Wiktionary

ali

See also: Ali, áli, alî, Alì, ali-, and -ali

AfarEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʌˈli/
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

NounEdit

alí f 

  1. reptile

ReferencesEdit

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ɑːˈli]
  • Audio (Baku)
    		(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

AdjectiveEdit

ali (comparative daha ali, superlative ən ali)

  1. supreme, higher, high (dominant)
    ali məhkəmə ― supreme court
    ali təhsil müəssisəsi ― seat of higher learning
    ali baş komandan ― commander in chif (literally, “supreme main commander”)

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “ali” in Obastan.com.

ElfdalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hali, from Proto-Germanic *halô.

NounEdit

ali m (oblique ålå)

  1. (anatomy) tail

Derived termsEdit

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ali n (genitive singular alis, uncountable)

  1. quality, property, characteristic, nature (of someone or something)

DeclensionEdit

n24s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative ali alið
Accusative ali alið
Dative ali al(i)num
Genitive alis alisins

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

ali

  1. indicative first-person singular present of at ala
  2. optative of at ala

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From ala- +‎ -i. Cognate with Estonian all and Hungarian alatt.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑli/, [ˈɑli]
  • Rhymes: -ɑli
  • Syllabification: a‧li

PostpositionEdit

ali (+ genitive, shorter form for alitse)

  1. beneath, underneath (when one goes through the space that is underneath something)
    Pallo pyöri tuolin ali ja ovesta ulos.
    The ball rolled underneath the chair and out of the door.
Usage notesEdit

ali never receives a possessive suffix; alitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

InflectionEdit

Declension of ali
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative ala- –superessive alhaalla –
genitive – –delative alhaalta –
partitive – –sublative alhaalle –
accusative – –lative alas –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive alla –distributive – –
ablative alta –temp. dist. – –
allative alle –prolative ali
alitse		 –
essive – –situative allekkain
alakkain		 –
translative – –oppositive alatusten –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

SynonymsEdit

AntonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

GorontaloEdit

NounEdit

ali

  1. a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water or other fluids; well.

IcelandicEdit

NounEdit

ali

  1. indefinite accusative plural of alur

ItalianEdit

NounEdit

ali f

  1. plural of ala

VerbEdit

ali

  1. inflection of alare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

AnagramsEdit

KapampanganEdit

InterjectionEdit

ali

  1. no

AntonymsEdit

LaboyaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

NounEdit

ali

  1. younger sibling

ReferencesEdit

  • Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ali”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
  • Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

LatinEdit

VerbEdit

alī

  1. present passive infinitive of alō

LavukaleveEdit

NounEdit

ali m

  1. man

Limos KalingaEdit

NounEdit

ali

  1. king

Middle EnglishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ali

  1. Alternative form of holy (sacred)

Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

ali

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of al

VerbEdit

ali

  1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of ala and ale

O'odhamEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ali (plural a'al)

  1. child, baby

Old NorseEdit

NounEdit

ali

  1. indefinite accusative plural of alr

VerbEdit

ali

  1. third-person active present subjunctive of ala

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese ali, aly, from Latin ad illic.

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio (Oporto, Portugal)
    		(file)

AdverbEdit

ali (not comparable)

  1. there (far from both the speaker and the audience)
    Synonym: lá

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ali.

Usage notesEdit

Usually ali implies a nearer position than lá.

See alsoEdit

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

RukaiEdit

NounEdit

ali

  1. used by women to refer to one's female friend

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /âli/
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

ConjunctionEdit

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

  1. but
  2. however
  3. (Croatia) or, if

SynonymsEdit

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1Edit

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

ConjunctionEdit

ȁli or ȃli

  1. or
  2. (ali ... ali) either ... or

Pronunciation 2Edit

ParticleEdit

ali

  1. Introduces a yes-no question.

Further readingEdit

  • “ali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ali&oldid=64501410"