elä

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ela"

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

elä

  1. (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) Alternative form of älä (“don't”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

elä

  1. inflection of elää:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Ingrian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

elä

  1. second-person singular imperative present of ei
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
      Nois, Liisa nois! Elä makkaa.
      Get up, Liisa, get up! Don't sleep.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

elä

  1. inflection of ellää:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 31
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24
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