elä

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Finnish

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Etymology 1

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elä

  1. (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) Alternative form of älä (don't)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈelæˣ/, [ˈe̞læ(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -elæ
  • Hyphenation(key): elä

Verb

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elä

  1. inflection of elää:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Ingrian

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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elä

  1. second-person singular imperative present of ei
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
      Nois, Liisa nois! Elä makkaa.
      Get up, Liisa, get up! Don't sleep.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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elä

  1. inflection of ellää:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 31
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24