Finnish

Proper noun

Elli

1. A female given name.
   • 1840 Kanteletar:1:224 Ellin velli:

     Velli kaatui karsinahan,

     Ellin lapset lakkimahan,

     Elli itse itkemähän,

     muu pere murajamahan.

   • 1971 Kalle Päätalo, Huonemiehen poika, Gummerus (1981), ISBN 9512005700, page 523:

     —Pirun laillako minä lienen häkeltyny siinä papin eissä niin että menin sanomaan tuon tyttären nimet väärin päin...! Pijin mielessäni, että sanon Edith Elli niin kun oli puhe, mutta enkö jumaliste laukasukki kuulosalle Elli Edith. Helekkari että minua suivauttaa!

Declension

German

Alternative forms

• Elly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɛli/

Proper noun

Elli

1. A female given name, diminutive of Elisabeth.

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Shortened (and phonetically simplified) from Erlendur, Erlingur, Ellert, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlːɪ/ (usually)

  Rhymes: -ɛlːɪ

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtlɪ/ (when derived from Erlendur as pronounced /ˈɛtl(ɛ~ɪ)ntʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɛtlɪ

  Homophone: elli

Proper noun

Elli m

1. Diminutive form male given names starting with Erl- or El-, such as Erlendur, Erlingur, Ellert

Declension

Etymology 2

From elli ‎(“old age”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtlɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛtlɪ

  Homophone: elli

Proper noun

Elli f

1. (Norse mythology) The personification of old age as an old woman, who defeats Thor in a wrestling match.

Declension

Asturian

Pronoun

elli

1. he (male personal pronoun)

Synonyms

• él

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːlli/

Noun

ēlli

1. liver

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 28v. col. 2.

     elli. el higado.

     (elli. the liver.)

Derived terms

• ēlchiquihuitl
• ēllan

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 77

Crimean Tatar

Numeral

elli

1. (cardinal) fifty

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse elli, from Proto-Germanic *aldį̄.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtlɪ

Noun

elli f (genitive singular elli, uncountable)

1. old age, oldness

Antonyms

• yngd

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From the female given name Elli.

Noun

elli

1. (slang) woman

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse elli, from Proto-Germanic *aldį̄.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtlɪ

Noun

elli f ‎(genitive singular elli, no plural)

1. old age, oldness

Declension

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelːi/, [ˈel̺.l̺i]
• Hyphenation: él‧li

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *illi, from Latin ille ‎(“that”).

Pronoun

elli m ‎(feminine ella)

1. Archaic form of egli.

Etymology 2

From Latin illī ‎(“those”).

Pronoun

elli m ‎(plural, feminine elle)

1. (archaic) they

Synonyms

• ellino (obsolete); essi, loro

Latvian

Noun

elli f

1. accusative singular form of elle
2. instrumental singular form of elle

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aldį̄.

Noun

elli m (genitive elli)

1. old age, oldness

Declension

Descendants

References

• elli in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic elig, ellig, from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Numeral

elli

1. (cardinal) fifty

Turkmen

Etymology

From Old Turkic elig, ellig, from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Numeral

elli

1. (cardinal) fifty

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɬɪ/

Verb

elli

1. Soft mutation of gelli.