meeli
See also: Meeli
Estonian
Noun
meeli
- partitive plural of meel
Ingrian
Alternative forms
- meel
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meeli. Cognates include Finnish mieli and Estonian meel.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈmeːlʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈme̝ːli]
- Rhymes: -eːli
- Hyphenation: mee‧li
Noun
meeli
- 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.”)
-
- mind
- 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.
-
- 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
- meeletöin
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meeli.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈmeːli]
- Rhymes: -eːli
- Hyphenation: mee‧li
Noun
meeli
- mind
- mood, feeling, atmosphere
- character (of someone)
- thought, idea
Inflection
| Declension of meeli (type X/tuli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | meeli | meeled |
| genitive | meele | meelije, meeli |
| partitive | meelte | meelite, meeli |
| illative | meele, meelese | meelije, meelise |
| inessive | meelez | meeliz |
| elative | meelesse | meelisse |
| allative | meelele | meelile |
| adessive | meelelle | meelille |
| ablative | meelelte | meelilte |
| translative | meelessi | meelissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn