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See also: Kelli

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish kelli, from Proto-Brythonic *kėlli, from Proto-Celtic *kallī.

Noun

kelli f (plural kelliow)

  1. grove

Estonian

Noun

kelli

  1. partitive plural of kell

Finnish

Etymology 1

Probably related to kelliä (possibly as kelliä + -i), which can in dialects also mean "to copulate" (through a similar development as seen in maata (to lie)). There are many dialectal variants as well (e.g. kelles, kelkku, kelkutin), which could hint at a sound-symbolic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkelːi/, [ˈk̟e̞lːi]
  • Rhymes: -elːi
  • Syllabification(key): kel‧li
  • Hyphenation(key): kel‧li

Noun

kelli (colloquial)

  1. penis, dick
    Synonyms: see siitin
  2. (in the plural) testes, balls
    Synonyms: see kives
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkelːi/, [ˈk̟e̞lːi] (third-person indicative)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkelːiˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞lːi(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
  • Rhymes: -elːi
  • Syllabification(key): kel‧li
  • Hyphenation(key): kel‧li

Verb

kelli

  1. inflection of kelliä:
    1. third-person singular past indicative
    2. present active indicative connegative
    3. second-person singular present imperative
    4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative
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