толи

See also: то ли

Buryat

Comparison
Mongolian	толь (tolʹ)
Buryat	толи (toli)
Kalmyk	толь (tolʹ)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *toli. Cognate with Khamnigan Mongol толи (toli), Kalmyk толь (tolʹ), Mongolian толь (tolʹ), etc.

Semantic loan from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠣᠯᠢ (toli) and Literary Chinese 鑑 (jiàn) in sense ‘dictionary’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ.li/, [tʰɔ̟.lʲɪ]
• Hyphenation: то‧ли

Noun

толи • (toli)

1. short for толи бэшэг (toli bešeg, “dictionary”)

Declension

Declension of толи

		singular	plural
nominative		толи (toli)	толинууд (tolinuud)
genitive	attributive	толиин (toliin)	толинуудай (tolinuudaj)
	substantive singular	толиинхи (toliinxi)	толинуудайнхи (tolinuudajnxi)
	substantive plural	толиинхид (toliinxid)	толинуудайнхид (tolinuudajnxid)
dative-locative	adverbial	толидо (tolido)	толинуудта (tolinuudta)
	adjectival locative	толидохи (tolidoxi)	толинуудтахи (tolinuudtaxi)
accusative	indefinite	толи (toli)	толинуудые (tolinuudyje)
	definite	толиие (toliije)
instrumental		ооор (ooor)	толинуудаар (tolinuudaar)
comitative		толитой (tolitoj)	толинуудтай (tolinuudtaj)
ablative		толиһоо (tolihoo)	толинуудһаа (tolinuudhaa)

Derived terms

• толигор (toligor)
• толилхо (tolilxo)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtolʲɪ]

Noun

то́ли • (tóli) m inan pl

1. nominative/accusative plural of толь (tolʹ)