eļļõ
Livonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeʎːə/, [ˈeʎːə]
Etymology 1
Possibly borrowed from Latvian eļļa. Ultimately from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German ölje from olie. Compare German Öl.[1] Suhonen lists the form eļ as a borrowing from Latvian or German.[2] This entry uses the form listed in LĒL for the "oil" sense.
Noun
eļļõ
Usage notes
The word eļ (“hell”) is in one instance indicated as meaning oil (in the compound "almond oil"), however, with a different inflectional type (type 103 – with consonant shift – lengthening of the stem consonant different from inflection of the "hell" sense of the word eļ.) However, eļļõ of the sieldõ type seems to be a much more prevalent word to refer to oil.
Declension
| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | eļļõ | eļļõd |
| genitive (genitīv) | eļļõ | eļļõd |
| partitive (partitīv) | eļļõ | eļļidi |
| dative (datīv) | eļļõn | eļļõdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | eļļõks | eļļõdõks |
| illative (illatīv) | eļļõ eļļõz |
eļļiž |
| inessive (inesīv) | eļļõs | eļļis |
| elative (elatīv) | eļļõst | eļļist |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “eļļa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), volume I, Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, page 265
- ^ Seppo Suhonen (1973), Die jungen lettischen Lehnwörter im Livischen, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
Verb
eļļõ
- to oil
Conjugation
1) imperative-like constructions possible with la’z (“so that”) + jussive: la’z ma/ta eļļõg, la’z ne eļļõgõd
2) rare, using indicative present more common, la’z + jussive construction possible: la’z mēg eļļõgõd
3) possible to imply an indirect request by using jussive negative: algõ ma/ta eļļõg, algõd ne eļļõgõd
References
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “eļļõ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
Etymology 2
Noun
eļļõ