elä

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ela"

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelæ/, [ˈe̞læ]
  • Rhymes: -elæ
  • Syllabification(key): e‧lä
  • Hyphenation(key): elä

Verb

elä

  1. (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) alternative form of älä (don't)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelæˣ/, [ˈe̞læ(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -elæ
  • Syllabification(key): e‧lä
  • Hyphenation(key): elä

Verb

elä

  1. inflection of elää:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Gagauz

Cyrillic елӓ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈlæ/
  • Hyphenation: e‧lä

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یل (yal, yel), from Proto-Turkic *yāl. Compare Turkish yele, Azerbaijani yal.

Noun

elä (definite accusative eleyi, plural elelär)

  1. mane
Declension
Declension of elä
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) elä elelär
definite accusative (belirtme) eleyi eleleri
dative (yönelme) eleyä elelerä
locative (bulunma) eledä elelerdä
ablative (çıkma) eledän elelerdän
genitive (tamlayan) elenin elelerin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

elä

  1. dative singular of el

Further reading

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “елä”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 175
  • Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “elä”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 234
  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “elä”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 220

Ingrian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

elä

  1. second-person singular imperative present of ei
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
      Nois, Liisa nois! Elä makkaa.
      Get up, Liisa, get up! Don't sleep.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈelæ/, [ˈe̞lʲæ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈelæ/, [ˈe̞læ]
  • Rhymes: -elæ
  • Hyphenation: e‧lä

Verb

elä

  1. inflection of ellää:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 31
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24