vali

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vali"

English

Etymology

From Turkish vali, from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin). Compare English vilayet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːˈlɪː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

vali (plural valis)

1. Alternative form of wali.

Anagrams

• LAIV, Vail, Vial, Vila, vail, vial, vila

Äiwoo

Verb

vali

1. to beat (to make noise; e.g. a drum)

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vale

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.

Noun

vali f (plural vãljuri, definite articulation valea)

1. valley

Synonyms

• clincã, trap

Derived terms

• vãlicã

Bunun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi (“day; sun”).

Noun

vali

1. sun

References

• “287824”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎^[1] (in Mandarin), Taipei: 財團法人原住民族語言研究發展基金會 [Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation], 2014–2026

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English valey, from Anglo-Norman valey.

Noun

vali

1. valley

Usage notes

• Given as feminine in An Gerlyver Meur, but masculine elsewhere.

Synonyms

• nans

Estonian

Verb

vali

1. present indicative connegative of valima
2. second-person singular imperative of valima

Galician

Verb

vali

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of valer

Ido

Noun

vali

1. plural of valo

Italian

Verb

vali

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

Anagrams

• alvi, lavi

Latvian

Noun

vali m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of valis

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vallem. Compare Romanian vale.

Noun

vali f

1. valley

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

[vali n]

1. definite plural of val

Old Norse

Noun

vali

1. inflection of valr:
   1. dative singular
   2. accusative plural

Portuguese

Verb

vali

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of valer

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English valve.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

vali class IX (plural vali class X)

1. valve

   Synonym: valvu

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wali. Cognates include Samoan vali and Tuvaluan vali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈva.li]
• Hyphenation: va‧li

Noun

vali

1. paint, dye

Verb

vali

1. (transitive) to paint

Derived terms

• valivali

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 424

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish والی (vali), from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaː.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vali (definite accusative valiyi, plural valiler)

1. governor

Declension

Declension of vali

singular plural nominative vali valiler definite accusative valiyi valileri dative valiye valilere locative valide valilerde ablative validen valilerden genitive valinin valilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular valim valilerim 2nd singular valin valilerin 3rd singular valisi valileri 1st plural valimiz valilerimiz 2nd plural valiniz valileriniz 3rd plural valileri valileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular valimi valilerimi 2nd singular valini valilerini 3rd singular valisini valilerini 1st plural valimizi valilerimizi 2nd plural valinizi valilerinizi 3rd plural valilerini valilerini dative singular plural 1st singular valime valilerime 2nd singular valine valilerine 3rd singular valisine valilerine 1st plural valimize valilerimize 2nd plural valinize valilerinize 3rd plural valilerine valilerine locative singular plural 1st singular valimde valilerimde 2nd singular valinde valilerinde 3rd singular valisinde valilerinde 1st plural valimizde valilerimizde 2nd plural valinizde valilerinizde 3rd plural valilerinde valilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular valimden valilerimden 2nd singular valinden valilerinden 3rd singular valisinden valilerinden 1st plural valimizden valilerimizden 2nd plural valinizden valilerinizden 3rd plural valilerinden valilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular valimin valilerimin 2nd singular valinin valilerinin 3rd singular valisinin valilerinin 1st plural valimizin valilerimizin 2nd plural valinizin valilerinizin 3rd plural valilerinin valilerinin

Derived terms

• valilik

Related terms

• velayet
• vilayet

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “vali”, in Nişanyan Sözlük