dali

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dali"

English

Noun

dali

1. A timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.

Anagrams

• Dail, Dial, dial, dial., laid

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *daliq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧li
• IPA^(key): /daˈliʔ/ [d̪ɐˈl̪iʔ]

Verb

dalî (Badlit spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. to hurry up, to be in a hurry; to fasten

   Synonyms: kara-kara, paspas

2. to hasten

   Synonyms: subsob, apura

Derived terms

• dalian
• dalion
• kadali
• magdali
• manali
• pagdali

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *daliq. Compare Cebuano & Tagalog dali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈliʔ/ [d̪aˈl̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧li

Noun

dalî (Basahan spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. (Naga) instance of becoming easy; simple; quick; effortless

   Antonym: sakit

Derived terms

• dali-dali
• kadalian
• madali
• madalian
• padali
• pagkadali

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• dale

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdali/ [ˈd̪a.l̪i]
• Hyphenation: da‧li

Noun

dáli (Basahan spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. (slang) punch

   Synonyms: suntok, tako, bugti

Derived terms

• dalihon
• magdali

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdalɪ]

Participle

dali

1. animate masculine plural past active participle of dát

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *tali, from Proto-Oceanic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS. Compare Paiwan calis, Pazeh saris, Malay tali, Ilocano tali, Ma'anyan tadi, Malagasy tady, Tetum tali, Yapese tael, Pohnpeian sahl, Māori tari.

Noun

dali

1. rope (thick, strong string)

Guyanese Creole English

Etymology

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

Noun

dali

1. doll (toy)

References

• Samad, Daizal R.; Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023), A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 46

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *daliq.

Adverb

dalî

1. immediately, quickly, hurriedly

Derived terms

• dalion
• madali
• magdali

Icelandic

Noun

dali

1. indefinite accusative plural of dalur

Latvian

Verb

dali

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdali/, [ˈdalʲi]

Participle

dali

1. plural of dał

Maltese

Alternative forms

• doli (dialectal)

Etymology

Related to Arabic دَوَالَيْك (dawālayk, “in turn”) and Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla, “change”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.lɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːlɪ

Adverb

dali

1. very frequently

Old Norse

Noun

dali

1. dative singular indefinite of dalr

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.li/

• (Masovia):
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈda.li]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: da‧li

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “compare dalej”)

Interjection

dali

1. (Łowicz) move it! faster!

   Synonym: daligo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dali f

1. inflection of dal:
   1. genitive/dative/locative/vocative singular
   2. genitive plural

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dali

1. third-person plural virile past of dać

Further reading

• Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “dali”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 26

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d'ali (pre-standardization spelling)
• daly (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈli/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈli/

• Hyphenation: da‧li
• Rhymes: -i

Contraction

dali

1. contraction of de +‎ ali, literally “from there”
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 24:

     Agora Fabiano era vaqueiro, e ninguem o tiraria d’ali.

     Now Fabiano was a cowhand, and no one could take him away from there.

See also

Portuguese demonstratives

		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, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali, dacolá
	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

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

dali (Cyrillic spelling дали)

1. masculine plural active past participle of dȁti

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

dali class IX (no plural)

1. the end (the final result or limit)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Southern Proto-Philippine *dalíq (“short time; easy”). Compare Central Bikol dali, Cebuano dali, Waray-Waray dali, and Calamian Tagbanwa dalik. See also Kapampangan dalas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈliʔ/ [d̪ɐˈlɪʔ], (colloquial) /daˈleʔ/ [d̪ɐˈlɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: da‧li

Noun

dalî (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. quickness; rapidity; promptness

   Synonyms: bilis, tulin, liksi, agap

2. ease; easiness; facility

   Synonyms: gaan, alwan, (obsolete) nawa

3. shortness of duration (of a visit, etc.)

   Synonyms: ikli, kaiklian

Derived terms

• andali
• dali-dali
• dalian
• daliin
• dalina
• dumali
• kadali
• kadalian
• kaydali
• madali
• madalian
• madaling sabihin, mahirap gawin
• madaling-araw
• madaling-umaga
• magdumali
• magmadali
• magpadali
• malao't madali
• padaliin
• pagdudumali
• pagkamdali
• pagmadaliin
• pagmamadali
• panandalian
• papagmadaliin
• sa lalong madaling panahon
• sa madaling sabi
• sanda-sandali
• sandali
• sumandali

Interjection

dalî (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. hurry! quick!

   Synonym: bilis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay jari.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdaliʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.lɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aliʔ
• Syllabification: da‧li

Noun

dalì (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. inch

   Synonym: pulgada

2. measure based on the breadth of a finger
3. (obsolete) finger

   Synonym: daliri

Derived terms

• sandali

See also

• timuro

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdali/ [ˈd̪aː.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: da‧li

Noun

dali (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. alternative form of dale

Further reading

• “dali”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “dali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalíq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Zorc, David Paul (1982), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 112

Anagrams

• dila

Venetan

Adjective

dali m pl

1. masculine plural of dalo

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdali/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdaːli/, /ˈdali/

Verb

dali

1. soft mutation of tali

Mutation

Mutated forms of tali

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tali	dali	nhali	thali

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.