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Basque
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Suffix
-ti
- Forms adjectives from nouns.
- gezur (“lie”) + -ti → gezurti (“liar”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Suffix
-ti
- (archaic, Biscayan) via, by means of
References
Further reading
- “-ti” in Labayru Hiztegia
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ti.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ti
- (archaic) the infinitive ending
Related terms
Estonian
Etymology
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Suffix
-ti
- Derives adverbs, which are generally distributive.
- koht "place" → kohati "in places", "in some areas"
- paik "place" → paiguti "in places", "in some areas"
- riik "country" → riigiti "in countries", "country-by-country"
- rööpne "parallel" (adjective) → rööbiti "in a parallel relationship"
- Derives habitual temporal adverbs
- hommik "morning" → hommikuti "in the mornings"
- reede "Friday" → reedeti "on Fridays"
Derived terms
Fala
Pronoun
-ti
- Clitic form of te (“you”)
See also
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse -tigr, from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz.
Suffix
-ti
- -ty (multipliers of ten)
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *-t'ik. Equivalent to the abessive case ending -tta + -i.
Suffix
-ti
- Forms caritive adverbs.
- alasti ― naked, without clothing
- juomati ― without drinking
- ääneti ― silently; without sound
- (dialectal, Uusimaa, South Tavastian) The ending for the abessive case.
- Synonym: -tta
Usage notes
In the Uusimaa and South Tavastian dialects, the -ti has become the abessive ending, replacing the original -tta.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *-t'ik. Equivalent to -tta + -i.
Suffix
-ti
- Forms adverbs of manner.
- ikä (“age”) + -ti → iäti (“forever, for all age”)
Derived terms
References
Garifuna
Suffix
-ti
- nominalizing suffix deriving agent nouns of masculine gender (see -tu for feminine).
- Arufudaha ― to teach
- Arufudahati ― teacher
- Ouchaha ― to fish
- Ouchahati ― fisherman
Italian
Pronoun
-ti
- (enclitic) Alternative form of ti
- dare (“to give”) → darti (“to give yourself; to give you; to give for you”)
- vendere (“to sell”) → venderti (“to sell yourself; to sell you; to sell to you”)
- servire (“to serve”) → servirti (“to serve yourself; to serve you; to serve to you”)
Usage notes
- Appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive, accusative and dative forms when the object is second singular person. The final -e of the original infinitive is removed :
- -are → -arti
- -ere → -erti
- -ire → -irti
Where the verb ends in -rre, the final re is removed, leaving behind just an -r:
- introdurre (“to introduce”) → introdurti (“to introduce yourself; to introduce you; to insert in you”)
In any case, after the suffixation, there is only a single r and no vowels immediately before -ti.
Latin
Suffix
-tī
- inflection of -tus:
- masculine/neuter genitive singular
- masculine nominative/vocative plural
Middle English
Suffix
-ti
- Alternative form of -ty
Pipil
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ti
- Nominal absolutive suffix
- *tuch- → tuchti
- *es- → esti
- Inchoative derivation verb suffix (non-productive)
- *taka- → takati
- *teki- → tekiti
Usage notes
- The truncated form -t of the nominal absolutive suffix is used with vowel-ending stems.
Sassarese
Pronoun
-ti
- enclitic form of ti; appended to polysyllabic second-person singular imperative forms
- ciama (“call!”) → ciàmati (“call yourself!”)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ti.
Suffix
-ti (Cyrillic spelling -ти)
- The infinitive ending.
Related terms
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ti.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ti or -tȉ
- The infinitive ending.
Related terms
Turkish
| preceding vowel
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| A / I
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E / İ
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O / U
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Ö / Ü
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| -tı
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-ti
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-tu
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-tü
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-ti
- Form of -tı after the vowels E / İ.
- al- (“to take”) + -ın (“to take offense”) + -tı → alıntı (“quotation, citation”)
- ak- (“to flow”) + -ın + -tı → akıntı (“flow, current, stream”)
- çıt (“click or crack sound”) + -ır + -tı → çıtırtı (“clicking, cracking”)
- mor (“purple”) + -ar (“to turn purple”) + -tı → morartı (“bruise, a purplish spot”)