кели

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Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *kiljä ~ *küljä (wide, spacious, broad). Cognates include Erzya келей (kelej), Lule Sami gallje ~ galja (wide, spacious, broad), Northern Sami gallji ~ galjẹs (wide, roomy).

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Adjective

кели (keli)

  1. wide
    • 1962, I. Kišnäkov, Issaś šudi Volgav:
      Колма кели вальмятне ваныхть ульцяв, кафттне — проулкав.
      Kolma keli vaľmätne vanïhť ulcäv, kafttne — proulkav.
      Three wide windows face the street, two face the alley.
  2. spacious, free
  3. (linguistics, of a vowel) open

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