eļ

Etymology 1
Apparently borrowed from. Ultimately from or. See etymology at Latvian.

Noun

 * 1) hell
 * ta palāb eļ tulsõ
 * he is burning up (lit. "burns [as if] in hell's flame") / he is burning in hell (depending on context)
 * he is burning up (lit. "burns [as if] in hell's flame") / he is burning in hell (depending on context)

Usage notes
This word in one instance is indicated as meaning "oil" (in the compound "almond oil") and with a different inflectional type (with "grade shift" – lengthening of the stem consonant different from inflection of the "hell" sense as shown above.) However, of the "sieldõ" type seems to be a much more prevalent word to refer to oil.

Etymology 2
See.