voli

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See also: volí and vô lí

Catalan

Verb

voli

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

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

voli

  1. nominative/vocative plural of vůl

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German wollen, perhaps also Italian volere, Latin volō and French vouloir.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oli
  • Hyphenation: vo‧li

Verb

voli (present volas, past volis, future volos, conditional volus, volitive volu)

  1. (transitive) to wish, to want
    Antonym: malvoli
    Mi volas novan aŭton sed mi ne povas pagi la koston de ĝi. ― I want a new car but I cannot afford it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of voli
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense volas volis volos
active participle volanta volantaj volinta volintaj volonta volontaj
acc. volantan volantajn volintan volintajn volontan volontajn
passive participle volata volataj volita volitaj volota volotaj
acc. volatan volatajn volitan volitajn volotan volotajn
nominal active participle volanto volantoj volinto volintoj volonto volontoj
acc. volanton volantojn volinton volintojn volonton volontojn
nominal passive participle volato volatoj volito volitoj voloto volotoj
acc. volaton volatojn voliton volitojn voloton volotojn
adverbial active participle volante volinte volonte
adverbial passive participle volate volite volote
infinitive voli imperative volu conditional volus

Derived terms

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *voli, from Proto-Oceanic *poli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli, *baliw.

Verb

voli

  1. to buy (to obtain for money)

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.

Noun

voli m (plural voi)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Icelandic

Noun

voli

  1. indefinite dative singular of vol

Indonesian

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Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English volley, from Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvo.li/
  • Rhymes: -li, -i
  • Hyphenation: vo‧li

Noun

voli (plural voli-voli, first-person possessive voliku, second-person possessive volimu, third-person possessive volinya)

  1. (sports) Ellipsis of bola voli (“volleyball”).
  2. (sports) volley:
    1. The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
    2. A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.

Derived terms

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воля (volja).

Pronunciation

Noun

voli

  1. power (lack of constraint)
  2. freedom (state of being free)

Declension

Declension of voli (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative voli volit
genitive volin volliin, voliloin
partitive vollia volija, voliloja
illative vollii vollii, voliloihe
inessive volis voliis, volilois
elative volist voliist, voliloist
allative volille voliille, voliloille
adessive volil voliil, voliloil
ablative volilt voliilt, voliloilt
translative voliks voliiks, voliloiks
essive volinna, volliin voliinna, voliloinna, volliin, voliloin
exessive1) volint voliint, voliloint
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.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 678

Italian

Noun

voli m pl

  1. plural of volo

Verb

voli

  1. inflection of volare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

voli (Cyrillic spelling воли)

  1. inflection of voljeti:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboli/
  • Rhymes: -oli
  • Syllabification: vo‧li

Noun

voli m (uncountable)

  1. (Cuba) volleyball

Volapük

Noun

voli

  1. accusative singular of vol

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воля (volja).

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvoli/,
  • Rhymes: -oli
  • Hyphenation: vo‧li

Noun

voli

  1. will, willpower
  2. freedom

Inflection

Declension of voli (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative voli volid
genitive voli volijõ, volii
partitive vollia voliitõ, volii
illative vollisõ, volli voliisõ
inessive voliz voliiz
elative volissõ voliissõ
allative volilõ voliilõ
adessive volillõ voliillõ
ablative voliltõ voliiltõ
translative volissi voliissi
*) 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) “voli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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