tali

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.laɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪlaɪ
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Noun

tali

1. plural of talus

Etymology 2

Ultimately of Dravidian origin, compare Tamil தாலி (tāli) and Telugu తాలి (tāli).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aːli/

Noun

tali (plural talis)

1. (India) Synonym of marriage string.

Anagrams

• ATLI, Ital, Ital., LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Tail, Tila, alit, alti, ital, ital., lait, tail

Amis

Noun

tali

1. taro

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tali/
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Noun

tali

1. rope

Synonyms

• (thick, braided strings) kalat

Catalan

Verb

tali

1. inflection of talar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: ta‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaliʔ/ [ˈt̪a.l̪ɪʔ]

Preposition

tali (Badlit spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. between, concerning two people or groups

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: ta‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈtali/ [ˈt̪a.l̪ɪ]

Noun

tali (Badlit spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. clipping of tingali

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaliʔ/ [ˈta.l̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Etymology 1

Noun

talì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. threading of a needle
2. (by extension) rope

   Synonym: lubid

Derived terms

• magtali
• talian

Etymology 2

Noun

talì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. diligence, assiduousness
2. meticulousness

   Synonym: tubis

3. (by extension) intelligence, smartness

   Synonyms: dunong, tadong

Derived terms

• katalian
• magtali
• matali

Chamorro

Noun

tali

1. alternative spelling of tåli

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• tʋli
• tạli (Byington/Swanton)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *taliCi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtəli(ʔ)/

Noun

tali (alienable)

1. rock, stone
2. iron
3. metal
4. mineral

Descendants

• Mobilian: tali

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish talg (“tallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑli/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝li]
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧li

Noun

tali

1. suet (fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys)

   Synonym: munuaisrasva

2. tallow (hard animal fat obtained from suet)
3. sebum (thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin)

Declension

Inflection of tali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		tali	talit
genitive		talin	talien
partitive		talia	taleja
illative		taliin	taleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tali	talit
accusative	nom.	tali	talit
	gen.	talin
genitive		talin	talien
partitive		talia	taleja
inessive		talissa	taleissa
elative		talista	taleista
illative		taliin	taleihin
adessive		talilla	taleilla
ablative		talilta	taleilta
allative		talille	taleille
essive		talina	taleina
translative		taliksi	taleiksi
abessive		talitta	taleitta
instructive		—	talein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative talini talini accusative nom. talini talini gen. talini genitive talini talieni partitive taliani talejani inessive talissani taleissani elative talistani taleistani illative taliini taleihini adessive talillani taleillani ablative taliltani taleiltani allative talilleni taleilleni essive talinani taleinani translative talikseni taleikseni abessive talittani taleittani instructive — — comitative — taleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative talisi talisi accusative nom. talisi talisi gen. talisi genitive talisi taliesi partitive taliasi talejasi inessive talissasi taleissasi elative talistasi taleistasi illative taliisi taleihisi adessive talillasi taleillasi ablative taliltasi taleiltasi allative talillesi taleillesi essive talinasi taleinasi translative taliksesi taleiksesi abessive talittasi taleittasi instructive — — comitative — taleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative talimme talimme accusative nom. talimme talimme gen. talimme genitive talimme taliemme partitive taliamme talejamme inessive talissamme taleissamme elative talistamme taleistamme illative taliimme taleihimme adessive talillamme taleillamme ablative taliltamme taleiltamme allative talillemme taleillemme essive talinamme taleinamme translative taliksemme taleiksemme abessive talittamme taleittamme instructive — — comitative — taleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative talinne talinne accusative nom. talinne talinne gen. talinne genitive talinne talienne partitive talianne talejanne inessive talissanne taleissanne elative talistanne taleistanne illative taliinne taleihinne adessive talillanne taleillanne ablative taliltanne taleiltanne allative talillenne taleillenne essive talinanne taleinanne translative taliksenne taleiksenne abessive talittanne taleittanne instructive — — comitative — taleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative talinsa talinsa accusative nom. talinsa talinsa gen. talinsa genitive talinsa taliensa partitive taliaan taliansa talejaan talejansa inessive talissaan talissansa taleissaan taleissansa elative talistaan talistansa taleistaan taleistansa illative taliinsa taleihinsa adessive talillaan talillansa taleillaan taleillansa ablative taliltaan taliltansa taleiltaan taleiltansa allative talilleen talillensa taleilleen taleillensa essive talinaan talinansa taleinaan taleinansa translative talikseen taliksensa taleikseen taleiksensa abessive talittaan talittansa taleittaan taleittansa instructive — — comitative — taleineen taleinensa

Derived terms

• talinen

compounds

• esinahkatali
• taliaivo
• talikynttilä
• talinvuoto
• talipallo
• talipää
• talirauhanen
• talitiainen
• talitintti

See also

• ihra
• silava

Further reading

• “tali”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• Ilta, ilta, lait, lati, liat, tila

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of találkozó (“meeting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒli]
• Hyphenation: ta‧li
• Rhymes: -li
• Homophone: Thaly

Noun

tali (plural talik)

1. (slang) meeting

   Synonyms: találkozás, találkozó

   Holnap tali! ― See you tomorrow! (literally, “[We will have a] meeting tomorrow!”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	tali	talik
accusative	talit	talikat
dative	talinak	taliknak
instrumental	talival	talikkal
causal-final	taliért	talikért
translative	talivá	talikká
terminative	taliig	talikig
essive-formal	taliként	talikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	taliban	talikban
superessive	talin	talikon
adessive	talinál	taliknál
illative	taliba	talikba
sublative	talira	talikra
allative	talihoz	talikhoz
elative	taliból	talikból
delative	taliról	talikról
ablative	talitól	taliktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	talié	taliké
non-attributive possessive – plural	taliéi	talikéi

Possessive forms of tali

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	talim	talijaim (or taliim)
2nd person sing.	talid	talijaid (or taliid)
3rd person sing.	talija	talijai (or talii)
1st person plural	talink	talijaink (or taliink)
2nd person plural	talitok	talijaitok (or taliitok)
3rd person plural	talijuk	talijaik (or taliik)

Derived terms

• talizik

Icelandic

Verb

tali

1. inflection of tala:
   1. first-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person present subjunctive

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tali, from Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtali/ [ˈt̪a.li]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: ta‧li

Noun

tali (plural tali-tali)

1. rope (thick, strong string)
2. (figuratively) kinship, blood ties
3. (historical) coin worth 25 cents

Derived terms

• bertali
• bertali-tali
• bertalian
• bertalikan
• dipertalikan
• ditali
• ditalikan
• mempertalikan
• menali
• menalikan
• penali
• penalian
• pertalian
• tali-bertali
• tali-menali
• tali-temali
• talian
• temali
• tertali

• tali air
• tali alir
• tali api
• tali ari-ari
• tali arus
• tali barut
• tali bawat
• tali belati
• tali bicara
• tali busur
• tali dahi layar
• tali duga
• tali dugang
• tali gai
• tali hidung
• tali jangkar
• tali jantung
• tali jiwa
• tali kail
• tali kang
• tali kasih
• tali kawat
• tali kekang
• tali kekerabatan
• tali keledor
• tali kembar
• tali kendali
• tali kendit
• tali kepala
• tali kipas
• tali kur
• tali labrang
• tali lalai
• tali leher
• tali lidah
• tali lidah pendek
• tali liung
• tali liung-liung
• tali manila
• tali monyet
• tali nilon
• tali nyawa
• tali pangkal
• tali penambat
• tali pengaman
• tali penggulung
• tali penyandang
• tali peranti
• tali pergantungan
• tali persaudaraan
• tali perut
• tali pinggang
• tali pintal
• tali pusar
• tali pusat
• tali rafia
• tali raket campuran
• tali rasa
• tali sawar
• tali sepatu
• tali silaturahmi
• tali singkil
• tali sipat
• tali spageti
• tali tudung
• tali tum
• tali tunda
• tali ulang
• tali usai
• tali usus

Further reading

• “tali”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ingrian

Etymology

Related to Finnish tai, possibly influenced by eli.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑli/, [ˈtɑlʲiˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑlʲi/, [ˈtɑlʲiˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑli, -ɑlʲi
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Conjunction

tali

1. or
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:

     Soikkolaas näitä formia vastajaat pität vokalat: uu, ii, yy, tali, oo, ее, öö.

     In Soikkola short vowels correspond to these forms: uu, ii, yy, or, oo, ee, öö.

Synonyms

• ehki, vai, (folk poetic) eli

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 569
• Arvo Laanest (1978), Isuri keele ajalooline foneetika ja morfoloogia [The historical phonology and morphology of the Ingrian language]‎^[5], Tallinn, page 26

Iranun

Noun

tali

1. rope

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: tà‧li

Determiner

tali

1. plural of tale

Noun

tali m

1. plural of talo

Anagrams

• alti, lati

Javanese

Romanization

tali

1. romanization of ꦠꦭꦶ (“rope”)

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈli/ [tʌˈli̞]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /taˈri/ [tʌˈri̞]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ta‧li

Noun

talí

1. cord, rope, line

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of tali

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	tali, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) talo
	Sabangan	tali, (elderly) tali / tari
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	tali, (elderly) tali / tari

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “talí”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[6], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 450
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “tali”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Latin

Etymology 1

See tālus.

Noun

tālī

1. inflection of tālus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Etymology 2

See tālis.

Adjective

tālī

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of tālis

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

tali

1. rope

Maguindanao

Noun

tali

1. rope

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih (compare Chamorro tali, Fijian dali, Tagalog tali), from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtali/ [ˈt̪a.li]
• Rhymes: -ali, -li, -i

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

tali (Jawi spelling تالي, plural tali-tali or tali²)

1. rope (thick, strong string)

Derived terms

• bertali
• bertalian
• pertali
• pisang tali

Descendants

• Indonesian: tali

Further reading

• "tali" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maranao

Noun

tali

1. rope

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih.

Noun

tali

1. rope

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈli/, [ta.ˈli]

Noun

tali

1. taro

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtaliʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.lɪʔ], (colloquial) /ˈtaleʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.lɛʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aliʔ
  • IPA^(key): /taˈliʔ/ [t̪ɐˈlɪʔ], (colloquial) /taˈleʔ/ [t̪ɐˈlɛʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧li

Noun

talì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. rope; string; twine; cord (something used for tying)

   Synonyms: lubid, pisi, leteng

2. act of tying

   Synonyms: pagtatali, pagkakatali

3. (by extension, colloquial) long confinement in the house (due to sickness, work, etc.)
4. (by extension, colloquial) act of having one's tubes tied; tube tying

Derived terms

• itali
• magkataling-puso
• magtali
• mapatali
• matali
• may-tali
• nakatali
• pagkakatali
• pagtatali
• panali
• talian
• walang-tali

See also

• bigkis
• buhol
• gapos
• pugal
• tanikala

Adjective

talî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

1. tied together (such as vegetable shoots, etc.)

   Synonyms: bigkis, nakabigkis, may-bigkis

2. tied; confined (of animals to be butchered)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈli/ [t̪ɐˈlɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ta‧li

Noun

talí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒ) (obsolete)

1. quietude; rest; state of inactivity

   Synonyms: pahinga, pamamahinga, tigil, pagtigil, hinto, paghinto

Usage notes

• No longer used on its own except in derived terms.

Derived terms

• di-matali

Anagrams

• lait, ilat, tila, alit, lati

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih.

Noun

tali

1. rope

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تالی (tāli, “that follows or goes behind, that succeeds”), from Arabic تَالٍ (tālin, “following, subsequent, next”), active participle of تَلَا (talā, “to follow, to walk behind another”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːˈliː/
• Hyphenation: ta‧li

Adjective

tali

1. (archaic) Of secondary degree, ancillary.

   Synonym: ikincil

Declension

Predicative forms of tali

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	taliyim	tali miyim?
sen (you are)	talisin	tali misin?
o (he/she/it is)	tali / talidir	tali mi?
biz (we are)	taliyiz	tali miyiz?
siz (you are)	talisiniz	tali misiniz?
onlar (they are)	tali(ler)	tali(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	taliydim	tali miydim?
sen (you were)	taliydin	tali miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	taliydi	tali miydi?
biz (we were)	taliydik	tali miydik?
siz (you were)	taliydiniz	tali miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	taliydiler	tali miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	taliymişim	tali miymişim?
sen (you were)	taliymişsin	tali miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	taliymiş	tali miymiş?
biz (we were)	taliymişiz	tali miymişiz?
siz (you were)	taliymişsiniz	tali miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	taliymişler	tali miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	taliysem	tali miysem?
sen (if you)	taliysen	tali miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	taliyse	tali miyse?
biz (if we)	taliysek	tali miysek?
siz (if you)	taliyseniz	tali miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	taliyseler	tali miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• tali yol

Related terms

• tilavet

Further reading

• “tali”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tali”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4565

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *taši (“there, in such a place”).

Particle

tali

1. there, place

   Tehim në shè tali òk ulepënàk.

   There are strawberries here, and onions.

   Mahtakèn yu tali.

   there was a fight in this place.

   Xaheli Lënapeyok ahpuwàk yu tali.

   There are many Delawares here.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “tali”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Tl
Previous: thuỷ ngân (Hg)
Next: chì (Pb)

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin thallium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧ li˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ta li

Noun

tali

1. thallium

Welsh

Alternative forms

• teli (literary)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtalɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈta(ː)li/

Verb

tali

1. second-person singular future colloqu of talu

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.

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

tali (definite form tali bi)

1. street

References

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 254