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Ali

Noun

lì

  1. water

Further reading

  • Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

Bangandu

Noun

lì

  1. water

Further reading

  • Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

Bofi

Noun

lì

  1. water

Further reading

  • Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

Gbanu

Noun

lì

  1. water

Further reading

  • Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illic. Compare Spanish allí, Portuguese ali.

The original geminated -ll-, though lost in the standard language, is still found in most regional Italian varieties.

Pronunciation

Adverb

lì

  1. there, in that place
    Synonym: là

Usage notes

  • Similarly to qui and qua, lì denotes a more precise or punctual location:
    Non passare di là ― Don't go that way
    Non passare di lì ― Don't go through that (exact) spot

Further reading

  • lì in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

Verb

lì

  1. (Patsho) thirsty
  2. (Patsho) change

Noun

lì

  1. (Patsho) Wanting to pee/urinate.

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

lì (li4, Zhuyin ㄌㄧˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 丽
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 例
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俐
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俪
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傈
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儮 / 𮯸
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儷 / 俪
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凓
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 利
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 力
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勵 / 励
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 历
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厤
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厯
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厲 / 厉
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叒
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吏
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呖
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唳
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚦 / 呖
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囇
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坜
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塛
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壢 / 坜
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婯
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屴
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岦
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巁
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悧
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悷
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慄 / 栗
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戻
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戾
  34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 换
  35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搮
  36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擼 / 撸
  37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攊
  38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攦 / 𰓬
  39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攭
  40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 斄 / 𭤎
  41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暦, 曆 / 历
  42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曞
  43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朸
  44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栎
  45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栗
  46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栛
  47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栵
  48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棙
  49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫔
  50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫟 / 栎
  51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫪 / 枥
  52. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欐 / 𪲔
  53. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歴 / 历
  54. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歷 / 历
  55. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沥
  56. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沴
  57. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泣
  58. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浭
  59. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涖
  60. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淚 / 泪
  61. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溧
  62. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濼 / 泺
  63. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濿 / 𪵱
  64. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀝 / 沥
  65. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爄 / 𤇃
  66. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爏 / 𱪪
  67. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犡
  68. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猁
  69. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珊
  70. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珕
  71. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琍
  72. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑮
  73. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓅 / 𬍛
  74. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓑
  75. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓥
  76. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疠
  77. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疬
  78. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痢
  79. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癘 / 疠
  80. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癧 / 疬
  81. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皪 / 𰤕
  82. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盭
  83. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矋
  84. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砅
  85. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砬
  86. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砺
  87. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硆
  88. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磿
  89. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礪 / 砺
  90. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礫 / 砾
  91. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礰 / 𰦦
  92. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禲
  93. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 离
  94. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秝
  95. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 立
  96. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笠
  97. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筣
  98. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 篥
  99. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 类
  100. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粒
  101. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粝
  102. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糲 / 粝
  103. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綟 / 𫄫
  104. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纅
  105. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翬 / 翚
  106. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脷
  107. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苈
  108. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苙
  109. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茘 / 荔
  110. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荔
  111. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莅
  112. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莉
  113. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒞 / 莅
  114. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藶 / 苈
  115. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚸
  116. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛎
  117. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛠
  118. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜧
  119. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝑
  120. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝷
  121. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟰
  122. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠇
  123. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠞
  124. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠣 / 蛎
  125. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠫
  126. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詈
  127. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讈
  128. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赲
  129. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 躒 / 跞
  130. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轢 / 轹
  131. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轣 / 𫐆
  132. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轹
  133. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酈 / 郦
  134. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉝 / 𫟷
  135. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎘 / 镉
  136. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑛 / 矿
  137. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锹
  138. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隶
  139. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隷 / 隶
  140. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隸 / 隶
  141. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雠
  142. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雳
  143. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雴
  144. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靂 / 雳
  145. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靋
  146. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顝 / 𱂵
  147. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颯 / 飒
  148. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬁
  149. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬲
  150. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱱
  151. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱳
  152. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鳨
  153. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴗 / 𫁡
  154. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷅 / 𫛽
  155. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷑 / 𱊢
  156. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麗 / 丽
  157. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麜
  158. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㑦
  159. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㒧 / 𠌯
  160. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㒿 / 𰖩
  161. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔏
  162. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捩

Ngbaka

Noun

lì

  1. water

Further reading

  • Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

Ngbaka Manza

Noun

lì

  1. water

Further reading

  • Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lì

  1. A gloss, a tinge

Adjective

lì

  1. tinged, colored

Southwest Gbaya

Noun

lì

  1. water

Further reading

  • Yves Moñino, Le proto-gbaya. Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d’Afrique Centrale )SELAF - Société d'Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France 357, Langues et Cultures Africaines 20, Louvain, Peeters, 1995)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

lì • (離)

  1. polished, smooth
  2. motionless
    ở lì ― to stay put
    • 2005 , chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung :
      Bó nẹp rịt thuốc xong, trong đêm không dám về nhà, cứ ở lỳ trong chỉ huy sở doanh Toàn Tiệp.
      When he had tightened the medicine, he did not dare return home, so he stayed put in the Quánjié commandery.
  3. brassy, impudent

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