თი

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Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *taw-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰi/
  • Hyphenation: თი

Noun

თი (ti) (plural თიფე, Latin spelling ti)

  1. head
    Synonym: დუდი (dudi)
    თი მაწკუნენ
    ti maǯǩunen
    My head hurts
  2. -self
    ჰემუქ მითი ვარ-იდუშუნამს. თი-მუში ოშლეთინამს
    hemuk miti var-iduşunams. ti-muşi oşletinams
    He doesn't think about anyone. He is rescuing himself
    1. on their own: by oneself
      თი-სკანი შკალა ნა-ტკვარე მითი ვა-დვაგუნ
      ti-sǩani şǩala na-ťǩvare miti va-dvagun
      No one hears what you say by yourself
  3. (dialectal, Vizha, Arkabi) top
    ნჯაში თი მოჲაკვათუმს
    ncaşi ti moyaǩvatums
    S/he cuts the top of the tree
  4. (dialectal, Chanapeti) beginning
    ხასანიქ ქჲოჲიში თიზ არ დიდი ოხორი დოდგუმს
    xasanik kyoyişi tiz ar didi oxori dodgums
    Khasan is building a big house at the beginning of the village
  5. (dialectal, Chanapeti) forehead
    Synonyms: კოპა (ǩop̌a), ოჶრინდითი (ofrinditi), კვა (ǩva), ყვა (qva)
    თიზ ნა-მეგანჭარასენ უკაჩხე ვარ-ნიჟილენ
    tiz na-meganç̌arasen uǩaçxe var-nijilen
    What is written in your destiny cannot be changed
    (literally, “What is written in your forehead cannot be changed”)

Derived terms

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *taw-.

Pronunciation

Noun

თი (ti)

  1. family
  2. house, residence, abode, homestead, home

Pronoun

თი (ti)

  1. he, she, it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “თი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 592