"elä" meaning in Finnish

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Verb

IPA: /ˈelæ/, [ˈe̞læ]
Rhymes: -elæ Head templates: {{head|fi|verb form}} elä
  1. (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) Alternative form of älä (“don't”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: älä (extra: don't)
    Sense id: en-elä-fi-verb-KrVKPxDi Categories (other): Eastern Finnish, Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 10 35 20 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈelæˣ/, [ˈe̞læ(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -elæ Head templates: {{head|fi|verb form}} elä
  1. inflection of elää:
    present active indicative connegative
    Tags: active, connegative, form-of, indicative, present Form of: elää
    Sense id: en-elä-fi-verb-Qg8QS0Br Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 10 35 20 34
  2. inflection of elää:
    second-person singular present imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: elää
    Sense id: en-elä-fi-verb-VTbFo8CF Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 10 35 20 34
  3. inflection of elää:
    second-person singular present active imperative connegative
    Tags: active, connegative, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: elää
    Sense id: en-elä-fi-verb-DmI-dYSv Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 10 35 20 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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