elu
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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
FromProto-Berber*eləw.
Unique to Ifẹ̀, it serves as a very common name prefix
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