wili

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wiˈli/
  • Hyphenation: wi‧li

Determiner

wilí

  1. (Northern Afar) a certain; some
    Synonym: (Southern Afar) ulí

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiliʔ/
  • Hyphenation: wi‧li

Noun

wilì (Basahan spelling ᜏᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. engrossment; engagement
    Synonym: bangkag
  2. jealousy; envy; covetousness
    Synonyms: ara, uri, selos

Derived terms

Gothic

Romanization

wili

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹

Hausa

Etymology

From English wheel.

Pronunciation

Noun

wīlī̀ m (plural wīlōlī or wīlunā̀ or wīlukā̀, possessed form wīlìn)

  1. wheel

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wili from Proto-Eastern Polynesian ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wirit. Cognates include Maori wiri and Samoan vili.

Verb

wili

  1. to bore, twist, drill, writhe, crank

Noun

wili

  1. drill, wrench
    Synonym: hao wili

Derived terms

Mapudungun

Noun

wili (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) nail

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old High German

Verb

wili

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative of wellen

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.li/
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Syllabification: wi‧li

Verb

wili

  1. third-person plural virile past of wić

Sambali

Adjective

wilí

  1. left (direction)

Swahili

Swahili numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: -wili, pili
    Ordinal: -a pili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Numeral

-wili (declinable)

  1. two

Usage notes

Used as an adjective; when the number is being used as an abstract value, use pili.

Inflection

Inflected forms of -wili (plural only)
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) —
m-mi class(III/IV) — miwili
ji-ma class(V/VI) — mawili
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) — viwili
n class(IX/X) — mbili
u class(XI) — see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pawili
ku class(XVII) kuwili
mu class(XVIII) muwili

Coordinate terms

Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— sifuri -moja, mosi -wili, pili -tatu -nne -tano sita saba -nane tisa, kenda
1— kumi kumi na moja, edashara kumi na mbili, thenashara kumi na tatu, thelatashara kumi na nne, arobatashara kumi na tano, hamstashara kumi na sita, sitashara kumi na saba, sabatashara kumi na nane, themantashara kumi na tisa, tisatashara
2— ishirini ishirini na moja ishirini na mbili ishirini na tatu ishirini na nne ishirini na tano ishirini na sita ishirini na saba ishirini na nane ishirini na tisa
3— thelathini thelathini na moja thelathini na mbili thelathini na tatu thelathini na nne thelathini na tano thelathini na sita thelathini na saba thelathini na nane thelathini na tisa
4— arobaini arobaini na moja arobaini na mbili arobaini na tatu arobaini na nne arobaini na tano arobaini na sita arobaini na saba arobaini na nane arobaini na tisa
5— hamsini hamsini na moja hamsini na mbili hamsini na tatu hamsini na nne hamsini na tano hamsini na sita hamsini na saba hamsini na nane hamsini na tisa
6— sitini sitini na moja sitini na mbili sitini na tatu sitini na nne sitini na tano sitini na sita sitini na saba sitini na nane sitini na tisa
7— sabini sabini na moja sabini na mbili sabini na tatu sabini na nne sabini na tano sabini na sita sabini na saba sabini na nane sabini na tisa
8— themanini themanini na moja themanini na mbili themanini na tatu themanini na nne themanini na tano themanini na sita themanini na saba themanini na nane themanini na tisa
9— tisini tisini na moja tisini na mbili tisini na tatu tisini na nne tisini na tano tisini na sita tisini na saba tisini na nane tisini na tisa

Yao

Yao cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : wili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́. Cognates include Swahili wili.

Numeral

wili

  1. two

Usage notes

This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. mabweta gawili (two boxes). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.

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