Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wiˈli/ [wɪˈlɪ]
  • Hyphenation: wi‧li

Determiner

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wilí

  1. (Northern Afar) a certain; some
    Synonym: (Southern Afar) ulí

References

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

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwiliʔ/ [ˈwi.l̪iʔ]
  • Hyphenation: wi‧li

Noun

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wilì (Basahan spelling ᜏᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. engrossment; engagement
    Synonym: bangkag
  2. jealousy; envy; covetousness
    Synonyms: ara, uri, selos

Derived terms

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Gothic

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Romanization

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wili

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹

Hausa

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Etymology

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From English wheel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wíː.lìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wíː.lìː]

Noun

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wīlī̀ m (plural wīlōlī or wīlunā̀ or wīlukā̀, possessed form wīlìn)

  1. wheel

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *wili from Proto-Eastern Polynesian ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wirit. Cognates include Maori wiri and Samoan vili.

Verb

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wili

  1. to bore, twist, drill, writhe, crank

Noun

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wili

  1. drill, wrench
    Synonym: hao wili

Derived terms

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Mapudungun

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Noun

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wili (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) nail

References

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  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old High German

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Verb

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wili

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative of wellen

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.li/
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Syllabification: wi‧li

Verb

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wili

  1. third-person plural virile past of wić

Sambali

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Adjective

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wilí

  1. left (direction)

Swahili

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Swahili numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: -wili, pili
    Ordinal: -a pili

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Numeral

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-wili (declinable)

  1. two

Usage notes

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Used as an adjective; when the number is being used as an abstract value, use pili.

Inflection

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Coordinate terms

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Yao cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : wili

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́. Cognates include Swahili wili.

Numeral

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wili

  1. two

Usage notes

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This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. mabweta gawili (two boxes). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.