singular indicative imperfect ofellää Hääeli Soikkolaas. ―Shelived inSoikkola . Ruben E. Nirvi (1971 )Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja , Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page30 eli m
plural ofelio FromPortuguese ele ( “ he ” ) , fromOld Galician-Portuguese ele Latin ille ( “ that ” ) .
eli
he she it ( third-person singular personal pronoun ) [ 1] Kristang personal pronouns singular plural first person yo nus second person bos bolotu third person eli olotu
^ 2010 , Ladislav Prištic,Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa , Masaryk University, page 26.eli
or eli
Alternative form ofali ( “ character; disposition; behaviour ” ) eli
Alternative form ofjeśli Cognate withSahu 'elingi
eli
( transitive ) remember Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 )A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh eli m
they ,them eli
accusative singular ofel 1952 Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I :Ekö! jivirgan ogrodikof, ed omotof soni, keli onemoyeli ‚Emmanuel’, kela tradutod binon: God binom ko obs. Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means „God-is-with-us”. FromMiddle Welsh eli Proto-Brythonic *ėliv Latin olīvum olīva oleum
eli m plural elïau
ointment Synonym: ennaint Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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êli
this ;class 5 proximal demonstrative. 
