English Online Dictionary. What means ti? What does ti mean?
Translingual
Symbol
ti
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tigrinya.
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Tigrinya terms
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Homophones: T, te, tea, tee
Etymology 1
Coined by English music educator Sarah Anna Glover in 1812 as an alteration of si for her solmization, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter, from Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Noun
ti (plural tis)
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
Synonyms
- (music): si
Translations
Etymology 2
From a Polynesian language, related to Hawaiian kī.
Alternative forms
- ki
Noun
ti (plural tis)
- The good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.
See also
- ti bon ange
- ti-tree
Anagrams
- 'it, It., IT, it, It⁺⁶, It
Abinomn
Noun
ti
- taro
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; modern accusative ty is from Proto-Albanian 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)
- you (singular)
Declension
See also
Aromanian
Etymology
From Latin tē, accusative of tū. Compare Romanian te.
Pronoun
ti (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)
- (direct object) you
Related terms
- tini
- tu
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti/, [ˈt̪i]
Interjection
ti
- interjection used to call goats
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
- hand
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.
Noun
ti m
- house
Byangsi
Noun
ti
- 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:
Chaudangsi
Noun
ti
- water
References
- Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand (1989), section Chaudangsi-Byangsi, page 161:
Choctaw
Etymology
Borrowed from English tea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiː(ʔ)/
- Transcription: tii'
Noun
tī (alienable)
- tea
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from English tea.
Noun
ti
- tea
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin te. Cognates include Italian te, ti and French te.
Pronoun
ti
- thee, you (singular; both direct and indirect object)
See also
References
- https://infcor.adecec.net/
Czech
Etymology
Inflected form of ten or ty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈcɪ]
Pronoun
ti
- they, those
- Kde jsou Pavel s Ivanou? Ti přijdou později. ― Where are Pavel and Ivana? Those two will come later.
- to you
- Dávám ti to na opravu. ― I give it to you to repair.
Synonyms
- oni
- tobě
Related terms
Danish
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
- ten
Derived terms
- tiende
- tital
- selvtiende
- titusinder
- tiår, tiårig, tiårs
- tiøre
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ti
- imperative of tie
Darmiya
Noun
ti
- water
References
- A Descriptive Grammar of Darma: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language (2007)
Dogrib
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.
Noun
ti
- water
- liquid
- 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)
Fala
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi.
Pronoun
ti
- Second person singular prepositional pronoun; you
See also
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Fijian
Noun
ti
- tea
Finnish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
As tiistai.
Noun
ti
- Abbreviation of tiistai (“Tuesday”).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English dit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti/, [ˈt̪i]
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation(key): ti
Noun
ti
- 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)
French
Etymology
From est-il (literally “is it?”). Compare Canadian French tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Particle
ti
- (dated, colloquial) question marker
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)
- (direct object) you
- (indirect object) to you
- (reflexive pronoun) yourself
Related terms
- tu
Galician
Alternative forms
- tu
Etymology
From Old Galician-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/ [ˈt̪i]
- Rhymes: -i
Pronoun
ti (after a preposition ti, accusative te, dative che)
- you (singular)
- Synonyms: vós, vostede, Vde.
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ti”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ti”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ti”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ti”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French petit (“little”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Adjective
ti
- little
Hanunoo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti/ [ˈti]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ti
Article
ti (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜲ)
- the one; that which
- mayad ti tawo ― the person is good
- ti manga daot ― the (things which are) bad
See also
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 273
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from English tea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tîː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tîː]
Noun
tî m (possessed form tîn)
- tea
- Synonym: shayi
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈti]
- Rhymes: -ti
Etymology 1
From Proto-Uralic *te. Compare Finnish te.
Pronoun
ti
- (personal) you guys, y'all, you all, you (second-person plural, nominative, informal form)
Declension
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
ti (plural tik)
- si, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale
- Coordinate terms: dó, ré, mi, fá, szó, lá
- dot (the short mark, one of the two symbols used in Morse code)
Declension
Its inflected forms are uncommon.
or (to reinforce the distinction from the inflection of the personal pronoun)
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”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiʔ/
Conjunction
ti
- which ((relative) who, whom, what)
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Pronoun
ti
- 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.
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English ti, from alteration of si, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
- Rhymes: -ti
- Hyphenation: ti
Noun
ti
- (music) ti (a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale)
- Synonym: si
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin tū.
Pronoun
ti
- you (second-person singular personal pronoun)
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): **/ˈti/*
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: tì
Noun
ti f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.; tee
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, 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
- accusative/dative of tu; you
- 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
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti/°, (traditional) /ˈti/*
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: tì
Noun
ti m (invariable)
- (music) ti (note)
- (music) B (note and scale)
Further reading
- Italian grammar: Pronouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ti (nota) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Japanese
Romanization
ti
- The katakana syllable ティ (ti) in Hepburn-like romanization.
Kikuyu
Particle
ti
- (negation) not
See also
- aca
References
Ladin
Etymology
te + i
Contraction
ti
- in the (masculine plural)
Lai
Noun
ti
- water
References
- English to Hakha-Chin Online Dictionary
- English to Chin (Hakha) Dictionary
Laz
Noun
ti
- Latin spelling of თი (ti)
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
- you (singular)
See also
- mi
- lê
- noî, niâtri
- voî, viâtri
- lô, liâtri
Lote
Noun
ti
- tea
References
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote grammar sketch (2008)
Mandarin
Romanization
ti
- Nonstandard spelling of tī.
- Nonstandard spelling of tí.
- Nonstandard spelling of tǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of tì.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Mara Chin
Noun
ti
- water
References
- Fred W. Savidge, A grammar and dictionary of the Lakher language (1908)
- marasaw.com wordlist
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 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:
Noun
ti
- tea
Synonyms
- oja
- wōja
Verb
ti
- to pour in tea
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French été (“been”). Compare Haitian Creole te.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡si/
Verb
ti (medial form ti)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate past tense.
Related terms
- ti ape
- ti finn
- ti pou
Middle English
Determiner
ti
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þi (“thy”)
Muong
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *diː ~ tiː (“to go, to walk”). Cognate with Vietnamese đi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti¹/
Verb
ti
- (Mường Bi) to go; to walk
References
- Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)[2], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội
Norwegian Bokmål
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
- ten
Derived terms
Related terms
- tiende
References
- “ti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiː/
- 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
- ten
Derived terms
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)
- (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
Etymology 3
From uti, similarly to tu (“out of”) and tå (“of”). Compare also Dalecarlian Swedish ti (“in”).
Preposition
ti
- (dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Alternative form of uti
- (dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Alternative form of i
References
- “ti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- it, IT, Ti
Old French
Pronoun
ti pl
- your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
Old High German
Preposition
ti
- Alternative form of zi
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit त्रि (tri).
Numeral
ti
- three
Declension
Particle
ti
- elided form of iti
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ti”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Pattani
Noun
ti
- water
References
- 1972, Paul Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus, p. 26 (as Manchati)
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Pronoun
ti
- thee, you
Pirahã
Etymology
Possibly related to Guaraní che
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪ̀/
Pronoun
ti
- I (first-person subject pronoun)
- me (first-person object pronoun)
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi, from Proto-Indo-European *tébʰye, dative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ti/
- Rhymes: -i
Pronoun
ti
- prepositional of tu
Usage notes
In everyday parlance, this pronoun is often replaced by tu in many Brazilian dialects that use "tu".
See also
Etymology 2
Adjective
ti (invariable)
- (lexicography) Initialism of transitivo indireto.
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin tū.
Pronoun
ti
- you (singular familiar)
Sassarese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Etymology 1
From Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
Noun
ti f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/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
- (reflexive pronoun) yourself
- Cumenti ti ciami? ― What's your name? (literally, “How do you call yourself?”)
- 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
Scots
Particle
ti
- (Southern Scots) to
Preposition
ti
- (Southern Scots) to
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)
- (in the singular) you
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
ti
- to you (clitic dative singular of tȋ (“you”))
- you (vocative singular of tȋ (“you”))
- (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
- masculine nominative plural of taj; those
- Tko su ti ljudi? ― Who are those people?
Etymology 4
Adverb
ti (Cyrillic spelling ти)
- (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.
Slovak
Alternative forms
- tebe
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ti.
Pronoun
ti
- dative of ty
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tíː/
Pronoun
tȋ
- you (singular); thou
- (impersonal) one
Inflection
Noun
tȋ m
- (only used in set phrases) use of familiar personal pronouns instead of polite ones
- S svojo šefico sva prešli na ti. ― My boss and I have started to use familiar personal pronouns.
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
see tȃ
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /tíː/
Determiner
ti
- nominative dual feminine and neuter of tȃ
- accusative dual feminine and neuter of tȃ
- nominative plural masculine of tȃ
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /tí/
Determiner
ti
- (stylistical) dative singular feminine of tȃ
- (stylistical) locative singular feminine of tȃ
Etymology 3
From English ti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tíː/
Noun
tȋ m inan
- (music) ti, si
- Synonym: sȋ
Usage notes
Name ti is not officially recognized as a synonym of si.[→SSKJ, SP]
Inflection
- dialectal
See also
Further reading
- “ti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “ti”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
South Slavey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʰì(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: ti
Noun
ti (stem -ti-)
- Jean Marie River form of tu
Inflection
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 44
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin tibi, dative of tu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti/ [ˈt̪i]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ti
Pronoun
ti
- you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)
- ¡Felicidades a ti! ― Congratulations to you!
See also
Further reading
- “ti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Sumerian
Romanization
ti
- Romanization of 𒋾
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English tee, the English name of the letter T/t.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ti/ [t̪ɪ]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: ti
Noun
ti (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)
- the name of the Latin-script letter T/t, in the Filipino alphabet
- Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) ta, (in the Abecedario) te
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
Further reading
- “ti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tapayuna
Etymology
From Proto-Northern Jê *ci (“bone”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈt̪i]
Noun
ti
- bone
Tiwa
Noun
ti
- water
References
- The Bodos in Assam: a socio-cultural study, year 2005-2006 (2007)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English tea.
Noun
ti
- tea
Tooro
Etymology
Inherited from Common Bantu *tì (“say; quote; that, namely”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Adverb
-ti
- like this
- abantu bakora bati ― people do this; people work like this
- Used to introduce direct speech or writing.
Inflection
See also
- ngu
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 438-439
- Entry 2879 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
Vayu
Noun
ti
- water
References
- Paul K. Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus (1972, →ISBN, page 26
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- ty
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ti˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɪj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɪj˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 司.
Noun
ti
- (obsolete) department, division of a ministry
Synonyms
- sở
Derived terms
- công ti
Etymology 2
Noun
ti
- (colloquial) Alternative form of tí (“breast”)
Wancho
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti⁵²/
Noun
ti
- water
References
- Robbins Burling, Mankai Wangsu, Wancho Phonology and word list, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 21.2 (1998)
Wastek
Adverb
ti
- on
References
- wordlist
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
- 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
Mutation
The soft mutation di is used after verb forms ending in a vowel, and as an emphatic after dy (“your”) (except with dy (“bod”) when introducing a content clause. The nasal mutation does not occur, and the aspirate mutation is often ignored more so than is the case in normal colloquial language.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English tee.
Noun
ti m (plural tiau)
- tee
Mutation
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiː/
Noun
ti f (plural tiau)
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/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 / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tí/
Noun
tí
- The name of the Latin-script letter T/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
- (relative) which, who, that
- Synonym: (Oǹdó, Ìkálẹ̀, Ìlàjẹ) yí
- Adìyẹ tí mo rà. ― The chicken that I bought.
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- tíì (when following kò (“negation particle”))
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tī/
Particle
ti
- Marks the perfective aspect, for actions that are completed.
- Mo ti ṣe é tán. ― I have completed it.
- Wọn ò tí ì ka ìwé tí olùkọ́ fún wọn. ― They have not read the book that the teacher gave them.
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tì/
Verb
tì
- (transitive) to push; to lean on
- (transitive) to close; to shut
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tī/
Verb
ti
- (intransitive) to arrive at
Etymology 6
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tì/
Verb
tì
- (intransitive) not be able, cannot
Zacatepec Chatino
Etymology 1
Adjective
ti
- Alternative form of lti
Etymology 2
Noun
ti
- 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
- day before yesterday