tili

See also: tǐlì

English

Etymology

From the first syllables of tiger and liger.

Noun

tili (plural tilis)

  1. A hybrid animal resulting from backcrossing a liger with a tiger.

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish (planko) thili (“wooden boards”)[1]. Accounts were once recorded on tally sticks, which resemble wooden boards. Alternatively related to tila.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtili/, [ˈt̪ili]
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Syllabification(key): ti‧li

Noun

tili

  1. account

Declension
Inflection of tili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative tili tilit
genitive tilin tilien
partitive tiliä tilejä
illative tiliin tileihin
singular plural
nominative tili tilit
accusative nom. tili tilit
gen. tilin
genitive tilin tilien
partitive tiliä tilejä
inessive tilissä tileissä
elative tilistä tileistä
illative tiliin tileihin
adessive tilillä tileillä
ablative tililtä tileiltä
allative tilille tileille
essive tilinä tileinä
translative tiliksi tileiksi
instructive — tilein
abessive tilittä tileittä
comitative — tileineen
Possessive forms of tili (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person tilini tilimme
2nd person tilisi tilinne
3rd person tilinsä

References
  1. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen 3 (P-Ä)
  2. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams

Maltese

Etymology 1
Root
t-l-j
3 terms

From Arabic طَلْي‎ (ṭaly).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪ.lɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlɪ

Noun

tili m (instance noun tilja)

  1. verbal noun of tila: varnishing

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtiː.lɪ/
  • Rhymes: -iːlɪ

Noun

tili

  1. plural of tila

Sakizaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 地理 (dìlǐ, “geography”).

Noun

tili

  1. geography

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • til-i

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ti‧li
  • IPA(key): /tiˈliʔ/, [tɪˈliʔ]

Noun

tilî

  1. shriek; sharp, piercing cry; shriek
    Synonyms: palahat, irit, palirit
Derived terms

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ti‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈtili/, [ˈti.lɪ]

Noun

tili

  1. (obsolete) state of permanency; unchanged condition (no longer used on its own except in derived terms)
Derived terms

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ti‧li
  • IPA(key): /tiˈli/, [tɪˈli]

Noun

tilí

  1. state of being unable to move in shock or amazement
Derived terms

Anagrams

Teanu

Etymology

From ti- + Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tili/

Numeral

tili

  1. five

References

Tokelauan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈti.li/
  • Hyphenation: ti‧li

Verb

tili

  1. (transitive) to bind around something

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tili. Cognates include Maori tiri and Samoan tili.

Noun

tili

  1. A certain type of fishing net.

Verb

tili

  1. (intransitive) to cast this fishing net

Noun

tili

  1. messenger that brings emergency messages

Verb

tili

  1. (intransitive) to hurry

References
  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 385

Uzbek

Noun

tili

  1. third-person possessive of til (“language”)
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