kele

Noun

kele

1. plural of keel

Noun

kele c

1. indefinite plural of kel

Adverb

kele

1. there

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 575

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.lɛ/
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.lɛ/

Preposition

kele

1. (Near Masovian, Far Masovian) Alternative form of koło

   Kele wasy chałupy je studnia. (Far Masovian) ― There is a well near your house.

Further reading

• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “kele”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 242
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “kele”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 111

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷol-o-s, from *kʷel- (“to turn”), whence also käl- (“endure”), and klutk- (“to turn”). Compare English circle, wheel, Lithuanian kaklas (“neck”), etc.

Noun

kele m

1. (anatomy) navel, belly button

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kele”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 211

Pronoun

kele

1. dative singular of kel