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veli

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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veli

  1. inflection of velar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈveli]
  • Rhymes: -eli
  • Hyphenation: ve‧li

Verb

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veli (present velas, past velis, future velos, conditional velus, volitive velu)

  1. (intransitive) to sail

Conjugation

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognate with Finnish veli.

Noun

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veli (genitive velle or velje, partitive velle or velje)

  1. (uncommon) brother
    Synonyms: vend, vennas

Declension

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Declension of veli (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative veli velled
accusative nom.
gen. velle
genitive vellede
partitive velle vellesid
illative velle
vellesse
velledesse
inessive velles velledes
elative vellest velledest
allative vellele velledele
adessive vellel velledel
ablative vellelt velledelt
translative velleks velledeks
terminative velleni velledeni
essive vellena velledena
abessive velleta velledeta
comitative vellega velledega
Declension of veli (ÕS type 24/puri, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative veli veljed
accusative nom.
gen. velje
genitive veljede
partitive velje veljesid
illative velje
veljesse
veljedesse
inessive veljes veljedes
elative veljest veljedest
allative veljele veljedele
adessive veljel veljedel
ablative veljelt veljedelt
translative veljeks veljedeks
terminative veljeni veljedeni
essive veljena veljedena
abessive veljeta veljedeta
comitative veljega veljedega

Faroese

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Noun

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veli

  1. indefinite dative singular of vel

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *velji, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swelijô.[1] Cognate with Northern Sami viellja, Karelian velj, Estonian veli.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞li]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eli
  • Hyphenation(key): ve‧li

Noun

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veli

  1. brother (male sibling)
  2. (rare) brother (ally or fellow)
    1. (in particular) Term of address used by World War II veterans among each other.
  3. (Helsinki slang) bro

Usage notes

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The Helsinki slang usage "bro" is often associated with immigrants.

Declension

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Inflection of this word is somewhat irregular. The stem in inflected forms is velj(e)-.

Inflection of veli (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative veli veljet
genitive veljen veljien
partitive veljeä veljiä
illative veljeen veljiin
singular plural
nominative veli veljet
accusative nom. veli veljet
gen. veljen
genitive veljen veljien
partitive veljeä veljiä
inessive veljessä veljissä
elative veljestä veljistä
illative veljeen veljiin
adessive veljellä veljillä
ablative veljeltä veljiltä
allative veljelle veljille
essive veljenä veljinä
translative veljeksi veljiksi
abessive veljettä veljittä
instructive veljin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of veli (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative veljeni veljeni
accusative nom. veljeni veljeni
gen. veljeni
genitive veljeni veljieni
partitive veljeäni veljiäni
inessive veljessäni veljissäni
elative veljestäni veljistäni
illative veljeeni veljiini
adessive veljelläni veljilläni
ablative veljeltäni veljiltäni
allative veljelleni veljilleni
essive veljenäni veljinäni
translative veljekseni veljikseni
abessive veljettäni veljittäni
instructive
comitative veljineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative veljesi veljesi
accusative nom. veljesi veljesi
gen. veljesi
genitive veljesi veljiesi
partitive veljeäsi veljiäsi
inessive veljessäsi veljissäsi
elative veljestäsi veljistäsi
illative veljeesi veljiisi
adessive veljelläsi veljilläsi
ablative veljeltäsi veljiltäsi
allative veljellesi veljillesi
essive veljenäsi veljinäsi
translative veljeksesi veljiksesi
abessive veljettäsi veljittäsi
instructive
comitative veljinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative veljemme veljemme
accusative nom. veljemme veljemme
gen. veljemme
genitive veljemme veljiemme
partitive veljeämme veljiämme
inessive veljessämme veljissämme
elative veljestämme veljistämme
illative veljeemme veljiimme
adessive veljellämme veljillämme
ablative veljeltämme veljiltämme
allative veljellemme veljillemme
essive veljenämme veljinämme
translative veljeksemme veljiksemme
abessive veljettämme veljittämme
instructive
comitative veljinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative veljenne veljenne
accusative nom. veljenne veljenne
gen. veljenne
genitive veljenne veljienne
partitive veljeänne veljiänne
inessive veljessänne veljissänne
elative veljestänne veljistänne
illative veljeenne veljiinne
adessive veljellänne veljillänne
ablative veljeltänne veljiltänne
allative veljellenne veljillenne
essive veljenänne veljinänne
translative veljeksenne veljiksenne
abessive veljettänne veljittänne
instructive
comitative veljinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

References

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  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “veli”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *velji. Cognates include Finnish veli and Estonian veli.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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veli

  1. Synonym of veljä (brother)
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:
      Ivo ono Levon veli.
      Ivo is Levo's brother.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:
      Veli ono kolhozan pravlenjan clena.
      Brother is a member of the board of the kolkhoz.

Declension

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All forms except the nominative singular show the stem veljä- and are shared with veljä.

Declension of veli (irregular)
singular plural
nominative veli veljät
genitive veljän veljöin
partitive veljää veljöjä
illative veljää veljöi
inessive veljääs veljöis
elative veljäst veljöist
allative veljälle veljöille
adessive veljääl veljöil
ablative veljält veljöilt
translative veljäks veljöiks
sessive veljännä, veljään veljöinnä, veljöin
exessive1) veljänt veljöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “вѣли”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 699
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 651

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈve.li/
  • Rhymes: -eli
  • Hyphenation: vé‧li

Noun

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veli m

  1. plural of velo

Verb

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veli

  1. inflection of velare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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vēlī n

  1. genitive singular of vēlum

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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veli

  1. plural of velu

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English veil.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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veli class IX (plural veli class X)

  1. veil (something to hide an object)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *velji.

Noun

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veli (genitive vele or velle, partitive veljä or velle)

  1. brother

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.