tuli

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Austronesian *Culi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈli/,
• Hyphenation: tu‧li

Noun

tulí (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒ)

1. earwax

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

• Audio (Valencian)

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Noun

tuli m (uncountable)

1. thulium

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *turiq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈtuliʔ/,

Noun

tuli

1. the surgical removal/excision of the prepuce; circumcision
2. (historical) dorsal slit
3. the rite of circumcision

Verb

tuli

1. to circumcise
2. to perform a dorsal slit
3. (colloquial) to pierce the earlobe

Adjective

tuli

1. (of a man) having had the foreskin of the penis excised; circumcised; cut
2. (of a man) having the glans exposed by a dorsal slit
3. (colloquial) having the earlobe pierced

See also

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtulʲi/, /ˈtuli/

Noun

tuli (genitive tule, partitive tuld)

1. fire
2. light, lightsource

   Pane see tuli kustu.

   Put that light out.

3. (chess) check

Declension

Derived terms

• jaanituli
• kahjutuli

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuli/,
• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification^(key): tu‧li

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule. Related to Estonian tuli, Karelian tuli, Livonian tu'l´, Veps tuli, Votic tuli, Northern Sami dolla, Skolt Sami toll, Moksha тол (tol) and Tundra Nenets ту (tu). tuli has previously been typical of Eastern dialects, whereas western dialects used valkea.

Noun

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tuli

1. fire (reaction; burning)

   leikkiä tulella ― to play with fire

2. fire (instance of this chemical reaction)

   Synonyms: palo, tulipalo

3. Synonym of nuotio (“campfire”)
4. fire, gunfire

   Synonym: tulitus

5. (alchemy) fire (one of the basic elements)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “tuli”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Verb

tuli

1. third-person singular past indicative of tulla

Anagrams

• litu, luit, luti

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Austronesian *Culi.

Noun

tuli

1. (anatomy) ear

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Austronesian *Culi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: tu‧li

Adjective

tuli

1. deaf

   Synonym: pekak

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tuli” 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 1

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule. Cognates include Finnish tuli and Estonian tuli.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtuli/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtuli/,
• Rhymes: -uli
• Hyphenation: tu‧li

Noun

tuli

1. fire
2. campfire
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Oli jo pimmiä, kons möö näimmä pioneeriin tulen joen rannalt.

     It was already dark, when we saw the pioneers' fire from the river's shore.

3. (usually in the partitive) lightning
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 71:

     Välimittee korjahuisivat pilvet, iski tulta, jyrisi, tipsahtelivat ensimäiset sorriat vihmatilkat.

     From time to time clouds gathered, lightning struck, it thundered, the first big raindrops fell.

Declension

Synonyms

• (lightning): valkia

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtuli/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtuli/,
• Rhymes: -uli
• Hyphenation: tu‧li

Verb

tuli

1. third-person singular indicative past of tulla

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 606
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 58

Italian

Noun

tuli m

1. plural of tulio

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule. Cognates include Finnish tuli and Estonian tuli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuli/

Noun

tuli (genitive tulen, partitive tuldu)

1. fire

References

• P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 15

Latin

Verb

tulī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of ferō

References

• “tuli”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tuli”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tuli in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Austronesian *Culi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuli/
• Rhymes: -uli, -li, -i

Adjective

tuli (Jawi spelling تولي)

1. deaf

Synonyms

• congek
• pekak

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: tuli

References

• "tuli" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “tuli” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.li/
• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification: tu‧li

Verb

tuli

1. third-person singular present of tulić

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli.

Noun

tuli

1. plover

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тоулити (tuliti), with senses from затулити (zatuliti, “to hide”), from Proto-Slavic *tuliti. Compare Bulgarian туля (tulja).

Verb

a tuli (third-person singular present tulește, past participle tulit) 4th conj.

1. (popular, familiar, used in expressions) to run away, flee, leave

   Synonym: fugi

2. (dialectal, dated) to descend, come down (such as from a mountain to a valley)

   Synonym: coborî

3. (dialectal, dated) to hide

   Synonym: ascunde

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tule-o / tuleo / tulea

Samoan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Oceanic *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Austronesian *Culi.

Adjective

tuli (used in the form tutuli)

1. deaf

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *turi, from Proto-Oceanic *tur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

Noun

tuli

1. (anatomy) knee

Derived terms

• tulilima

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli.

Verb

tuli

1. To chase.

Etymology 4

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli.

Noun

tuli

1. plover; sandpiper; curlew; godwit; whimbrel; small shorebird

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Adjective

tuli

1. quiet

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *turiq (cf. Bikol Central turi, Cebuano tuli, Hiligaynon tuli, Maranao tori', Malay toreh). Also possibly related to Katuri, a little settlement on the river just opposite Cotabato where circumcision ceremonies were held in Maguindanao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuliʔ/, (noun)

• IPA^(key): /tuˈliʔ/, (adjective)
• Hyphenation: tu‧li

Noun

tulì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒ)

1. circumcision

   Synonyms: pagtuli, pagtutuli, (obsolete) sunat, (obsolete) pagsusunat, (colloquial) binyag, (colloquial) pagbibinyag

Derived terms

Adjective

tulî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒ)

1. circumcised

   Synonym: (obsolete) katan

   Antonyms: sungaw, supot

Further reading

• “tuli”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Najeeb Mitry Saleeby (1905) Studies in Moro history, law, and religion‎, Manila, Bureau of Public Printing

Tongan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Oceanic *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Austronesian *Culi.

Adjective

tuli

1. deaf

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli.

Verb

tuli

1. To chase.

Tuvaluan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Oceanic *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Austronesian *Culi.

Adjective

tuli

1. deaf

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *turi, from Proto-Oceanic *tur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

Noun

tuli

1. (anatomy) knee; elbow

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli.

Noun

tuli

1. plover

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Noun

tuli

1. fire

Inflection

Vietnamese

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin thulium, 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: tu li

Noun

tuli

1. thulium

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Noun

tuli (genitive tulõ, partitive tuld)

1. fire

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtuli/,
• Rhymes: -uli
• Hyphenation: tu‧li

Noun

tuli

1. fire

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yakan

Verb

tuli

1. To sleep.

Derived terms

• patuli