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4-letter words (5 found)

LIPA,PAIL,PALI,PIAL,PILA,

3-letter words (6 found)

AIL,ALP,LAP,LIP,PAL,PIA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AL,LA,LI,PA,PI,

You can make 17 words from pali according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pali

pali

English

Noun

pali

  1. plural of palus

Anagrams

  • ALIP, Lipa, Piła, lipa, pail, pial, pila

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpa.li]

Adjective

pali m or f (masculine and feminine plural palis)

  1. (relational) of Pali

Noun

pali m (uncountable)

  1. Pali

References

  • “pali”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “pali”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “pali” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “pali” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

  • pali on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon pali.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈliʔ/, [paˈliʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧li

Noun

palî

  1. scar

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.li/, [ˈpɐ.li]

Noun

pali

  1. cliff, precipice

Hungarian

Etymology

From the proper noun Pali, from Pál (“Paul”) +‎ -i (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒli]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

pali (plural palik)

  1. (slang, used chiefly in its derivatives) mug, dupe, sucker (a person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive person)
  2. (slang, dated) guy, bloke, fellow, chap
    Ki ez a pali? ― Who is this guy?

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • pali in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Hyphenation: pà‧li

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit पालि (pāli, “line, series”, referring to the series of canonical texts).

Noun

pali m (uncountable)

  1. Pali (Indo-Aryan language)

Adjective

pali (invariable)

  1. (relational) Pali

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pali m pl

  1. plural of palio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pali m pl

  1. plural of palo

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pali

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

Anagrams

  • Alpi, alpi, pila

Javanese

Romanization

pali

  1. romanization of ꦥꦭꦶ

Latin

Noun

pālī

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

Latvian

Noun

pali m pl (1st declension)

  1. flood, freshet (flood), high water, inundation

Declension

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpali/, [ˈpalʲi]

Verb

pali

  1. third-person singular present of paliś

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

palì

  1. (medicine) wound

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.li/
  • Rhymes: -li
  • Hyphenation: pa‧li

Etymology 1

wali, bali (“ritual requisites; ceremonial clothes; person in-charge of ritual or ceremony; tribute, offering”) +‎ pa-.

Root

pali

  1. ritual, ceremonies
Derived terms

Etymology 2

wali (“again; once more; to repeat”) +‎ pa-.

Root

pali

  1. repeatedly; insistence
Derived terms

Further reading

  • "pali" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: pa‧li
  • Homophone: Pali

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).

Noun

pali n (indeclinable)

  1. Pali (Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pali m inan

  1. genitive plural of pal

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pali

  1. third-person singular present of palić

Further reading

  • pali in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • język pali in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâːli/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧li

Etymology 1

Noun

pȃli m (Cyrillic spelling па̑ли)

  1. Pali (language)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pali (Cyrillic spelling пали)

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

Participle

pali (Cyrillic spelling пали)

  1. masculine plural active past participle of pȁsti

Spanish

Adjective

pali m or f (masculine and feminine plural palis)

  1. Pali

Noun

pali m (uncountable)

  1. Pali

Further reading

  • “pali”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈliʔ/ [pɐˈlɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: pa‧li

Noun

palî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒ)

  1. (anatomy) spleen
    Synonym: limpa

Anagrams

  • lipa, Lipa, pila, lapi, ilap

Thao

Noun

pali

  1. wing (of an animal)

Unami

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpali]

Adjective

pali

  1. other
  2. different

Adverb

pali

  1. away
  2. elsewhere

References

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpalɪ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpa(ː)li/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Welsh pali, from Old French palie.

Noun

pali m (plural palïau)

  1. brocade, satin
    Synonym: satin
  2. plush, velvet
    Synonym: melfed
Derived terms
  • cath bali (“ermine, stoat”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • (literary) peli

Verb

pali

  1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of palu

Mutation

References

Zotung Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *liː, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij. Cognates include Mizo pa-li and Zou li.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.liː/

Noun

pali

  1. four

See also

  • thum
  • pango

References


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