Veli
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "veli"
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From veli (“brother”).
Proper noun
[edit]Veli (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]Velvo, Veljo, Vello, Veiko, Venda
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From veli (“brother”), but with a different declension.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Veli
- a male given name
- 1992, Inkeri Kilpinen, Miehelläni on toinen nainen, Kirjayhtymä, →ISBN, pages 79–80:
- Velikulta kahmaisi meidät kainaloihinsa ja niin mentiin. Minun on aina ollut vaikea mieltää hänen nimekseen Veli, koska ainoa Veli, jonka ennestään tunsin, on ohut ja vaalea kuin kaisla. ( - - - ) Hänellä on usein hauska juttu huulillaan; siitä lempinimi Velikulta.
- Dear Veli grabbed us up into his arms and so we got going. It has always been hard for me to accept Veli has his name, because the only Veli I knew before was thin and fair like a bulrush. ( - - - ) He often had a fun story to tell, hence why he was dear Veli.
- 2006, Anja Lampela, Älä koske ope, Myllylahti Oy Suomussalmi, →ISBN, page 63:
- ―No, mun nimi on Viivi, ja mulla on pikkuveli, jonka nimi on Veli. Toisin sanoen vanhemmillani on rajattomasti mielikuvitusta.
- ―Well, my name's Viivi, and I've got a little brother named Veli, i.e. my parents have an endless imagination.
Usage notes
[edit]- Common first part of 20th century conjoined names like Veli-Matti and Veli-Pekka.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Veli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Veli | Velit | |
genitive | Velin | Velien | |
partitive | Veliä | Velejä | |
illative | Veliin | Veleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Veli | Velit | |
accusative | nom. | Veli | Velit |
gen. | Velin | ||
genitive | Velin | Velien | |
partitive | Veliä | Velejä | |
inessive | Velissä | Veleissä | |
elative | Velistä | Veleistä | |
illative | Veliin | Veleihin | |
adessive | Velillä | Veleillä | |
ablative | Veliltä | Veleiltä | |
allative | Velille | Veleille | |
essive | Velinä | Veleinä | |
translative | Veliksi | Veleiksi | |
abessive | Velittä | Veleittä | |
instructive | — | Velein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Statistics
[edit]- Veli is the 79th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,784 male individuals (and as a middle name to 10,793 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Veli
- a male given name
Categories:
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eli
- Rhymes:Finnish/eli/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish given names
- Turkish male given names