different between eli vs jake

Dilling

Etymology

Proto-Nubian *il-di.

Noun

eli

1. woman

References

• [1] (as eli)
• Salem Chaker, Andrzej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000) (as ???)

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

eli

1. to be.

Finnish

Etymology

Either from the pronominal stem e- seen in että or a North Germanic loan (compare Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz). Also compare Estonian elik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eli/, [?e?li]
• IPA^(key): /?eli?/, [?e?li(?)]
• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification: e?li

Conjunction

eli

1. (coordinating) so
2. a.k.a., or
3. i.e., that is, in other words
4. as in (in the sense of)
5. (obsolete) or

   Synonym: tai

Verb

eli

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of elää.

Anagrams

• lei, lie

Ido

Etymology

elu (“she, her”) +? -i (“-s; plural”)

Pronoun

eli pl

1. they, them (feminine)

Related terms

• li (“they, them”)
• ili (“they, them”) (masculine)
• oli (“they, them”) (neuter)

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From the pronominal stem e-, of uncertain origin. Akin to Finnish eli and Estonian elik.
Possibly influenced by or derived from Russian ??? (ili), Swedish eller.

Pronunciation

• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /?eli/
• Hyphenation: e?li

Conjunction

eli

1. or

Synonyms

• tali, vai

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /?eli/
• Hyphenation: e?li

Verb

eli

1. third-person singular indicative imperfect of ellää

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 30

Italian

Noun

eli m

1. plural of elio

Anagrams

• lei, Lei

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese ele (“he”), from Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille (“that”).

Pronoun

eli

1. he, she or it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

References

Meänkieli

Conjunction

eli

1. or

Venetian

Pronoun

eli m

1. they, them

Volapük

Article

eli

1. accusative singular of el

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *?liv, borrowed via Vulgar Latin from Latin ol?vum, see ol?va and oleum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??li/

Noun

eli m (plural elïau)

1. ointment

   Synonym: ennaint

Mutation

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ê?li]

Pronoun

êli

1. this; class 5 proximal demonstrative.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?e?k/

Adjective

jake (comparative more jake, superlative most jake)

1. (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 126:

     ‘What do you care? Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake.’

Noun

jake (countable and uncountable, plural jakes)

1. (US) A juvenile male turkey.
2. (New York, slang) police, a federal government officer.
   • 1998, Big L, "Ebonics (Criminal Slang)"

     A radio is a box, a razor blade is a ox / fat diamonds is rocks and jakes is cops.

3. (slang) A police officer (on foot, rather than in a patrol car)
4. (US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger
5. A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
   • 1993, "selvarv, the keeper of Rig", Today's impending JAKE! (on newsgroup alt.discordia)

     Hello, I'm afraid in some regards I'm too discordian for my own good and I forgot to either write down the jake-dupe's address, or include it in my repost when I suggested today as jake day....

   • 1994, "Matthew Morse", StarTrek (on newsgroup alt.discordia)

     It strikes me that organizing a jake over the net is a bad idea, because Hormel could conceivably find out about it before it happens. That's not going to stop me from participating though.

   • 1999, "Jeff X. Mink", My Christmas Card! (on newsgroup alt.discordia)

     Call me old fashioned, but this situation is really inappropriate for a jake. […] I mean that a little girl was seriously injured, […] and we, as Discordians, should have more respect for the holy tradition of the jake, and use its powers only for those situations where it can actually do some good, or at least be worth a good laugh.

Derived terms

• jake leg

Verb

jake (third-person singular simple present jakes, present participle jaking, simple past and past participle jaked)

1. (transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.