different between eli vs joe

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

• enPR: j?
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d???/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /d?o?/
• Homophones: Jo, Joe
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From the proper name Joe.

Noun

joe (plural joes)

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.

   I'm just an ordinary joe.

2. (historical) Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”)

Alternative forms

• Joe

Derived terms

• half joe
• joe job

Translations

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. See cup of joe for more.

Noun

joe (countable and uncountable, plural joes)

1. (chiefly US, informal) Coffee.
   • 2010, Melody Carlson, A Mile in My Flip-Flops (page 221)

     Some people say I make the best joe in town. But you know there's a kiosk over on Eighteenth Avenue, not that far from here.

Related terms

• cup of joe

Etymology 3

Noun

joe (plural joes)

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”)
   • 1836 Joanna Baillie The Phantom, Act 2. Provost, to a maidservant.

     I fear, my joe, the good that I can do him,
     Or ev'n the minister, if he were here,
     Would be but little.

Dalmatian

Pronoun

joe f (plural jai)

1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, oblique case) her

Related terms

• jala
• joi (masculine)
• jai

Dutch

Interjection

joe

1. (colloquial) bye

   Joe! - Bye!

Old French

Noun

joe f (oblique plural joes, nominative singular joe, nominative plural joes)

1. cheek

Descendants

• French: joue

Sranan Tongo

Pronoun

joe

1. Superseded spelling of yu.