ti - synonyms, antonyms, definitions

ti

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of ti in English

English Online Dictionary. What means ti‎? What does ti mean?

Translingual

Symbol

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tigrinya.

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Homophones: T, te, tea, tee

Etymology 1

Alteration of si, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter.

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

Noun

ti (plural tis)

The good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.

Anagrams

'it, IT, It., It⁺⁶, it

Abinomn

Noun

taro

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; accusative ty is from 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

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

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

hand

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Noun

ti m

house

Byangsi

Noun

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

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)

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

Noun

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin te. Cognates include Italian te, ti and French te.

Pronoun

thee, you (singular; both direct and indirect object)

References

https://infcor.adecec.net/

Czech

Etymology

Inflected form of ten or ty.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈcɪ]

Pronoun

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

Derived terms

tiende
tital
selvtiende
titusinder
tiår, tiårig, tiårs
tiøre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

imperative of tie

Darmiya

Noun

water

References

A Descriptive Grammar of Darma: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language (2007)

Dogrib

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

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

Second person singular prepositional pronoun; you

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Fijian

Noun

Finnish

Etymology 1

From tiistai (“Tuesday”).

Pronunciation

As tiistai.

Noun

Abbreviation of tiistai (“Tuesday”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈti/, [ˈt̪i]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification^(key): ti

Noun

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

(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) yourself

Related terms

Galician

Alternative forms

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

“ti” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“ti” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“ti” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“ti” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French petit (“little”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Adjective

little

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

(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)

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiʔ/

Conjunction

which ((relative) who, whom, what)

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Pronoun

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.

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

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.; 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

-ti (enclitic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/^°
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: ti

Pronoun

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).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈti/^°, (traditional) /ˈti/^*
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: tì

Noun

ti m (invariable)

(music) ti (note)
(music) B (note and scale)

Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of てぃ
Rōmaji transcription of ティ

Kikuyu

Particle

(negation) not

References

Ladin

Etymology

te +‎ i

Contraction

in the (masculine plural)

Lai

Noun

water

References

English to Hakha-Chin Online Dictionary
English to Chin (Hakha) Dictionary

Laz

Noun

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

you (singular)

Lote

Noun

References

Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote grammar sketch (2008)

Mandarin

Romanization

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

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

Synonyms

oja
wōja

Verb

to pour in tea

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ty.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈti]
Syllabification: ti

Pronoun

you (second person singular pronoun)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French été (“been”). Compare Haitian Creole te.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃi/

Verb

ti (medial form ti)

(auxiliary) Used to indicate past tense.

Related terms

ti ape
ti finn
ti pou

Middle English

Determiner

(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

(Mường Bi) to go; to walk

References

Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), 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

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 , Russian десять (desjatʹ), and Sanskrit दश (daśa).

Numeral

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

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

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

Alternative form of zi

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रि (tri).

Numeral

three

Declension

Particle

elided form of iti

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ti”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Pattani

Noun

water

References

1972, Paul Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus, p. 26 (as Manchati)

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Pronoun

thee, you

Pirahã

Etymology

Possibly related to Guaraní che

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪ̀/

Pronoun

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

prepositional of tu

Usage notes

In everyday parlance, this pronoun is often replaced by tu in many Brazilian dialects that use "tu".

Etymology 2

Adjective

ti (invariable)

(lexicography) Initialism of transitivo indireto.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

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.; 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

(reflexive) 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

(South Scots) to

Preposition

(South 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

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

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 familar personal pronouns.

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

see tȃ

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /tíː/

Determiner

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

(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

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

you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)
¡Felicidades a ti! ― Congratulations to you!

Sumerian

Romanization

Romanization of 𒋾

Tagalog

Etymology

From English tee, the English name of the letter T/t.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ti/, [tɪ]
Rhymes: -i

Noun

ti (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)

the name of the Latin-script letter T, in the Filipino alphabet.
Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) ta, (in the Abecedario) te

Tapayuna

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ci (“bone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt̪i]

Noun

bone

Tiwa

Noun

water

References

The Bodos in Assam: a socio-cultural study, year 2005-2006 (2007)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English tea.

Noun

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
1. Used to introduce direct speech or writing.

Inflection

References

Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], 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

water

References

Paul K. Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus (1972, →ISBN, page 26

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 司.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ti˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧]

Noun

(obsolete) department, division of a ministry

Synonyms

sở

Derived terms

công ti

Wancho

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti⁵²/

Noun

water

References

Robbins Burling, Mankai Wangsu, Wancho Phonology and word list, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 21.2 (1998)

Wastek

Adverb

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

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

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)

Mutation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː/

Noun

ti f (plural tiau)

The name of the Latin-script letter T.

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tí/

Noun

tí

The name of the Latin-script letter T.

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

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

(intransitive) to arrive at

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tì/

Verb

tì

(intransitive) not be able, cannot

Zacatepec Chatino

Etymology 1

Adjective

Alternative form of lti

Etymology 2

Noun

Alternative form of lti

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

day before yesterday

ti

ti

Translingual

Symbol

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

See also

Anagrams

Abinomn

Noun

Albanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Declension

See also

Aromanian

Etymology

Pronoun

Related terms

Bahnar

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Breton

Etymology

Noun

Byangsi

Noun

References

Chaudangsi

Noun

References

Choctaw

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Chuukese

Etymology

Noun

Corsican

Etymology

Pronoun

See also

References

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Synonyms

Related terms

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Numeral

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Darmiya

Noun

References

Dogrib

Etymology

Noun

References

Fala

Etymology

Pronoun

See also

References

Fijian

Noun

Finnish