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tali
tali
Chamorro
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.
Noun
tali
- rope (thick, strong string)
Finnish
(index ta)
Etymology
From Swedish talg (“tallow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑli/
- Rhymes: -ɑli
- Hyphenation: ta‧li
Noun
tali
- suet (fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys)
- tallow (hard animal fat obtained from suet)
- sebum (thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin)
Declension
| Inflection of tali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tali | talit | |
| genitive | talin | talien | |
| partitive | talia | taleja | |
| illative | taliin | taleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tali | talit | |
| accusative | nom. | tali | talit |
| gen. | talin | ||
| genitive | talin | talien | |
| partitive | talia | taleja | |
| inessive | talissa | taleissa | |
| elative | talista | taleista | |
| illative | taliin | taleihin | |
| adessive | talilla | taleilla | |
| ablative | talilta | taleilta | |
| allative | talille | taleille | |
| essive | talina | taleina | |
| translative | taliksi | taleiksi | |
| instructive | — | talein | |
| abessive | talitta | taleitta | |
| comitative | — | taleineen | |
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Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tali, from Proto-Malayic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.
Noun
tali
- rope (thick, strong string)
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *tali (compare Indonesian 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
- rope (thick, strong string)
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih (compare Chamorro tali, Fijian dali, Malay tali), from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS.
Noun
tali
Welsh
Alternative forms
- teli (literary)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtali/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːli/
Verb
tali
- (colloquial) second-person singular future of talu
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tali | dali | nhali | thali |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||