From Latin ille, possibly through a Vulgar Latin *illus. Compare Romanian el.
elu
From Proto-Finnic *elo, equivalent to elama (“to live”) + -u. Cognate to Finnish elo.
elu (genitive elu, partitive elu)
Declension of elu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | elu | elud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | elu | ||
genitive | elude | ||
partitive | elu | elusid | |
illative | ellu elusse |
eludesse | |
inessive | elus | eludes | |
elative | elust | eludest | |
allative | elule | eludele | |
adessive | elul | eludel | |
ablative | elult | eludelt | |
translative | eluks | eludeks | |
terminative | eluni | eludeni | |
essive | eluna | eludena | |
abessive | eluta | eludeta | |
comitative | eluga | eludega |
Borrowed from French elle, Italian ella, Spanish ella (from Latin illa, feminine of ille) + -u (“denoting a person”).
elu (plural eli)
Singular | Plural | ||||||
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Nominative | Possessive | Nominative | Possessive | ||||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||||
First person | me | mea | mei | ni | nia | nii | |
Second person | Formal | vu | vua | vui | vi | via | vii |
Familiar | tu | tua | tui | ||||
Third person | Masculine | ilu, il | ilua | ilui | ili | ilia | ilii |
Feminine | elu, el | elua | elui | eli | elia | elii | |
Neuter | olu, ol | olua | olui | oli | olia | olii | |
Common | lu | lua | lui | li | lia | lii | |
Reflexive | su | sua | sui | su | sua | sui | |
Indefinite | onu, on | onua | onui | onu, on | onua | onui | |
Notes | |||||||
The possessive plurals are seldom used. | |||||||
The shortened forms are preferred. | |||||||
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios. |
elū
elu
elu n (plural elus)
elu m (plural elwan)
Unique to Ifẹ̀, it serves as a very common name prefix
èlú or elú