ali-

Representing the Latin āla (“wing”).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ălĭ, IPA^(key): /ælɪ/
• (UK) enPR: ălĭ, IPA^(key): /alɪ/

ali-

1. (anatomy and zoology) lateral expansion

• aliethmoid

• Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989), s.v. “ali-”

• -ial, IAL, LIA, Lai, ail, lai

An unofficial extension of the correlatives, based on the adjective alia (other).

ali-

1. (neologism, nonstandard, proscribed) other-, else- (correlative prefix)

• aliu another one (plural: others), (an)other (with a noun)
• alies another's, others', someone else's
• aliel in another way, otherwise
• aliam at another time
• aliom another amount
• alial for another reason

The expected forms *alia (another kind of) and *alie (elsewhere) are not used, as they already exist with the meanings alia (“other”) and alie (“otherwise”). The compounds alispeca (“another kind of”) and aliloke (“another place”) may be used instead. Alio (“another”) (without a noun) (plural: others) is not derived as a correlative, being the nominal form of the adjective, but is synonymous with the expected correlative.

< ali (“beneath”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑli-/,

ali-

1. under-, sub-

• ala- is used as a nominal prefix, whereas ali- is (mostly) used as a verbal prefix:

  Aliarvioiko yläluokka alaluokkaa?

  Is the lower class being underestimated by the upper class?

• yli-

• “ali-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Related to Finnish ali-.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑli-/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑli-/,

ali-

1. under-, sub-

• alu-

• yli-

Probably a truncation of alius (“other”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.li/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.li/,

ali-

1. some- (turns interrogative pronouns into indefinite pronouns)