FromLatinille, possibly through aVulgar Latin*illus. CompareRomanianel.
elu
FromProto-Finnic*elo, equivalent toelama(“to live”) +-u. Cognate toFinnishelo.
elu (genitiveelu,partitiveelu)
Declension ofelu (ÕS type17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | elu | elud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | elu | ||
genitive | elude | ||
partitive | elu | elusid | |
illative | ellu elusse | eludesse | |
inessive | elus | eludes | |
elative | elust | eludest | |
allative | elule | eludele | |
adessive | elul | eludel | |
ablative | elult | eludelt | |
translative | eluks | eludeks | |
terminative | eluni | eludeni | |
essive | eluna | eludena | |
abessive | eluta | eludeta | |
comitative | eluga | eludega |
Borrowed from Frenchelle, Italianella, Spanishella (fromLatinilla, feminine ofille) +-u(“denoting a person”).
elu (pluraleli)
![]() | singular | plural | |||||
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nominative | possessive | nominative | possessive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
first person | me | mea | mei | ni | nia | nii | |
second person | formal | vu | vua | vui | vi | via | vii |
familiar | tu | tua | tui | ||||
third person | masculine | ilu,il | ilua | ilui | ili | ilia | ilii |
feminine | elu,el | elua | elui | eli | elia | elii | |
neuter | olu,ol | olua | olui | oli | olia | olii | |
common | lu | lua | lui | li | lia | lii | |
reflexive | su | sua | sui | su | sua | sui | |
indefinite | onu,on | onua | onui | onu,on | onua | onui |
elū
elu
Unique to Ifẹ̀, it serves as a very common name prefix
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