ali

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

Finnish

(index al)

Etymology

From the same Uralic root *ala as Estonian all and Hungarian alatt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑli/
• Hyphenation: a‧li
• Rhymes: -ɑli

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.

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

Noun

ali f

1. plural of ala

Verb

ali

1. second-person singular present indicative of alare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of alare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of alare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of alare
5. third-person singular imperative of alare

Anagrams

• Lia

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Kapampangan

Interjection

ali

1. no

Antonyms

• wa

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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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O'odham

Noun

ali (plural a'al)

1. child, baby

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aly (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈli/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: a‧li

Adverb

ali (not comparable)

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:ali.

Synonyms

• lá

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

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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

Pronunciation 1

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

• IPA^(key): /ˈáli/, /ˈáːli/
• Tonal orthography: ȁli, ȃli

Conjunction

àli or áli

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

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ali/
• Tonal orthography: ali

Particle

ali

1. Introduces a yes-no question.