tuli

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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

Chemical element
Tm
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Pronunciation

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

Declension of tuli (ÕS type 20/meri, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tuli tuled
accusative nom.
gen. tule
genitive tulede
partitive tuld tulesid
illative tulle
tulesse
tuledesse
inessive tules tuledes
elative tulest tuledest
allative tulele tuledele
adessive tulel tuledel
ablative tulelt tuledelt
translative tuleks tuledeks
terminative tuleni tuledeni
essive tulena tuledena
abessive tuleta tuledeta
comitative tulega tuledega

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule.[1] 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.[2]

Noun

tuli

  1. fire (reaction; burning)
    leikkiä tulellato play with fire
  2. fire (instance of this chemical reaction)
    Synonyms: (more common in this sense) tulipalo, palo
  3. Synonym of nuotio (campfire)
  4. fire, gunfire
    Synonym: tulitus
  5. (alchemy) fire (one of the basic elements)
Declension
Inflection of tuli (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
nominative tuli tulet
genitive tulen tulien
tulten
partitive tulta tulia
illative tuleen tuliin
singular plural
nominative tuli tulet
accusative nom. tuli tulet
gen. tulen
genitive tulen tulien
tulten
partitive tulta tulia
inessive tulessa tulissa
elative tulesta tulista
illative tuleen tuliin
adessive tulella tulilla
ablative tulelta tulilta
allative tulelle tulille
essive tulena tulina
translative tuleksi tuliksi
abessive tuletta tulitta
instructive tulin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tuli (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tuleni tuleni
accusative nom. tuleni tuleni
gen. tuleni
genitive tuleni tulieni
tulteni
partitive tultani tuliani
inessive tulessani tulissani
elative tulestani tulistani
illative tuleeni tuliini
adessive tulellani tulillani
ablative tuleltani tuliltani
allative tulelleni tulilleni
essive tulenani tulinani
translative tulekseni tulikseni
abessive tulettani tulittani
instructive
comitative tulineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tulesi tulesi
accusative nom. tulesi tulesi
gen. tulesi
genitive tulesi tuliesi
tultesi
partitive tultasi tuliasi
inessive tulessasi tulissasi
elative tulestasi tulistasi
illative tuleesi tuliisi
adessive tulellasi tulillasi
ablative tuleltasi tuliltasi
allative tulellesi tulillesi
essive tulenasi tulinasi
translative tuleksesi tuliksesi
abessive tulettasi tulittasi
instructive
comitative tulinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tulemme tulemme
accusative nom. tulemme tulemme
gen. tulemme
genitive tulemme tuliemme
tultemme
partitive tultamme tuliamme
inessive tulessamme tulissamme
elative tulestamme tulistamme
illative tuleemme tuliimme
adessive tulellamme tulillamme
ablative tuleltamme tuliltamme
allative tulellemme tulillemme
essive tulenamme tulinamme
translative tuleksemme tuliksemme
abessive tulettamme tulittamme
instructive
comitative tulinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tulenne tulenne
accusative nom. tulenne tulenne
gen. tulenne
genitive tulenne tulienne
tultenne
partitive tultanne tulianne
inessive tulessanne tulissanne
elative tulestanne tulistanne
illative tuleenne tuliinne
adessive tulellanne tulillanne
ablative tuleltanne tuliltanne
allative tulellenne tulillenne
essive tulenanne tulinanne
translative tuleksenne tuliksenne
abessive tulettanne tulittanne
instructive
comitative tulinenne
Derived terms
compounds

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “tuli”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
  2. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

tuli

  1. third-person singular past indicative of tulla

Anagrams

Hanunoo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tuli (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜳᜮᜲ) (anatomy)

  1. ear

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 283

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

tuli

  1. deaf
    Synonym: (dialectal) pekak

Derived terms

Compounds

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Tuli.

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

Pronunciation

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
Declension of tuli (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative tuli tulet
genitive tulen tulliin, tuliloin
partitive tulta, tult tullia, tuliloja
illative tullee tullii, tuliloihe
inessive tules tulis, tulilois
elative tulest tulist, tuliloist
allative tulelle tulille, tuliloille
adessive tulel tulil, tuliloil
ablative tulelt tulilt, tuliloilt
translative tuleks tuliks, tuliloiks
essive tulenna, tulleen tulinna, tuliloinna, tulliin, tuliloin
exessive1) tulent tulint, tuliloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

tuli

  1. third-person singular indicative past of tulla

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “тули”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 689
  • 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

Tuldu.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tuli (Jawi spelling تولي)

  1. deaf

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tuli

References

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 conjugation

  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

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

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

Adjective

tuli

  1. quiet

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *turiq (cf. Hanunoo turi, 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

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

Anagrams

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

Inflection of tuli (inflection type 4/meri)
nominative sing. tuli
genitive sing. tulen
partitive sing. tult
partitive plur.
singular plural
nominative tuli
accusative tulen
genitive tulen
partitive tult
essive-instructive tulen
translative tuleks
inessive tules
elative tulespäi
illative tulehe
tulhe
adessive tulel
ablative tulelpäi
allative tulele
abessive tuleta
comitative tulenke
prolative tultme
approximative I tulenno
approximative II tulennoks
egressive tulennopäi
terminative I tulehesai
tulhesai
terminative II tulelesai
terminative III tulessai
additive I tulehepäi
tulhepäi
additive II tulelepäi

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Tm
Previous: eribi (Er)
Next: ytecbi (Yb)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tuli

  1. fire

Inflection

Declension of tuli (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tuli tulõd
genitive tulõ tulijõ, tulii
partitive tultõ tuliitõ, tulii
illative tullõ, tullõsõ tuliisõ
inessive tulõz tuliiz
elative tulõssõ tuliissõ
allative tulõlõ tuliilõ
adessive tulõllõ tuliillõ
ablative tulõltõ tuliiltõ
translative tulõssi tuliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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