Contionary:elu

Indevroplu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“place”). According to folk etymology, the absence of "st-" is due to confusion with the unrelated Indevroplu word ste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.lu̞]

Noun

elu (элу)

1. place, location

   buskendar elu dase ma popu puňklėrėz.

   I am searching for the place that my dad described.

Usage notes

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"

Inflection

verb

• elir (“to be located”)

conjunction

• ele (“where”)

Derived terms

• elkir (“to place”)
• etela (“here”)
• istelu (“station”)
• onela (“there”)
• čėeli (“where”)
• ėnderelgu (“navigation”)