Contionary:elu: Difference between revisions

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Descended from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, but with a folk etymology that the initial "st-" was confused with the separate Indevroplu word ste

(Indevroplu) IPA: [ˈɛ.lu̞]

elu (Cyrillic элу)

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

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

e.g. dojča = "German" (adj.) -- dojčelu = "Germany"

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-==Indeyivroplu==
+==Indevroplu==
 ===Etymology===
-Unique word stem not directly loaned from another language.
+Descended from Proto-Indo-European ''*stel-'', but with a folk etymology that the initial "st-" was confused with the separate Indevroplu word '''ste'''
 ===Pronunciation===
-(''[[Indeyivroplu]]'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: [ˈɛ.lu̞]
+(''[[Indevroplu]]'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: [ˈɛ.lu̞]
 ===Noun===
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 * elir
 *: to be located ''(inf. v.)''
-* elė
+* ele
 *: where ''(conj.)''
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 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"
+e.g. ''dojča'' = "German" (''adj.'') -- ''dojčelu'' = "Germany"
 ===Derived terms===
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 # on'''el'''a
 #: there ''(adj.)''
-# tšė'''el'''i
+# čė'''el'''i
 #: where? ''(adv.)''
 # '''el'''kir
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 #: station, stop
-[[Category:Indeyivroplu words]] [[Category:Contionary]]
+[[Category:Indevroplu words]] [[Category:Contionary]]