eli

From Proto-Semitic *ʕalay- (“on, over”). Cognate with Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʿalā) and Biblical Hebrew עַל‎ (ʕal), עֲלֵי‎ (ʕălê).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li/

eli (pronominal form elī) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. on, above, over, upon
2. towards
3. against
4. beyond, more than
   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, OMNIKA Foundation, transl., Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Law 202:

     𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒇷𒂊𒀉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒊭 𒂊𒇷𒋗 𒊏𒁍𒌑 𒅎𒋫𒄩𒊍 𒄿𒈾 𒁍𒌔𒊑𒅎 𒄿𒈾 𒋢𒉮 𒄞 𒁹𒋗𒅆 𒅎𒈤𒄩𒊍
     šum-ma a-wi-lum le-e-et a-wi-lim ša e-li-šu ra-bu-u₂ im-ta-ḫa-aṣ i-na pu-uḫ₂-ri-im i-na ^kušUSAN₃ GUD 1 šu-ši im-maḫ-ḫa-aṣ

     šumma awīlum lēt awīlim ša elīšu rabû imtaḫaṣ, ina puḫrim ina qinnāz alpim (ištēn) šūši immaḫḫaṣ.

     If a man has struck the cheek of a man who is of higher rank than he, he will be struck with an ox whip sixty times in the assembly.

• ili, elu, el
• al (Old Akkadian)

• “eli”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “eli”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns

Proto-Nubian *il-di.

eli

1. woman

• (as eli)
• Salem Chaker, Andrzej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000) (as ǐḷī)

eli

1. to be.

Either from the pronominal stem e- seen in että (compare mikäli, from mikä) or a North Germanic loan (compare Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz). Also compare Estonian elik.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeli(ˣ)/, [ˈe̞li(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification^(key): e‧li

eli

1. (coordinating) so
2. a.k.a., or
3. i.e., that is, in other words
4. as in (in the sense of)
5. (dated or dialectal) or

   Synonym: tai

eli

1. third-person singular past indicative of elää

   Hän eli täällä.

   He lived here.

• lei, lie

elu (“she, her”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

eli pl

1. they, them (feminine)

• li (“they, them”)
• ili (“they, them”) (masculine)
• oli (“they, them”) (neuter)

From the pronominal stem e-, of uncertain origin. Akin to Finnish eli and Estonian elik.
Possibly influenced by or derived from Russian или (ili), Swedish eller.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈeli/, [ˈe̞lʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈeli/, [ˈe̞li]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: e‧li

eli

1. (folk poetic) or

• tali, ehki, vai

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈeli/, [ˈe̞lʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈeli/, [ˈe̞li]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Hyphenation: e‧li

eli

1. third-person singular indicative imperfect of ellää

   Hää eli Soikkolaas. ― She lived in Soikkola.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 30

eli m

1. plural of elio

• -ile, Lei, lei

From Portuguese ele (“he”), from Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille (“that”).

eli

1. he, she or it (third-person singular personal pronoun)[1]

eli

1. or

• IPA^(key): /ē.lī/

eli

1. Alternative form of ali (“character; disposition; behaviour”)

Cognate with Sahu 'elingi.

• IPA^(key): [ˈ(ʔ)e.li]

eli

1. (transitive) to remember

• el

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

eli m

1. they, them

eli

1. accusative singular of el

From Middle Welsh eli, from Proto-Brythonic *ėliv, borrowed from Latin olīvum, see olīva and oleum.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːli/, /ˈɛli/
• Rhymes: -ɛli

eli m (plural elïau)

1. ointment

   Synonym: ennaint

eli haul (“sun cream, sunscreen”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [êːli]

êli

1. this; class 5 proximal demonstrative.