ali

See also: Ali, áli, alî, Alì, ali-, and -ali

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈli/
• Hyphenation: a‧li

Noun

alí f 

1. reptile

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʿaliyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑːˈli]

• Audio (Baku)

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• Hyphenation: a‧li

Adjective

ali (comparative daha ali, superlative ən ali)

1. supreme, higher, high (dominant)

   ali məhkəmə ― supreme court

   ali təhsil müəssisəsi ― seat of higher learning

   ali baş komandan ― commander in chif (literally, “supreme main commander”)

Derived terms

• alilik

Further reading

• “ali” in Obastan.com.

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse hali, from Proto-Germanic *halô.

Noun

ali m (oblique ålå)

1. (anatomy) tail

Derived terms

• ålåbuss
• ålåell
• ålåglinder

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːlɪ
• Homophones: alið, æli, ælið

Noun

ali n (genitive singular alis, uncountable)

1. quality, property, characteristic, nature (of someone or something)

Declension

n24s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ali	alið
Accusative	ali	alið
Dative	ali	al(i)num
Genitive	alis	alisins

Derived terms

• alisfrøði (“physics”)

Verb

ali

1. indicative first-person singular present of at ala
2. optative of at ala

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Finnish

Etymology

From ala- +‎ -i. Cognate with Estonian all and Hungarian alatt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑli/, [ˈɑli]
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification: a‧li

Postposition

ali (+ genitive, shorter form for alitse)

1. beneath, underneath (when one goes through the space that is underneath something)

   Pallo pyöri tuolin ali ja ovesta ulos.

   The ball rolled underneath the chair and out of the door.

Usage notes

ali never receives a possessive suffix; alitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

Inflection

Declension of ali noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative ala- – superessive alhaalla – genitive – – delative alhaalta – partitive – – sublative alhaalle – accusative – – lative alas – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive alla – distributive – – ablative alta – temp. dist. – – allative alle – prolative ali alitse – essive – – situative allekkain alakkain – translative – – oppositive alatusten – instructive – – abessive – – comitative – –

Synonyms

• (beneath, underneath) alitse

Antonyms

• (beneath, underneath) yli, ylitse

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• ala-
• ali-
• alemmas
• alempana
• alhainen
• alittaa

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Gorontalo

Noun

ali

1. a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water or other fluids; well.

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Icelandic

Noun

ali

1. indefinite accusative plural of alur

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: à‧li

Noun

ali f

1. plural of ala

Verb

ali

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

Anagrams

• Lai, Lia

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Kapampangan

Interjection

ali

1. no

Antonyms

• wa

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Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Noun

ali

1. younger sibling

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ali”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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Latin

Verb

alī

1. present passive infinitive of alō

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Lavukaleve

Noun

ali m

1. man

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

ali

1. king

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Middle English

Adjective

ali

1. Alternative form of holy (sacred)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ali

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of al

Verb

ali

1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of ala and ale

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Nupe

Alternative forms

• eli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.lī/

Noun

ali

1. character; disposition; behaviour

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O'odham

Alternative forms

• 'ali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɭi/

Noun

ali (plural a'al)

1. child, baby

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Old Norse

Noun

ali

1. indefinite accusative plural of alr

Verb

ali

1. third-person active present subjunctive of ala

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aly (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ali, aly, from Latin ad illic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /aˈli/, [aˈli]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ɐˈli/, [ɐˈli]

• Hyphenation: a‧li

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio (Oporto, Portugal)

  (file)

Adverb

ali (not comparable)

1. there (far from both the speaker and the audience)

   Synonym: lá

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ali.

Usage notes

Usually ali implies a nearer position than lá.

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
		Pronouns					Adverbs
		Singular		Plural		Neuter
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
Medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
Distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
Anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às

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Rukai

Noun

ali

1. used by women to refer to one's female friend

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âli/
• Hyphenation: a‧li

Conjunction

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

1. but
2. however
3. (Croatia) or, if

Synonyms

• (Croatia) ale, nu

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Slovene

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

• IPA^(key): /áli/, /áːli/

Conjunction

ȁli or ȃli

1. or
2. (ali ... ali) either ... or

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ali/

Particle

ali

1. Introduces a yes-no question.

Further reading

• “ali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran