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Latvian
Verb
veļ
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of velt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of velt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of velt
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *velji, from Germanic *swelijô. Compare Icelandic svili (“brother-in-law”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ve'ļ
- brother
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- īdõn tuoizõn vȯļtõ veļīd ja sõzārd īņõ
- some had brothers and sisters with them
- veļ um sõzārõks īti
- brother is the likeness of (his) sister
- līvõ rovz, īžkiz skūollapst, tiennigid eņtš nūoŗi sizāŗi ja veļīdi!
- Livonian children, especially school children, thank your young sisters and brothers!
- li jedmõl jarā lieppõm eņtš veļkõks!
- go, make peace with your brother first!
Declension
Related terms
References
- ^ “vend”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012