tali

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.laɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪlaɪ
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Noun

tali

1. plural of talus

Etymology 2

Ultimately of Dravidian origin, compare Tamil தாலி (tāli) and Telugu తాలి (tāli).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aːli/

Noun

tali (plural talis)

1. (India) Synonym of marriage string

Anagrams

• ATLI, Ital, Ital., LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Tail, Tila, alit, alti, ital, ital., lait, tail

Amis

Noun

tali

1. taro

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaliʔ/,
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Etymology 1

Noun

talì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. threading of a needle
2. (by extension) rope

   Synonym: lubid

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

talì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. diligence, assiduousness
2. meticulousness

   Synonym: tubis

3. (by extension) intelligence, smartness

   Synonyms: dunong, tadong

Derived terms

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tali/
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Noun

tali

1. rope

Synonyms

• (thick, braided strings) kalat

Catalan

Verb

tali

1. inflection of talar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: ta‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaliʔ/,

Preposition

tali

1. between, concerning two people or groups

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: ta‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈtali/,

Noun

tali

1. Clipping of tingali.

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS. Compare Paiwan calis, Kulon-Pazeh saris, Malay tali, Ilocano tali, Ma'anyan tadi, Malagasy tady, Tetum tali, Yapese tael, Pohnpeian sahl, Fijian dali, Maori tari.

Noun

tali

1. rope (thick, strong string)

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• tvli

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *taliCi.

Noun

tali (dictionary form tạli)

1. rock, stone
2. iron
3. metal
4. mineral

Descendants

• Mobilian: tali

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish talg (“tallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑli/,
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧li

Noun

tali

1. suet (fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys)
2. tallow (hard animal fat obtained from suet)
3. sebum (thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tali”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Ilta, ilta, lait, lati, liat, tila

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of találkozó (“meeting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ta‧li
• Rhymes: -li
• Homophone: Thaly

Noun

tali (plural talik)

1. (slang) meeting

   Synonyms: találkozás, találkozó

   Holnap tali! ― See you tomorrow! (literally, “ meeting tomorrow!”)

Declension

Derived terms

Icelandic

Verb

tali

1. inflection of tala:
   1. first-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person present subjunctive

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tali, from Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtali/
• Rhymes: -li, -i
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Noun

tali (plural tali-tali, first-person possessive taliku, second-person possessive talimu, third-person possessive talinya)

1. rope (thick, strong string)
2. (figuratively) kinship, blood ties
3. (historical) coin worth 25 cents

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

Related to Finnish tai, possibly influenced by eli.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑli/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑlʲi/,
• Rhymes: -ɑli, -ɑlʲi
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Conjunction

tali

1. or
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:

     Soikkolaas näitä formia vastajaat pität vokalat: uu, ii, yy, tali, oo, ее, öö.

     In Soikkola short vowels correspond to these forms: uu, ii, yy, or, oo, ee, öö.

Synonyms

• ehki, vai, (folk poetic) eli

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 569

Iranun

Noun

tali

1. rope

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: tà‧li

Determiner

tali

1. plural of tale

Noun

tali m

1. plural of talo

Anagrams

• alti, lati

Javanese

Romanization

tali

1. Romanization of ꦠꦭꦶ (“rope”)

Latin

Etymology 1

See tālus.

Noun

tālī

1. inflection of tālus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Etymology 2

See tālis.

Adjective

tālī

1. dative/ablative singular of tālis

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

tali

1. rope

Maguindanao

Noun

tali

1. rope

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih (compare Chamorro tali, Fijian dali, Tagalog tali), from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tali/
• Rhymes: -ali, -li, -i

• Audio (MY)

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Noun

tali (Jawi spelling تالي, plural tali-tali, informal 1st possessive taliku, 2nd possessive talimu, 3rd possessive talinya)

1. rope (thick, strong string)

Derived terms

• bertali
• bertalian
• pertali

Descendants

• Indonesian: tali

Further reading

• “tali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Noun

tali

1. rope

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih.

Noun

tali

1. rope

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈli/,

Noun

tali

1. taro

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS. Compare Paiwan calis, Kulon-Pazeh saris, Malay tali, Ilocano tali, Chamorro tali, Ma'anyan tadi, Malagasy tady, Tetum tali, Yapese tael, Pohnpeian sahl, Fijian dali, Maori tari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaliʔ/, (noun)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaleʔ/, (noun, colloquial)

• IPA^(key): /taˈliʔ/, (adjective)

• IPA^(key): /taˈleʔ/, (adjective, colloquial)
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Noun

talì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. rope; string; twine; cord (something used for tying)

   Synonyms: lubid, pisi, leteng

2. act of tying

   Synonyms: pagtatali, pagkakatali

3. (by extension, colloquial) long confinement in the house (due to sickness, work, etc.)
4. (by extension, colloquial) act of having one's tubes tied; tube tying

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

talî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. tied together (such as vegetable shoots, etc.)

   Synonyms: bigkis, nakabigkis, may-bigkis

2. tied; confined (of animals to be butchered)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈli/,
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Noun

talí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. (obsolete) quietude; rest; state of inactivity (no longer used on its own except in derived terms)

   Synonyms: pahinga, pamamahinga, tigil, pagtigil, hinto, paghinto

Derived terms

• di-matali

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih.

Noun

tali

1. rope

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تالی (tāli, “that follows or goes behind, that succeeds”), from Arabic تَالٍ (tālin, “following, subsequent, next”), active participle of تَلَا (talā, “to follow, to walk behind another”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːˈliː/
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Adjective

tali

1. (dated) Of secondary degree, ancillary.

   Synonym: ikincil

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• “tali”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tali”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4565

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *taši (“there, in such a place”).

Particle

tali

1. there, place

   Tehim në shè tali òk ulepënàk.

   There are strawberries here, and onions.

   Mahtakèn yu tali.

   there was a fight in this place.

   Xaheli Lënapeyok ahpuwàk yu tali.

   There are many Delawares here.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “tali”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin thallium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic: ta li

Noun

tali

1. thallium

Welsh

Alternative forms

• teli (literary)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtalɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈta(ː)li/

Verb

tali

1. second-person singular future colloqu of talu

Mutation

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

tali (definite form tali bi)

1. street

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 254