ellei

Finnish

Etymology

Univerbation of ellä (“if”) (dialectal) +‎ ei

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈelːei̯/, [ˈe̞lːe̞i̯]
Rhymes: -elːei
Syllabification^(key): el‧lei

Conjunction

ellei

unless he/she/it, if he/she/it not
Ellei sada, menen ulos.
Unless it is raining, I will go out.

Synonyms

jollei

See also

Further reading

“ellei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

Eliel, eleli

Latvian

Noun

ellei f

dative singular of elle

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