Contionary:elu

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Indeyivroplu

Etymology

Unique word stem not directly loaned from another language.

Pronunciation

(Indeyivroplu) IPA: [ˈɛ.lu̞]

Noun

elu (Cyrillic элу)

  1. place, location
    buskozar elu dasė ma opderu puňklėrz.
    "I am searching for the place that my dad described."

Inflection

  • elir
    to be located (inf. v.)
  • elė
    where (conj.)

Usage notes

Append this to the word stem of a demonym or nationality to form the name of its country.

e.g. dojtša = "German" (adj.) -- dojtšelu = "Germany"

Derived terms

  1. etela
    here (adj.)
  2. onela
    there (adj.)
  3. tšėeli
    where? (adv.)
  4. elkir
    to put, place
  5. ėnderelgir
    navigate
  6. istelu
    station, stop