veli

See also: velí, veļi, Veli, vēli, and вели

Catalan

Verb

veli

  1. third-person singular imperative form of velar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of velar
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of velar

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈveli/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧li

Verb

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

  1. to sail

Conjugation
Conjugation of veli
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense velas velis velos
active participle velanta velantaj velinta velintaj velonta velontaj
acc. velantan velantajn velintan velintajn velontan velontajn
nominal active participle velanto velantoj velinto velintoj velonto velontoj
acc. velanton velantojn velinton velintojn velonton velontojn
adverbial active participle velante velinte velonte
infinitive veli imperative velu conditional velus

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. (uncommon) brother

Declension
Declension of veli (type puri)
singular plural
nominative veli veljed
genitive velje veljede
partitive velje veljesid
illative veljesse / velje 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
Declension of veli (type puri)
singular plural
nominative veli velled
genitive velle vellede
partitive velle vellesid
illative vellesse / velle 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

Synonyms

Faroese

Noun

veli

  1. indefinite dative singular of vel

Finnish

Etymology

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

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

Noun

veli

  1. brother (male sibling)
  2. (rare) brother (ally or fellow)
    1. (in particular) Used by WW2 veterans to adress eachother
  3. (slang, Helsinki) bro

Usage notes
  • Sense three is often associated with immigrants.

Declension

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

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
instructive — veljin
abessive veljettä veljittä
comitative — veljineen
Possessive forms of veli (type ovi)
possessor singular plural
1st person veljeni veljemme
2nd person veljesi veljenne
3rd person veljensä

Derived terms

Compounds
compounds

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞lʲi]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞li]
  • Rhymes: -eli
  • Hyphenation: ve‧li

Noun

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, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:
      Veli ono kolhozan pravlenjan clena.
      Brother is a member of the board of the kolkhoz.

Declension
Declension of veli (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative veli velet
genitive velen velliin, velilöin
partitive velliä velijä, velilöjä
illative vellee vellii, velilöihe
inessive veles velis, velilöis
elative velest velist, velilöist
allative velelle velille, velilöille
adessive velel velil, velilöil
ablative velelt velilt, velilöilt
translative veleks veliks, velilöiks
essive velennä, velleen velinnä, velilöinnä, velliin, velilöin
exessive1) velent velint, velilöint
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.

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 651

Italian

Noun

veli m

  1. plural of velo

Verb

veli

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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

vēlī n

  1. genitive singular of vēlum

Maltese

Noun

veli

  1. plural of velu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English veil.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

veli (n class, plural veli)

  1. veil (something to hide an object)

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *velji.

Noun

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

  1. brother

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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