ellef

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German einlif, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeləf/ (Ripuarian; western Moselle Franconian)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛləf/ (eastern Moselle Franconian)

Numeral

ellef

  1. eleven

Hunsrik
Hunsrik numbers (edit)
 ←  10 11 12  → 
    Cardinal: ellef
    Ordinal: elleft

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German einlif, from Old High German einlif, from Proto-West Germanic *ainlif, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif.[1]

Cognate with German elf and Luxembourgish eelef.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeləf/
  • Rhymes: -eləf
  • Hyphenation: el‧lef

Numeral

ellef

  1. eleven
    Um ellef Uher.
    At eleven o'clock.

References
  1. Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “ellef”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 42
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