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4-letter words (4 found)

ALIT,LATI,TAIL,TALI,

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AIL,AIT,ALT,ITA,LAT,LIT,TAI,TIL,

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AI,AL,AT,IT,LA,LI,TA,TI,

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Definitions and meaning of tali

tali

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɪ.laɪ/
  • 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

Bikol Central

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

Etymology 2

Noun

talì (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜒ)

  1. diligence, assiduousness
  2. meticulousness
    Synonym: tubis
  3. (by extension) intelligence, smartness
    Synonyms: dunong, tadong
Derived terms

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

  1. between, concerning two people or groups

Pronunciation 2

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

Noun

tali

  1. Clipping of tingali.

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

Derived terms

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 2023-07-03

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

Derived terms

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈtali/
  • Rhymes: -li, -i
  • Hyphenation: 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

Further reading

  • “tali” 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

Related to Finnish tai, possibly influenced by eli.

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

tali

  1. or

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

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

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 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): /tali/
  • Rhymes: -ali, -li, -i

Noun

tali (Jawi spelling تالي, plural tali-tali)

  1. rope (thick, strong string)

Derived terms

  • bertali
  • bertalian
  • pertali

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tali

Further reading

  • “tali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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, Kulon-Pazeh saris, Malay tali, Ilocano tali, Chamorro tali, Ma'anyan tadi, Malagasy tady, Tetum tali, Yapese tael, Pohnpeian sahl, Fijian dali, Maori 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
See also

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. (dated) Of secondary degree, ancillary.
    Synonym: ikincil

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

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

References

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

Vietnamese

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

Wolof

Pronunciation

Noun

tali (definite form tali bi)

  1. street

References

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


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