elp

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Elpaputih.

Symbol

elp

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Elpaputih.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English help.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elp/

Verb

elp

1. to help
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 9:24:

     Siem taim di bwai faada baal out, “Mi biliiv, elp mi fi biliiv muo!”

     Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"

Noun

elp

1. help, assistance
   • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 25:

     2. Uman we a mada an pikni disorv speshal kier an elp. Evri pikni, weda ar nat dem mada an faada did marid a di taim wen dem baan, fi enjai di siem protekshan we sosaiyati aafa.

     2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection

     (literally, “Women who are mothers and children deserve special care and help  […]”)

Further reading

• elp at majstro.com

Old English

Alternative forms

• ylp

Etymology

Probably a clipping of elpend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elp/, [eɫp]

Noun

elp m

1. elephant
   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil‎^[1]:

     Hwæt ðā God ġeworhte ðurh his wunderlīċan mihte eall nȳtencynn on heora cynrynum, and ðā wildan dēor ðe on wudum eardiað, and eall ðæt fīðerfōte byð of ðǣre foresǣdan eorðan, and eall wyrmcynn ðā ðe crēopende bēoð, and ðā rēðan lēon, ðe hēr on lande ne bēoð, and ðā swiftan tigres, and ðā syllican pardes, and ðā eġeslīċan beran, and ðā ormǣtan ylpas.

     Then, through his wonderful might, God created all the kinds of animals according to their kinds, and the wild animals that dwell in the woods, and all the four-footed creatures of the aforementioned earth, and all the kinds of creeping reptiles, and the savage lions, which do not live here, and the swift tigers, and the marvelous leopards, and the fearful bears, and the huge elephants.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	elp	elpas
accusative	elp	elpas
genitive	elpes	elpa
dative	elpe	elpum

Synonyms

• elpend

Descendants

• Middle English: elp