elää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *elädäk (compare Estonian elama), from Proto-Uralic *elä- (compare Northern Sami eallit, Eastern Mari илаш (ilaš), Hungarian él, Tundra Nenets илесь (yilyesʹ°)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈelæːˣ/, [ˈe̞læː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -elæː Syllabification(key): e‧lää Hyphenation(key): elää === Verb === elää (intransitive) to live, be alive Synonym: olla elossa (intransitive) to live (somewhere) Synonym: asua (transitive) to live (spend as one's life) (figurative, intransitive) to live (survive, persist; endure in memory) (figurative, intransitive) to change, be in flux (intransitive) to live on [with adessive] (transitive, usually atelic) to breathe (to be very passionate about something) Synonym: elää ja hengittää ==== Usage notes ==== Combining form elin- (not to be confused with elin (“organ”)) is used in most compounds. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “elää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Votic == === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈelæː/, [ˈelːæ] Rhymes: -elæː Hyphenation: e‧lää === Verb === elää alternative spelling of ellä === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “elää”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[3], 2nd edition, Tallinn