ellä
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ella"
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ellä, from Proto-Uralic *e- (“this”) + -llä.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ellä (dialectal, rare, Savonia)
Usage notes
| Negative contractions for ellä | ||
|---|---|---|
| basic form | (ellä)1 | |
| negative | singular | plural |
| 1st person | ellen | ellemme |
| 2nd person | ellet | ellette |
| 3rd person | ellei | elleivät |
These contractions are used with the indicative forms of the negative verb ei. They are common, but optional. The basic form of the word is no longer used in Standard Finnish, but the contractions are, with the sense "unless one...". | ||
Votic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *elädäk, from Proto-Uralic *elä-.
Pronunciation
Verb
ellä
- to live
Inflection
| Conjugation of ellä (type III-4/ellä, no gradation, gemination) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative | |||||
| Present | Perfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | elän | en elä | 1st singular | õõn elännü | en õõ elännü |
| 2nd singular | eläd | ed elä | 2nd singular | õõd elännü | ed õõ elännü |
| 3rd singular | eläb | eb elä | 3rd singular | on elännü | eb õõ elännü |
| 1st plural | elämme | emmä elä | 1st plural | õõmmõ elännü | emmä õõ elännü |
| 2nd plural | elätte | että elä | 2nd plural | õõttõ elännü | että õõ elännü |
| 3rd plural | eletä | eväd elä | 3rd plural | õlla elettü | eväd õõ elettü |
| impersonal | eletä | eväd elä | impersonal | õlla elettü | eväd õõ elettü |
| Imperfect | Pluperfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | elin | en elännü | 1st singular | õlin elännü | — |
| 2nd singular | elid | ed elännü | 2nd singular | õlid elännü | — |
| 3rd singular | eli | eb elännü | 3rd singular | õli elännü | — |
| 1st plural | elimme | emmä elännü | 1st plural | õlimmõ elännü | — |
| 2nd plural | elitte | että elännü | 2nd plural | õlittõ elännü | — |
| 3rd plural | eletti | eväd elettü | 3rd plural | õlti elettü | — |
| impersonal | eletti | eväd elettü | impersonal | õlti elettü | — |
| Conditional | |||||
| Present | Perfect | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | eläizin | en eläizʹ | 1st singular | õllõizin elännü | en õllõizʹ elännü |
| 2nd singular | eläizid | ed eläizʹ | 2nd singular | õllõizid elännü | ed õllõizʹ elännü |
| 3rd singular | eläizʹ | eb eläizʹ | 3rd singular | õllõizʹ elännü | eb õllõizʹ elännü |
| 1st plural | eläizimme | emmä eläizʹ | 1st plural | õllõizimmõ elännü | emmä õllõizʹ elännü |
| 2nd plural | eläizitte | että eläizʹ | 2nd plural | õllõizittõ elännü | että õllõizʹ elännü |
| 3rd plural | elettäizʹ | eväd elettäizʹ | 3rd plural | õltaizʹ elettü | eväd õltaizʹ elettü |
| impersonal | elettäizʹ | eväd elettäizʹ | impersonal | õltaizʹ elettü | eväd õltaizʹ elettü |
| Imperative | |||||
| Present | |||||
| positive | negative | ||||
| 1st singular | — | — | |||
| 2nd singular | elä | elä elä | |||
| 3rd singular | elägo | elko elägo | |||
| 1st plural | — | — | |||
| 2nd plural | eläga | elka eläga | |||
| 3rd plural | elägod | — | |||
| impersonal | — | — | |||
| Nominal forms | |||||
| Infinitives | Participles | ||||
| active | passive | ||||
| 1st | ellä | present | eläje1) | — | |
| 2nd | illative | elämä | past | elännü | elettü |
| inessive | elämez | 1) also used as the agent noun | |||
| elative | elämesse | ||||
| abessive | elämette | ||||
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *hellä. Cognate to Estonian hell and Finnish hellä.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ellä
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn