meeli

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Estonian

Noun

meeli

  1. partitive plural of meel

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meeli. Cognates include Finnish mieli and Estonian meel.

Pronunciation

Noun

meeli

  1. mood
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 38:
      Heil ono hyvä meeli.
      They are in a good mood.
      (literally, “They have a good mood.”)
  2. mind
  3. thought
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Sanokaa veel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.
      Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.
  4. reason, sense

Declension

Declension of meeli (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meeli meelet
genitive meelen meeliin, meelilöin
partitive meeltä, meelt meeliä, meelilöjä
illative meelee meelii, meelilöihe
inessive meelees meeliis, meelilöis
elative meelest meelist, meelilöist
allative meelelle meelille, meelilöille
adessive meeleel meeliil, meelilöil
ablative meelelt meelilt, meelilöilt
translative meeleks meeliks, meelilöiks
essive meelennä, meeleen meelinnä, meelilöinnä, meeliin, meelilöin
exessive1) meelent meelint, meelilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meeli.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/,
  • Rhymes: -eːli
  • Hyphenation: mee‧li

Noun

meeli

  1. mind
  2. mood, feeling, atmosphere
  3. character (of someone)
  4. thought, idea

Inflection

Declension of meeli (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meeli meeled
genitive meele meelije, meelii
partitive meelte meeliite, meelii
illative meele, meelese meeliise
inessive meelez meeliiz
elative meelesse meeliisse
allative meelele meeliile
adessive meelelle meeliille
ablative meelelte meeliilte
translative meelessi meeliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “meeli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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