ali

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

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈli/,
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

Noun

alí f 

  1. reptile

References

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

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَالٍ (ʕālin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

Adjective

ali (comparative daha ali, superlative ən ali)

  1. supreme, higher, high (dominant)
    ali məhkəməsupreme court
    ali təhsil müəssisəsiseat of higher learning
    ali baş komandancommander in chif (literally, “supreme main commander”)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ali” in Obastan.com.

Elfdalian

Etymology

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

Noun

ali m (oblique ålå)

  1. (anatomy) tail

Derived terms

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

ali n (genitive singular alis, uncountable)

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

Verb

ali

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

Finnish

Etymology

ala- +‎ -i

Pronunciation

Postposition

ali (+ genitive)

  1. beneath, underneath (through the space that is underneath something)
    Synonym: alitse
    Antonyms: yli, ylitse
    Pallo pyöri tuolin ali ja ovesta ulos.
    The ball rolled underneath the chair and out of the door.

Usage notes

ali cannot take a possessive suffix; alitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

Inflection

Related terms

See the inflection table.

Further reading

Gorontalo

Noun

ali

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

Gun

Alì

Etymology

Cognates include Fon alì

Pronunciation

Noun

alì (plural alì lɛ́ or alì lẹ́)

  1. road

Derived terms

Icelandic

Noun

ali

  1. indefinite accusative plural of alur

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ali, from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

Pronunciation

Verb

ali

  1. to show oneself.

Noun

ali (first-person possessive aliku, second-person possessive alimu, third-person possessive alinya)

  1. greeting

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Hyphenation: à‧li

Noun

ali f

  1. plural of ala

Verb

ali

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

Anagrams

Kapampangan

Interjection

ali

  1. no; stop; not

Antonyms

Laboya

Etymology

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

Noun

ali

  1. younger sibling

References

  • 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
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*Suaji”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Latin

Verb

alī

  1. present passive infinitive of alō

Lavukaleve

Noun

ali m

  1. man

Laz

Noun

ali (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi)

  1. Latin spelling of ალი (ali)

Limos Kalinga

Noun

ali

  1. king

Macanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese ali.

Adverb

ali

  1. there (away from the speaker)
    Antonym: aqui
    ali-rivaup there
    ali-vándaover there
    qui aqui, qui alieither here or there

References

Middle English

Adjective

ali

  1. Alternative form of holy (sacred)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ali

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

Participle

ali

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

Nupe

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ali

  1. character; disposition; behaviour

O'odham

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ali (plural a'al)

  1. child, baby

Old Norse

Noun

ali

  1. indefinite accusative plural of alr

Verb

ali

  1. third-person active present subjunctive of ala

Old Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ li. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /alʲi/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /alʲi/

Conjunction

ali

  1. but
    Synonym: ale
    • 1880 [1436], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume III, page 332:
      Rudda nye othworzila szye na roly... woytha, aly othworzila szye na roly claszthorney
      [Ruda nie otworzyła sie na roli... wojta, ali otworzyła sie na roli klasztornej]
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 638:
      Kristus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły..., azali wam czego niedostawało? A oni rzekli: Wszegośmy dosyć mieli. Ali już kto ma mosznę, weźmi i tobołę (sed nunc qui habet sacculum, tollat... peram Luc 22, 36)
      [Krystus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły..., azali wam czego niedostawało? A oni rzekli: Wszegośmy dosyć mieli. Ali już kto ma mosznę, weźmi i tobołę (sed nunc qui habet sacculum, tollat... peram Luc 22, 36)]
  2. until
    • 1920 [1424], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume II, number 237:
      Iakom ya ne mal dzewcze mey vosza ani con[a dacz], ali na mego concza smerczy
      [Jakom ja nie miał dziewce mej woza ani kon[ia dać], ali na mego końca śmierci]

Particle

ali

  1. until, as long as, up to
    • 1950 [1499], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1831:
      Jakossny my vyethnaly y rosdzyelyli Anna s B[b]arbara..., rolamy..., lassy, borrmy aly do waczyerzina syvotha
      [Jakosmy my ujednali i rozdzielili Annę z B[b]arbarą..., rolami..., lasy, bormi ali do macierzyna żywota]

Descendants

  • Polish: ali

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ali. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ li.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: a‧li

Conjunction

ali

  1. (obsolete) but
    Synonym: ale
  2. (Middle Polish) so, hence
    Synonym: więc
  3. (Middle Polish) let alone
    Synonyms: a już, a zaraz
  4. (Middle Polish) or
    Synonym: albo

Particle

ali

  1. (obsolete) used for presenting something; here
    Synonym: oto

References

  • Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “ali”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (08.06.2022), “ALI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ali, aly, from Latin ad illīc (literally to there).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧li
  • (file)
  • (file)

Adverb

ali (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

Usually ali implies a nearer position than .

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ali.

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui,
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, , acolá
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

Rukai

Noun

ali

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

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

Synonyms

Sicilian

Noun

ali

  1. plural of ala

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

Conjunction

ȁli or ȃli

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Particle

ali

  1. Introduces a yes-no question.

Further reading

  • ali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔali/,

Noun

ali (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of ale