ti

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ti"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: T, te, tea, tee

Etymology 1

Alteration of si, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter.

Noun

ti (plural tis)

1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

Synonyms

• (music): si

Translations

seventh note of a major scale — see si

Etymology 2

From a Polynesian language, related to Hawaiian kī.

Alternative forms

• ki

Noun

ti (plural tis)

1. The good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.

Anagrams

• 'it, IT, It., It⁺⁶, it

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Abinomn

Noun

ti

1. taro

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; accusative ty is from Proto-Albanian *twā from emphatic *tu̯ḗm, clitic të is from clitic *te, and ablative teje is from locative *toí + -je from meje (see unë).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/

Pronoun

ti (accusative ty, dative ty, ablative teje)

1. you (singular)

Declension

forms of ti

	ti (2nd person singular)
nominative	ti
ablative	teje
	full form	clitic
accusative	ty	të
dative	ty	të
	possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
	yt	yti

See also

Albanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		unë	ne
2nd person		ti	ju
3rd person	masculine	ai	ata
	feminine	ajo	ato

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin tē, accusative of tū. Compare Romanian te.

Pronoun

ti (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)

1. (direct object) you

Related terms

• tini
• tu

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Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *tiː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iiʔ. Cognate with Pacoh ati, Khmer ដៃ (day), Bolyu ti⁵⁵, Riang [Lang] tiʔ¹.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

Noun

ti

1. hand

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Noun

ti m

1. house

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Byangsi

Noun

ti (transliteration needed)

1. water

References

• Yasuhiko Nagano, Randy J. LaPolla, New Research on Zhangzhung and Related Himalayan Languages (2001)
• Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand (1989), section Chaudangsi-Byangsi, page 161:

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Chaudangsi

Noun

ti

1. water

References

• Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand (1989), section Chaudangsi-Byangsi, page 161:

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Choctaw

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː(ʔ)/
• Transcription: tii'

Noun

tī (alienable)

1. tea

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

Noun

ti

1. tea

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Corsican

Etymology

From Latin te. Cognates include Italian te, ti and French te.

Pronoun

ti

1. thee, you (singular; both direct and indirect object)

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella		a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle		e, l'	elle

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

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Czech

Etymology

Inflected form of ten.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Pronoun

ti

1. they, those

   Kde jsou Pavel s Ivanou? Ti přijdou později. ― Where are Pavel and Ivana? Those two will come later.

2. to you

   Dávám ti to na opravu. ― I give it to you to repair.

Synonyms

• oni
• tobě

Related terms

• tito
• ty

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Danish

Danish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ti     Ordinal : tiende

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːˀ/, [ˈtˢiˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, cognate with Norwegian ti, Swedish tio, English ten, German zehn. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”), which is also the source of Latin decem, Ancient Greek δέκα (déka).

Numeral

ti

1. ten

Derived terms

• tiende
• tital
• selvtiende
• titusinder
• tiår, tiårig, tiårs
• tiøre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ti

1. imperative of tie

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Darmiya

Noun

ti

1. water

References

• A Descriptive Grammar of Darma: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language (2007)

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Dogrib

Noun

ti

1. water
2. liquid
3. lake

References

• Tłįįchǫ yati Enįhtł'è (1996; published by the Dogrib Divisional Board of Education, Dogrib Language Centre)
• Thomas Sebeok, Native Languages of the Americas, volume 1, page 292: [Howren] notes u > i in Dogrib (ti 'water', Hare-Bearlake tu; this shift occurs also in Ingalik and Tanaina in Alaska)

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Fijian

Noun

ti

1. tea

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Finnish

Etymology 1

From tiistai (“Tuesday”).

Pronunciation

As tiistai.

Noun

ti

1. Abbreviation of tiistai (“Tuesday”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti/, [ˈt̪i]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ti

Noun

ti

1. dit (spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code)

Declension

• not inflected

Synonyms

• piste

Derived terms

• titata
• titaus
• titari

Related terms

• taa (dah)

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French

Etymology

From est-il (literally “is it?”). Compare Canadian French tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/

• Audio

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Particle

ti

1. (dated, colloquial) question marker

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tē, accusative singular of tū. As an indirect object, in part from Latin tibi, dative singular of tū, through a Vulgar Latin *ti.

Pronoun

ti (second person direct object, indirect object)

1. (direct object) you
2. (indirect object) to you
3. (reflexive) yourself

Related terms

• tu

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Galician

Alternative forms

• tu

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tu, ti; from Latin tū. The accusative is from Latin tē; one dative form, used after a preposition, from tibi; the other dative form, from metanalysis of the contractions of te + article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti/, /ti/

Pronoun

ti (after a preposition che, accusative te, dative ti)

1. you (singular)

   Synonyms: vós, vostede, Vde.

References

• “ti” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “ti” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ti” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ti” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French petit (“little”). 

Adjective

ti

1. little

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tîː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tîː]

Noun

tî m (possessed form tîn)

1. tea

   Synonym: shayi

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ti

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *te. Compare Finnish te.

Pronoun

ti

1. (personal) y'all, you (second-person plural, nominative, informal form), you guys

Declension

declension of ti nominative ti accusative titeket dative nektek instrumental veletek causal-final értetek inessive bennetek superessive rajtatok adessive nálatok illative belétek sublative rátok allative hozzátok elative belőletek delative rólatok ablative tőletek

Derived terms

Note: In all these forms, ti is optional and only serves for emphasis.

• tialattatok, tiáltalatok, tielőttetek etc. (ti + a postposition with the second-person plural personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
• tinektek, tiveletek, tihozzátok etc. (ti + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

solmisation

ti (plural tik)

2. si, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale

   Coordinate terms: dó, ré, mi, fá, szó, lá

3. dot (the short mark, one of the two symbols used in Morse code)

Declension

Its inflected forms are uncommon.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ti	tik
accusative	tit	tiket
dative	tinek	tiknek
instrumental	tivel	tikkel
causal-final	tiért	tikért
translative	tivé	tikké
terminative	tiig	tikig
essive-formal	tiként	tikként
essive-modal	tiül	—
inessive	tiben	tikben
superessive	tin	tiken
adessive	tinél	tiknél
illative	tibe	tikbe
sublative	tire	tikre
allative	tihez	tikhez
elative	tiből	tikből
delative	tiről	tikről
ablative	titől	tiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	tié	tiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tiéi	tikéi

Possessive forms of ti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tim	tijeim
2nd person sing.	tid	tijeid
3rd person sing.	tije	tijei
1st person plural	tink	tijeink
2nd person plural	titek	tijeitek
3rd person plural	tijük	tijeik

or (to reinforce the distinction from the inflection of the personal pronoun)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ti	ti-k
accusative	ti-t	ti-ket
dative	ti-nek	ti-knek
instrumental	ti-vel	ti-kkel
causal-final	ti-ért	ti-kért
translative	ti-vé	ti-kké
terminative	ti-ig	ti-kig
essive-formal	ti-ként	ti-kként
essive-modal	ti-ül	—
inessive	ti-ben	ti-kben
superessive	ti-n	ti-ken
adessive	ti-nél	ti-knél
illative	ti-be	ti-kbe
sublative	ti-re	ti-kre
allative	ti-hez	ti-khez
elative	ti-ből	ti-kből
delative	ti-ről	ti-kről
ablative	ti-től	ti-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	ti-é	ti-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ti-éi	ti-kéi

Possessive forms of ti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ti-m	ti-jeim
2nd person sing.	ti-d	ti-jeid
3rd person sing.	ti-je	ti-jei
1st person plural	ti-nk	ti-jeink
2nd person plural	ti-tek	ti-jeitek
3rd person plural	ti-jük	ti-jeik

Further reading

• (Hungarian) An article on solfège with hand signs

Further reading

• (you guys): ti in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (ti [solfège sign]): ti in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/

Pronoun

ti

1. Alternative form of iti (“those people, those things”)

   Ti esas plu forta, ma ci plu bela. ― Those guys are stronger, but these guys are prettier.

   Yes, ma me kredas ke ti esas plu bona. ― Yes, but I think that those (things) are better.

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

ti

1. you (second-person singular personal pronoun)
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:

     Ti son la manduleîna inzucherada.

     You are the sugared almond.

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin tē (the name of the letter T).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^**/ˈti/^*
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: tì

Noun

ti f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.; tee

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Etymology 2

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”). As a dative, in part from Latin tibi, dative of tū, through a Vulgar Latin *ti.

Alternative forms

• -ti (enclitic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/^°
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ti

Pronoun

ti

1. accusative/dative of tu; you
2. second-person singular of si; you

Usage notes

Becomes te when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Conjunctive	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te
	third	m	lui	si2, s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se2	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f	lei, Lei1		la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1	le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1		lei, Lei1, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi4	vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4			ve	voi, Voi4
	third	m	loro, Loro1	si, s', -si	li, Li1, -li, -Li1	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1	glie, se	loro, Loro1, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f			le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti/^°, (traditional) /ˈti/^*
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: tì

Noun

ti m (invariable)

1. (music) ti (note)
2. (music) B (note and scale)

Further reading

• Italian grammar: Pronouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ti (nota) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Japanese

Romanization

ti

1. Rōmaji transcription of てぃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ティ

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Kikuyu

Particle

ti

1. (negation) not

   Gũtema na kanua ti gũtema na rũhiũ

   Cutting with a mouth is not cutting with a knife.

See also

• aca

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Ladin

Etymology

te +‎ i

Contraction

ti

1. in the (masculine plural)

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Lai

Noun

ti

1. water

References

• English to Hakha-Chin Online Dictionary
• English to Chin (Hakha) Dictionary

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Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin tē, accusative of tū (“you”), from Proto-Italic *tū (accusative *tē), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂, (accusative *twé ~ *te).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/

Pronoun

ti

1. you (singular)

See also

• mi
• lê
• noî, niâtri
• voî, viâtri
• lô, liâtri

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Lote

Noun

ti

1. tea

References

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote grammar sketch (2008)

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Mandarin

Romanization

ti

1. Nonstandard spelling of tī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tì.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mara Chin

Noun

ti

1. water

References

• Fred W. Savidge, A grammar and dictionary of the Lakher language (1908)
• marasaw.com wordlist

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Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”). Doublet of wōja and oja.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tˠi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠij/
• Bender phonemes: {tiy}

Noun

ti

1. tea

Synonyms

• oja
• wōja

Verb

ti

1. to pour in tea

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French été (“been”). Compare Haitian Creole te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃi/

Verb

ti (medial form ti)

1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate past tense.

Related terms

• ti ape
• ti finn
• ti pou

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Middle English

Determiner

ti

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þi (“thy”)

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Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *diː ~ tiː (“to go, to walk”). Cognate with Vietnamese đi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti¹/

Verb

ti

1. (Mường Bi) to go; to walk

   Da ti no đỉ?

   Where are you going?

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ti     Ordinal : tiende

Etymology

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, Swedish tio, Danish ti and English ten.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: tee

Numeral

ti

1. ten

Derived terms

• tidel
• tikamp
• titusen
• titusenvis
• tiår
• årti

 

Related terms

• tiende

References

• “ti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/ (example of pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: tee, tid

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Germanic cognates include Norwegian Bokmål and Danish ti, Swedish tio, Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, German zehn, Dutch tien, Saterland Frisian tjoon, English ten, and Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Irish deich, Latin decem, Lithuanian dešimt, Persian ده‎, Russian десять (desjatʹ), and Sanskrit दश (daśa).

Numeral

ti

2. ten

Derived terms

• tiar
• tidel
• tidels
• tidelt
• tidobbel
• tidoble
• tifald
• tifaldig
• tifotkreps
• tigong
• tikamp
• tikjempar
• tikroning
• ti på topp
• titusen
• tiår

 

Related terms

• tiande
• tiend f

Etymology 2

Alteration of si, so that every note of the solfège would begin with a different letter.

Alternative forms

• si

Noun

ti m (definite singular ti-en, indefinite plural ti-ar, definite plural ti-ane)

2. (music) ti, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

Coordinate terms

• (scale of solfège): do, re, mi, fa, so (or sol), la, ti (or si), do

References

• “ti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• it, IT, Ti

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Old French

Pronoun

ti pl

1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

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Pali

Pali cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : ti     Ordinal : tatiya

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ति (Devanagari script)
• তি (Bengali script)
• ති (Sinhalese script)
• တိ (Burmese script)
• ติ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕິ (Lao script)
• តិ (Khmer script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रि (tri).

Numeral

ti

1. three

Declension

Declension table of "ti" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tayo
Accusative (second)	tayo
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

Declension table of "ti" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tisso
Accusative (second)	tisso
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tissannaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tissannaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

Declension table of "ti" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tīṇi
Accusative (second)	tīṇi
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

Particle

ti

1. elided form of iti

References

• Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “ti”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Pattani

Noun

ti

1. water

References

• 1972, Paul Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus, p. 26 (as Manchati)

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/

Pronoun

ti

1. thee, you

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi, from Proto-Indo-European *tébʰye, dative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈt͡ʃi/, [ˈt͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈti/, [ˈti]

• (Northeast Brazil, South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ti/
• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

ti

1. prepositional of tu

   Dá-los-ei a ti.

   I will give them to you.

Usage notes

In everyday parlance, this pronoun is often replaced by tu in many Brazilian dialects that use "tu".

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se			si		consigo
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se			si		consigo
Indefinite				se			si		consigo

Etymology 2

Adjective

ti (invariable, comparable)

1. (lexicography) Initialism of transitivo indireto.

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

ti

1. you (singular familiar)

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Sassarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/

Etymology 1

From Latin tē (the name of the letter T).

Noun

ti f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.; tee

Etymology 2

From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”). As a dative, in part from Latin tibi, dative of tū, through a Vulgar Latin *ti.

Alternative forms

• t' (apocopic)
• -ti, -tti (enclitic)

Pronoun

ti

1. (reflexive) yourself

   Cumenti ti ciami? ― What's your name? (literally, “How do you call yourself?”)

2. dative of tu: to you

   Abà ti lu diggu ― Now I'll tell you. (literally, “Now I tell it to you”)

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

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Scots

Particle

ti

1. (South Scots) to

Preposition

ti

1. (South Scots) to

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tîː/

Pronoun

tȋ (Cyrillic spelling ти̑)

1. (in the singular) you

Declension

Declension of ti

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs
vocative	tî	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

ti

1. to you (clitic dative singular of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (vocative singular of tȋ (“you”))
3. (emphatic, possessive, dative) your, of yours (clitic dative singular of tȋ (“I”))

   Želiš još?! Gdje ti je granica?! ― You want more?! Where's your limit?!

   Gdje ti je auto? ― Where is your car?

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

tȋ

1. masculine nominative plural of taj; those

   Tko su ti ljudi? ― Who are those people?

Etymology 4

Adverb

ti (Cyrillic spelling ти)

1. (emphatic, informal) Used to reinforce a statement that is thought to be of interest to the listener, usually referring to oneself or third parties.

   Ja ti radim i vikendom. ― I work on the weekends as well.

   On ti se odselio još davno. ― He moved away a long time ago.

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Slovak

Alternative forms

• tebe

Pronoun

ti

1. dative of ty

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tíː/

Pronoun

tȋ

1. you (singular); thou

Inflection

Declension of ti (irregular, suppletive)

singular
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	jàz	tí	—
accusative	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
genitive	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
dative	méni, mi	tébi, ti	sébi, si
locative	méni	tébi	sébi
instrumental	menój, máno	tebój, tábo	sebój, sábo
possessive	mój	tvój	svój
dual
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mídva m, médve/mídve f or n	vídva m, védve/vídve f or n	—
accusative	náju	váju	sébe, se
genitive	náju	váju	sébe, se
dative	náma	váma	sébi, si
locative	náju	váju	sébi
instrumental	náma	váma	sebój, sábo
possessive	nájin	vájin	svój
plural
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mí m, mé f or n	ví m, vé f or n	—
accusative	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
genitive	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
dative	nàm	vàm	sébi, si
locative	nàs	vàs	sébi
instrumental	nàmi	vàmi	sebój, sábo
possessive	nàš	vàš	svój

Derived terms

• tīkati

See also

Slovene personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person		m	jaz	midva	mi
		f		medve, midve	me
2nd person	familiar	m	ti	vidva	vi
		f		vedve, vidve	ve
	polite	m	vi	vidva	vi
		f	vi	vedve, vidve	ve
3rd person		m	on	onadva	oni
		f	ona	onedve, onidve	one
		n	ono	onedve, onidve	ona

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South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰì/

Noun

ti

1. Jean Marie River form of tu

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 44

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tibi, dative of tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti/, [ˈt̪i]
• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

ti

1. you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)

   ¡Felicidades a ti! ― Congratulations to you!

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí1
	plural	masculine2		nosotros	nos		nosotros
		feminine		nosotras			nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti1
		voseo		vos			vos
		formal3		usted	le, se4	lo/la5	usted
	plural	familiar6	masculine2	vosotros	os		vosotros
			feminine	vosotras			vosotras
		formal/general3		ustedes	les, se4	los/las5	ustedes
third person	singular	masculine2		él	le, se4	lo	él
		feminine		ella		la	ella
		neuter		ello7		lo/la5	ello
	plural	masculine2		ellos	les, se4	los	ellos
		feminine		ellas		las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí1

1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
6. Used primarily in Spain
7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further reading

• “ti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Sumerian

Romanization

ti

1. Romanization of 𒋾 (ti)

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Tapayuna

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ci (“bone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt̪i]

Noun

ti

1. bone

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Tiwa

Noun

ti

1. water

References

• The Bodos in Assam: a socio-cultural study, year 2005-2006 (2007)

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English tea.

Noun

ti

1. tea

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Vayu

Noun

ti

1. water

References

• Paul K. Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus (1972, →ISBN, page 26

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• ty

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 司.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ti˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧]

Noun

ti

1. (obsolete) department, division of a ministry

Synonyms

• sở

Derived terms

• công ti

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Wancho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti⁵²/

Noun

ti

1. water

References

• Robbins Burling, Mankai Wangsu, Wancho Phonology and word list, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 21.2 (1998)

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Wastek

Adverb

ti

1. on

References

• wordlist

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/
• Homophones: tu (South Wales), tŷ (South Wales)
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Alternative forms

• di
• ’th
• chdi

Pronoun

ti

1. you (singular); thou

Usage notes

The pronoun ti can be used by itself colloquially where the affirmative second-person singular present tense of the verb ‘to be’ (rwyt) would be expected, e.g. Ti’n edrych yn union fel dy dad (‘You look just like your father’) instead of Rwyt ti’n edrych....

Mutation

The soft mutation di is used after verb forms ending in a vowel, and as an emphatic after dy (“your”). The nasal mutation does not occur, and the aspirate mutation is often ignored as well.

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	unchanged	unchanged or thi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tee.

Noun

ti m (plural tiau)

1. tee

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	nhi	thi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

Noun

ti f (plural tiau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tí/

Noun

tí

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tí/

Pronoun

tí

1. (relative) which, who, that

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tī/

Particle

ti

1. Marks the perfective aspect, for actions that are completed.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tī/

Verb

ti

1. (transitive) to push
2. (transitive) to close

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tī/

Verb

ti

1. (intransitive) to arrive at

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tì/

Verb

tì

1. (intransitive) not be able, cannot

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Zacatepec Chatino

Etymology 1

Adjective

ti

1. Alternative form of lti

Etymology 2

Noun

ti

1. Alternative form of lti

Etymology 3

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

Noun

ti

1. day before yesterday