meeli

See also: Meeli

Estonian

Noun

meeli

1. partitive plural of meel

Ingrian

Alternative forms

• meel

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meeli. Cognates include Finnish mieli and Estonian meel.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈmeːlʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːlʲi/, [ˈme̝ːlʲi]
• Rhymes: -eːlʲ, -eːlʲi
• Hyphenation: mee‧li

Noun

meeli

1. mood
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 38:

     Heil ono hyvä meeli.

     They are in a good mood.

     (literally, “They have a good mood.”)

2. mind
3. thought
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Sanokaa veel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.

     Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.

4. reason, sense

Declension

Declension of meeli (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	meeli	meelet
genitive	meelen	meeliin, meelilöin
partitive	meeltä, meelt	meeliä, meelilöjä
illative	meelee	meelii, meelilöihe
inessive	meelees	meeliis, meelilöis
elative	meelest	meelist, meelilöist
allative	meelelle	meelille, meelilöille
adessive	meeleel	meeliil, meelilöil
ablative	meelelt	meelilt, meelilöilt
translative	meeleks	meeliks, meelilöiks
essive	meelennä, meeleen	meelinnä, meelilöinnä, meeliin, meelilöin
exessive1)	meelent	meelint, meelilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• meeletöin

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meeli.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːli/, [ˈmeːli]
• Rhymes: -eːli
• Hyphenation: mee‧li

Noun

meeli

1. mind
2. mood, feeling, atmosphere
3. character (of someone)
4. thought, idea

Inflection

Declension of meeli (type X/tuli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	meeli	meeled
genitive	meele	meelije, meelii
partitive	meelte	meeliite, meelii
illative	meele, meelese	meeliise
inessive	meelez	meeliiz
elative	meelesse	meeliisse
allative	meelele	meeliile
adessive	meelelle	meeliille
ablative	meelelte	meeliilte
translative	meelessi	meeliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn