therefore, thus, consequently · that is, that is to say, (by being synonymous with that is in some cases) in other words, I mean · A filler, often with a somewhat intensifying effect.
köken: Borrowed from Low German also. Compare allt and så. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål altså and Norwegian Nynorsk altso.
that is, that is to say, i.e.; in other words, to put it another way; as in (used to introduce a clarification or explanation) · or, also known as, AKA, a.k.a. (used to introduce an alternative name) · or (used to introduce an alternate title for a work)
köken: Either from the pronominal stem e- seen in että (compare mikäli, from mikä), or alternatively a North Germanic loan (compare Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz). Also compare Estonian elik.
aile: elikkä
Hän tulee tänne maanantaina eli ylihuomenna.
Kuivajää sublimoituu lämmetessään kaasuksi, eli se muuttuu suoraan kaasuksi muuttumatta välillä nesteeksi.
köken: From Malay jadi, from either: * Proto-Malayic *jadi (“become, for, to”). Cognate with Malagasy zary, and Old Javanese dadi (“to become”) (compare Javanese ꦢꦢꦶ (dadi)), or * Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “birth”) or जात (jāta, “become”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of jata, jati, jelata, and gen.