celi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "celi"

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *dh₂ilom?

Proto-Germanic *tilą

Proto-West Germanic *til

Old High German zil

Middle High German zilbor.

Old Czech cílbor.

Old Polish cel

Polish celbor.

Esperanto celo

Proto-Italic *-jezi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īre

French -irbor.?

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Latin -īre

Spanish -irbor.?

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -īre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ir

Portuguese -irbor.?

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Latin -ire

Italian -irebor.?

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Latin -iō

Romanian -ibor.?

Esperanto -i

Esperanto celi

From celo + -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡seli/

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• Rhymes: -eli
• Syllabification: ce‧li

Verb

celi (present celas, past celis, future celos, conditional celus, volitive celu)

1. (transitive) to aim for, aim at (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of celi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		celas		celis		celos
active participle		celanta	celantaj	celinta	celintaj	celonta	celontaj
	acc.	celantan	celantajn	celintan	celintajn	celontan	celontajn
passive participle		celata	celataj	celita	celitaj	celota	celotaj
	acc.	celatan	celatajn	celitan	celitajn	celotan	celotajn
nominal active participle		celanto	celantoj	celinto	celintoj	celonto	celontoj
	acc.	celanton	celantojn	celinton	celintojn	celonton	celontojn
nominal passive participle		celato	celatoj	celito	celitoj	celoto	celotoj
	acc.	celaton	celatojn	celiton	celitojn	celoton	celotojn
adverbial active participle		celante		celinte		celonte
adverbial passive participle		celate		celite		celote
		infinitive	celi	imperative	celu	conditional	celus

Further reading

• “celi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “celi”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.li/
• Rhymes: -ɛli
• Hyphenation: cè‧li

Verb

celi

1. inflection of celare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Cile, ciel, elci

Latvian

Noun

celi m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of celis

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.li/
• Rhymes: -ɛli
• Syllabification: ce‧li

Noun

celi f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of cela

Primitive Irish

Romanization

celi

1. romanization of ᚉᚓᚂᚔ

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

celi (Cyrillic spelling цели)

1. inflection of ceo:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Verb

celi (Cyrillic spelling цели)

1. inflection of celiti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sicilian

Noun

celi m

1. plural of celu

Somali

Etymology

Unknown. Reinisch interprets this form as originally the causative.

Verb

celi (verbal noun celin, middle cesho, iterative celceli)

1. (transitive) return

   Igu soo celi. ― Return him to me.

2. (transitive) attempt

   Wax iska celi. ― Attempt something for yourself.

Derived terms

• afceliye (“interpreter”)
• dalkucelin (“repatriation”)

References

• “celi”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012