kelli

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish kelli, from Proto-Celtic *kallī.

Proper noun

kelli

1. Wood

Estonian

Noun

kelli

1. partitive plural of kell

Finnish

Etymology 1

Probably related to kelliä (possibly as kelliä +‎ -i), which can in dialects also mean "to copulate" (through a similar development as seen in maata (“to lie”)). There are many dialectal variants as well (e.g. kelles, kelkku, kelkutin), which could hint at a sound-symbolic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkelːi/,
• Rhymes: -elːi
• Syllabification^(key): kel‧li

Noun

kelli (colloquial)

1. penis, dick

   Synonyms: see siitin

2. (in the plural) testes, balls

   Synonyms: see kives

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkelːi/, (indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkelːiˣ/, (imperative, connegative)
• Rhymes: -elːi
• Syllabification^(key): kel‧li

Verb

kelli

1. inflection of kelliä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative