voli

See also: volí, vôli, and vô lí

Catalan

Verb

voli

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

Czech

Alternative forms

• volové

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolɪ]

Noun

voli

1. nominative/vocative plural of vůl

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German wollen, perhaps also Italian volere, Latin volō and French vouloir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoli]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: vo‧li

Verb

voli (present volas, past volis, future volos, conditional volus, volitive volu)

1. (transitive) to wish, to want

   Antonym: malvoli

   Mi volas novan aŭton sed mi ne povas pagi la koston de ĝi. ― I want a new car but I cannot afford it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of voli

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		volas		volis		volos
active participle		volanta	volantaj	volinta	volintaj	volonta	volontaj
	acc.	volantan	volantajn	volintan	volintajn	volontan	volontajn
passive participle		volata	volataj	volita	volitaj	volota	volotaj
	acc.	volatan	volatajn	volitan	volitajn	volotan	volotajn
nominal active participle		volanto	volantoj	volinto	volintoj	volonto	volontoj
	acc.	volanton	volantojn	volinton	volintojn	volonton	volontojn
nominal passive participle		volato	volatoj	volito	volitoj	voloto	volotoj
	acc.	volaton	volatojn	voliton	volitojn	voloton	volotojn
adverbial active participle		volante		volinte		volonte
adverbial passive participle		volate		volite		volote

infinitive		voli						imperative		volu						conditional		volus

Derived terms

• bonvola (“well-wishing”)
• kontraŭvola, malgraŭvola (“against one's will/wishes”)
• laŭvola (“elective, optional”)
• vola (“voluntary”)
• vole nevole (“voluntarily or involuntarily, like it or lump it”)
• vole (“voluntarily”)
• volo (“volition; one's wish”)

 

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *voli, from Proto-Oceanic *poli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli, *baliw.

Verb

voli

1. to buy (to obtain for money)

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.

Noun

voli m (plural voi)

1. (anatomy) eye

Icelandic

Noun

voli

1. indefinite dative singular of vol

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English volley, from Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.li/
• Rhymes: -li, -i
• Hyphenation: vo‧li

Noun

voli (plural voli-voli, first-person possessive voliku, second-person possessive volimu, third-person possessive volinya)

1. (sports) Ellipsis of bola voli (“volleyball”).
2. (sports) volley:
   1. The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
   2. A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.

Derived terms

• divoli
• memvoli
• pevoli

 

• bola voli
• voli pantai

 

Further reading

• “voli” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воля (volja).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoli/, [ˈʋo̞lʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoli/, [ˈʋo̞li]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: vo‧li

Noun

voli

1. power (lack of constraint)
2. freedom (state of being free)

Declension

Declension of voli (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	voli	volit
genitive	volin	volliin, voliloin
partitive	vollia	volija, voliloja
illative	vollii	vollii, voliloihe
inessive	volis	voliis, volilois
elative	volist	voliist, voliloist
allative	volille	voliille, voliloille
adessive	volil	voliil, voliloil
ablative	volilt	voliilt, voliloilt
translative	voliks	voliiks, voliloiks
essive	volinna, volliin	voliinna, voliloinna, volliin, voliloin
exessive1)	volint	voliint, voliloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 678

Italian

Noun

voli m pl

1. plural of volo

Verb

voli

1. inflection of volare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

voli (Cyrillic spelling воли)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboli/ [ˈbo.li]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: vo‧li

Noun

voli m (uncountable)

1. (Cuba) volleyball

Volapük

Noun

voli

1. accusative singular of vol

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воля (volja).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvoli/, [ˈvoli]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: vo‧li

Noun

voli

1. will, willpower
2. freedom

Inflection

Declension of voli (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	voli	volid
genitive	voli	volijõ, volii
partitive	vollia	voliitõ, volii
illative	vollisõ, volli	voliisõ
inessive	voliz	voliiz
elative	volissõ	voliissõ
allative	volilõ	voliilõ
adessive	volillõ	voliillõ
ablative	voliltõ	voliiltõ
translative	volissi	voliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “voli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn