ellu

See also: Ellu

Corsican

Alternative forms

• eddu, illu, iddu

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle (“that”). Cognates include Italian egli (“he”) and French il (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlːu/
• Hyphenation: el‧lu
• Rhymes: -ɛlːu

Pronoun

ellu m

1. he
   • 1990, Ghjacumu Thiers, A funtana d'Altea, →ISBN, page 22:

     L'omu, dicianu pè a cità ch'ellu avia persu u capu un ghjornu in Algeria.

     The man, they said in the city that he had lost his head one day in Algeria.

   • 2019, Zosimov Premudroslovsky StaVl, Mutanti Sovetti [Soviet Mutants], →ISBN, page 18:

     Ellu ùn hà mai toccu a terra.

     He hasn't ever touched the earth.

2. him (disjunctive)
   • 2005, Christian Dubois, A Bìbbia corsa [The Corsican Bible], Actes 16:2:

     I fratelli di Listra è d'Icona rindìanu d'ellu una bona tistimunianza.

     The brothers of Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimonial of him.

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella		a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle		e, l'	elle

References

• “ellu, eddu, illu, iddu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa