ti

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ti"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Tigrinya.

Symbol

ti

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

English

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː/
Audio (US): (file)
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

seventh note of a major scale — see si

Etymology 2

From a Polynesian language, related to Hawaiian kī.

Alternative forms

ki

Noun

ti (plural tis)

A good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub native to China and the Pacific islands.

Anagrams

'it, It., IT, it, It⁺⁶, It

Abinomn

Noun

ti

taro

Akan

Alternative forms

tire
tiri

Noun

ti (Twi)

head (body part)
head (leader, position of power)

Verb

ti (transitive past tii) (Twi)

to pinch

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; modern accusative ty is from Proto-Albanian Proto-Albanian *twā from emphatic *twḗm, 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

Forms of ti (2nd person singular)
	full form	clitic
nominative	ti
ablative	teje
accusative	ty	të
dative	ty	të

	possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
	yt	yti

Antillean Creole

Adjective

ti

alternative form of piti (“small”)

Usage notes

Especially common in diminutive nouns and compounds.

References

Frank, David B., editor (2020), “ti”, in Kwéyòl Dictionary‎^[1], Dallas: SIL International
Tourneux, Henry; Barbotin, Maurice (1990), Dictionnaire pratique du créole de Guadeloupe [Practical Dictionary of Guadeloupean Creole], Paris: Karthala and A.C.C.T., →ISBN, page 394
Pinalie, Pierre (2009), Dictionnaire élémentaire français-créole [Elementary French-Creole Dictionary], Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 229
Barbotin, Maurice (1995), Dictionnaire du créole de Marie-Galante [Dictionary of Marie-Galante Creole], Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, →ISBN, page 212

Aromanian

Etymology

Inherited 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

Baga Pokur

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Verb

ti

(intransitive) to rain

References

Neige Rochant, A Bilectal Grammar of Baga Pukur: An Atlantic Language of Guinea (2023)

Bahnar

Etymology

Inherited 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

Bierebo

Noun

ti

(Tavio, Bonkovia, Burupika) sea
Synonym: (Yevali) si

References

Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

Bole

Etymology

Cognate with Ngamo tùkô, Maaka tàkkò and Karekare tū. Compare with Hausa ci and Bade tau.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tíː/
Hyphenation: ti

Verb

tī (verbal noun tishi)

References

Gimba, Alhaji M.; Ali, Malam B.; Bah, Madu (2009), Schuh, Russell G., editor, Bole-English-Hausa Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Potiskum: Ajami Press, page 147

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton ty, from Old Breton tig, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos. Cognates include Welsh tŷ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: ti

Noun

ti m (plural tiez or tier)

house

Derived terms

nouns

arc'hanti m
ti-kêr m

Mutation

Mutation of ti
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	ti	di	zi	unchanged
plural	tiez	diez	ziez	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “ti”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton‎^[3] (in French), page 1272
Martial Menard, editor (2016–present), “ti”, in Devri: Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton‎^[4] (in French), Rennes 2 University

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

Chungli Ao

Etymology

**Chungli Ao numbers ^(edit)**
	80
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: ti

Unknown. No apparent connection to the usual Sino-Tibetan word for "eight", *pV-rjat, can be phonetically substantiated.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti˥/, [ti˥]

Numeral

ti

eight

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

Noun

ti

tea

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish tye, from Old Cornish tof, from Proto-Celtic *tungeti (“to swear an oath”)

Alternative forms

tia (verb) (Revived Late Cornish)

Noun

ti m (plural tiow)

oath, vow
Synonym: li

Verb

ti (irregular)

to swear, vow
Synonyms: kossya, lia, mollethi

Conjugation

Conjugation of ti
		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
indicative	present/future	tov	tedh	te	ten	towgh	tons	ter
	preterite	tes	tesys	tos	tesen	tesowgh	tosons	tos
	imperfect	ten	tes	te	ten	tewgh	tens	tes
	pluperfect	tosen	toses	tosa	tosen	tosewgh	tosens	tosys

subjunctive	present/future	tylliv	tylli	tollo	tyllyn	tyllowgh	tollons	toller
subjunctive	imperfect	tollen	tolles	tolla	tollen	tollewgh	tollens	tollys

imperative		—	to	teses	tes	tewgh	tens	—

non-finites		present participle			verbal adjective
non-finites		ow ti			tes

Etymology 2

From to (“roof”, noun) +‎ -i.

Verb

ti

to roof

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English tee.

Noun

ti ?

(sports) tee

Mutation

Mutation of ti
radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
ti	di	thi	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Corsican

Etymology

Inherited from Latin te. Cognates include Italian te, ti and French te.

Pronoun

ti

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]
Audio: (file)
Audio: (file)
Audio: (file)

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

**Danish numbers ^(edit)**
		100
^{[a], [b]} ← 1	← 9	10	11 →	20 →
		1^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: ti Ordinal: tiende
Danish Wikipedia article on 10

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiːˀ/, [ˈtˢiˀ]

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

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

Inherited from Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

ti

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)

Emilian

Alternative forms

té (Bologna, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia)
tè (Modena)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tibi, Latin te.

Pronunciation

(Ferrara) IPA^(key): /ˈti/, [ˈti]
(Mirandola) IPA^(key): [ˈti]
(Parma) IPA^(key): [ˈti˧]

Pronoun

ti (Ferrara, Mirandola, Parma)

disjunctive form of t, second person singular pronoun

Emilian personal pronouns

Dialect of Bologna
Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with)
singular	first		mé	a	m			mîg
	second	plain	té	t				tîg
	second	polite	vó	a	v			vòsc
	third	m	ló	al		i	s	sîg
		f	lî	la
		n	-	a	-
plural	first	m	nuèter	a	s			nòsc
	first	f	nuètri	a	s			nòsc
	second	m	vuèter	a	v			vòsc
	second	f	vuètri	a	v			vòsc
	third	m	låur	i	i	i	s	sîg
	third	f	låur	äl	li	i	s	sîg

Dialect of Comacchio
Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with)
singular	first		méi	a	m			mìegh
	second	plain	téi	t				tìegh
	second	polite	véu	a	v			vòsch
	third	m	léu	al, el		gh	s	sìegh
		f	lìe	la, le
		n	-	a, e	-
plural	first	m	nùete	a	s			nòsch
	first	f	nùetri	a	s			nòsch
	second	m	vùete	a	v			vòsch
	second	f	vùetri	a	v			vòsch
	third	m	laur	i	i	gh	s	sìegh
	third	f	laur	il	li	gh	s	sìegh

Dialect of Ferrara
Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with)
singular	first		mi	a	m			miégh
	second	plain	ti	t				tiégh
	second	polite	vu	a	v			vòsch
	third	m	lu	al		gh	s	siégh
		f	lié	la
		n	-	a, e	-
plural	first		nu	a	s			nòsch
	second		vu	a	v			vòsch
	third	m	lór	i	i	gh	s	siégh
	third	f	lór	il	li	gh	s	siégh

Dialect of Modena
Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with)
singular	first		mè	a	m			mēgh
	second	plain	tè	t				tēgh
	second	polite	vò	a	v			vôsch
	third	m	lò	al		gh	s	sēgh
		f	lē	la
		n	-	a	-
plural	first	m	nuêter	a	s			nôsch
	first	f	nuêtri	a	s			nôsch
	second	m	vuêter	a	v			vôsch
	second	f	vuêtri	a	v			vôsch
	third	m	lōr	i	i	gh	s	sēgh
	third	f	lōr	el	li	gh	s	sēgh

Dialect of Parma
Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with) archaic
singular	first		mi	a	m			mégh
	second	plain	ti	t				tégh
	second	polite	vu	a	v			vosch
	third	m	lu	al		gh	s	ségh
		f	le	la
		n	-	a	-
plural	first	m	nuätor	a	s			nosch
	first	f	nuätri	a	s			nosch
	second	m	vuätor	a	v			vosch
	second	f	vuätri	a	v			vosch
	third		lór	i	ja	gh	s	ségh

Dialect of Piacenza
Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with) obsolete
singular	first		mé	a	m			meg
	second	plain	té	t				teg
	second	polite	vö	a	v			vosc
	third	m	lü	al		g	s	seg
		f	lè	la
		n	-	a	-
plural	first	m	nuätar	a	s			nosc
	first	f	nuätri	a	s			nosc
	second	m	vuätar	a	v			vosc
	second	f	vuätri	a	v			vosc
	third		lur	i	ja	g	s	seg

Dialect of Reggio Emilia
Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with)
singular	first		mé	a	m			mēgh
	second	plain	té	t				tēgh
	second	polite	vó	a	v			vôsch
	third	m	ló	al		gh	s	sēgh
		f	lē	la
		n	-	a	-
plural	first	m	nuêter	a	s			nôsch
	first	f	nuêtri	a	s			nôsch
	second	m	vuêter	a	v			vôsch
	second	f	vuêtri	a	v			vôsch
	third	m	lòur	i, a	i	gh	s	sēgh
	third	f	lòur	al	li	gh	s	sēgh

Dialect of
Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with)
singular	first
	second	plain
	second	polite
	third	m
		f
		n	-
plural	first	m
	first	f
	second	m
	second	f
	third	m
	third	f

Fala

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin tibi

Old Galician-Portuguese ti

Fala ti

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi.

Pronoun

ti

Second person singular prepositional pronoun; you

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 268

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Noun

ti

tea (drink made from tea leaves)
Au gunu ti ena mataka.
I drink tea in the morning.
(by extension) tea, infusion (drink made by steeping plant material in hot water)
ti ni moli. ― lemon tea (tea made from lemon leaves)

Usage notes

In rural areas, tea is often made from mature leaves of lemon trees or other citrus leaves as a substitute for commercial tea.

References

Gatty, Ronald (2009), “ti”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[6], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 267

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
Syllabification^(key): ti
Hyphenation^(key): ti

Noun

ti

dit (spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code)

Declension

not inflected

Synonyms

piste

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From est-il (literally “is it?”). Compare Canadian French tu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Particle

ti

(dated, colloquial) question marker

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited 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

Inherited 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
Hyphenation: ti

Pronoun

ti (after a preposition ti, accusative te, dative che)

you (singular)
Synonyms: vós, vostede, Vde.

References

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ti”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Santamarina, 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 Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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

Guianese Creole

Etymology

From French petit.

Adjective

ti

little, small
ti bèf ― calf (literally, “small cow”)

ti kochon ― piglet (literally, “small pig”)

ti mouton ― lamb (literally, “small sheep”)

Derived terms

ti moun

References

Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire pratique créole guyanais - français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 191

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Derived from French petit (“little”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Adjective

ti

little

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[7], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 190

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

Sintay ti mayad?
Who is the one who is good?

ti mga daot ― the (things which are) bad

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]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ti

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *te. Compare Finnish te.

Pronoun

ti

(personal) you guys, you all, y'all, you folks, you (second-person plural, nominative, informal form)

Declension

Declension of ti
nominative	ti
accusative	titeket
dative	nektek
instrumental	veletek
causal-final	értetek
inessive	bennetek
superessive	rajtatok
adessive	nálatok
illative	belétek
sublative	rátok
allative	hozzátok
elative	belőletek
delative	rólatok
ablative	tőletek

Coordinate terms

Hungarian personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1^st person		én	mi
2^nd person	familiar	te	ti
	polite, unfamiliar	maga	maguk
	formal	ön	önök
3^rd person		ő	ők

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.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ti	tik
accusative	tit	tiket
dative	tinek	tiknek
instrumental	tivel	tikkel
causal-final	tiért	tikért
translative	tivé	tikké
terminative	tiig	tikig
essive-formal	tiként	tikként
essive-modal	tiül	—
inessive	tiben	tikben
superessive	tin	tiken
adessive	tinél	tiknél
illative	tibe	tikbe
sublative	tire	tikre
allative	tihez	tikhez
elative	tiből	tikből
delative	tiről	tikről
ablative	titől	tiktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	tié	tiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	tiéi	tikéi

Possessive forms of ti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tim	tijeim (or tiim)
2nd person sing.	tid	tijeid (or tiid)
3rd person sing.	tije	tijei (or tii)
1st person plural	tink	tijeink (or tiink)
2nd person plural	titek	tijeitek (or tiitek)
3rd person plural	tijük	tijeik (or tiik)

or (to reinforce the distinction from the inflection of the personal pronoun)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ti	ti-k
accusative	ti-t	ti-ket
dative	ti-nek	ti-knek
instrumental	ti-vel	ti-kkel
causal-final	ti-ért	ti-kért
translative	ti-vé	ti-kké
terminative	ti-ig	ti-kig
essive-formal	ti-ként	ti-kként
essive-modal	ti-ül	—
inessive	ti-ben	ti-kben
superessive	ti-n	ti-ken
adessive	ti-nél	ti-knél
illative	ti-be	ti-kbe
sublative	ti-re	ti-kre
allative	ti-hez	ti-khez
elative	ti-ből	ti-kből
delative	ti-ről	ti-kről
ablative	ti-től	ti-ktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	ti-é	ti-ké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ti-éi	ti-kéi

Possessive forms of ti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ti-m	ti-jeim (or ti-im)
2nd person sing.	ti-d	ti-jeid (or ti-id)
3rd person sing.	ti-je	ti-jei (or ti-i)
1st person plural	ti-nk	ti-jeink (or ti-ink)
2nd person plural	ti-tek	ti-jeitek (or ti-itek)
3rd person plural	ti-jük	ti-jeik (or ti-ik)

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

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

Noun

ti

(music) ti (a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale)
Synonym: si

Isoko

Alternative forms

tị

Verb

ti

(auxiliary) used to express the future tense, will
Mẹ ti nya.
I will go.

Istriot

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tū.

Pronoun

ti

you (second-person singular personal pronoun)
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
  Ti son la manduleîna inzucherada.
  You are the sugared almond.

Italian

Etymology 1

Derived 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

Etymology 2

Inherited 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).

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

ti

The katakana syllable ティ (ti) in Hepburn romanization.
The katakana letter チ (ti) in Kunrei-shiki romanization.

Kikuyu

Particle

ti

(negation) not^[1]
Gũtema na kanua ti gũtema na rũhiũ
Cutting with a mouth is not cutting with a knife.

References

^ “ti²” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 446. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Kongo

Noun

ti

tea

Ladin

Etymology

te +‎ i

Contraction

ti

in the (masculine plural)

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ti (“thee”), from Latin tibi, dative of tu.

Pronoun

ti (Hebrew spelling טי)^[1]

prepositional of tu
- 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[8], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:
  Delantre de ti io mi orgolio abato
  I mi corason lo razgo con kevranto¹)
  I suppress my pride before you, and my heart tears it with despair.

References

^ “ti”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Lai

Noun

ti

water

References

Laz

Noun

ti

Latin spelling of თი (ti)

Ligurian

Etymology

Derived 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)

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo ti.

Noun

ti

tea

Lote

Noun

ti

tea

References

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

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tαh (“among, during”). Compare Navajo -tah (“among”), Ahtna tah (“among”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰi/

Conjunction

ti

during
among, amidst
times when, places where

Postposition

ti

during
in

Derived terms

exwti (“sometimes”)
Menhti (“Minto Flats”)
niɬtidenhti (“sometimes”)
sanhti
ti- (“among”)
titwxenh (“orphan”)
wxti (“over time”)

Related terms

ch'egheteget (“visiting, among”)
ch'enenh toteget (“period with no moon”)
doteget (“between”)
teghw (“between”)
teɬ (“duffel, socks”)

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 352-353

Ma'di

Etymology

Cognate with Lugbara tì.

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): [tī]
Hyphenation: ti

Verb

tị

(intransitive) to be born

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tị- (intransitive)
		singular			plural			indefinite
		I	II	III	I	II	III	indefinite
past indicative	long	má tị	nyí tị	tị	ãmã tị	ãnyĩ tị	tị kí	ọ́tị
past indicative	short	átị	ị́tị	ọtị	ãtị	ị̃tị	ọtị kí	ọ́tị
nonpast indicative	L.	má tị¹⁾	nyí tị¹⁾	kọ́tị¹⁾	ãmá tị¹⁾	ãnyí tị¹⁾	kọ́tị¹⁾ kí	á'di tị¹⁾
nonpast indicative	B.	má tị́	nyí tị́	kụ́tị́	ãmã tị́	ãnyĩ tị́	kụ́tị́ kí	á tị́
imperative	L.	mã tị	nyĩ tị	kọ̃tị	ãmã tị	ãnyĩ tị	kọ̃tị kí	ọ́tị¹⁾
imperative	B.	ãmá tị	ãnyí tị	kụ̃tị	ãmã tị	ãnyĩ tị	kụ̃tị kí	á ̣tị¹⁾
		simple subordinate	objective subordinate	subjective subordinate I		subjective subordinate II		indirect subordinate
		simple subordinate	objective subordinate	singular	plural	singular	plural	indirect subordinate
		tịka	tịlẹ́	tịrẹ	tị'bá	tị'dị	tịka	tịjọ́
¹⁾ The root is preceded by a low floating tone, which is realised on the final vowel of the preceding syllable, or as a contour tone on the first vowel of the root.

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): [tí]
Hyphenation: ti

Verb

tị́

('Burulo) first/second-person non-past indicative of tị

References

Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 301

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. Doublet of wōja and oja.

Pronunciation

(phonetics) IPA^(key): [tˠi]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠij/
Bender phonemes: {tiy}

Noun

ti

tea

Synonyms

oja
wōja

Verb

ti

to pour in tea

References

Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “ti”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[9]

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French petit. Compare Réunion Creole French ti and Haitian Creole ti.

Adjective

ti

small

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡si/, /t͡ɕi/

Verb

ti (medial form ti)

(auxiliary) Used to indicate past tense.

Related terms

References

Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 315
Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 1031

Middle English

Determiner

ti

(chiefly Northern) alternative form of þi (“thy”)

Mizo

Verb

ti (stem II tih)

to do
to say
to think, believe

Usage notes

Ti is the usual verb to mark quotations in Mizo.

Mohawk

Noun

ti

tea

References

David Kanatawakhon Maracle (1999), Iewennisáktha - A Kanien’kéha Thematic Dictionary, 2015 edition, Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa, page 84

Muong

Etymology

Inherited 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
Da ti no đỉ?
Where are you going?

References

Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002), Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[10], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare dialectal variations tu, çu, çi, from çi (“what”). Compare Central Kurdish هەچ (heç, “any”), an abbreviation of هەرچی (herçî, “whatever”). Loaned into Zazaki as çi.

Adverb

Central Kurdish	هەچ (heç)

ti

any, at all
tikes
anyone

Min titišt ne kirî e
I haven't done anything

Kes li wir ti ne bû.
Noone was there.
(literally, “One wasn't there at all.”)

Usage notes

The original /č/ pronunciation becomes more prevalent in Southern dialects. Most dialects pronounce with an /u/.
Dialects under Turkish influence may take it as meaning "not any" in reference to Turkish hiç and yok, but the original sense is "any".
The noun may or may not take -ek (“a, an”) when ti is used.

Norwegian Bokmål

**Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
Cardinal : ti Ordinal : tiende

Etymology

Inherited 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

**Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
Cardinal : ti Ordinal : tiande

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Homophones: tee, tid

Etymology 1

Inherited 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
Itj glømm å rødd ette dæ! Itj lægg att nåkkå søppel ti skauen
Don’t forget to clean up after you! Don’t leave any rubbish in the forest
(dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) alternative form of i
Dæ æ en vanskele tærræng å fårrå ti
It is a difficult terrain for travelling in (it)

E blaidd litt ti boka hass hær om dan å fann mytty rart dær
I browsed some (pages) in his book the other day, and found a lot of strange (stuff) there

References

“ti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

it, IT, Ti

Old French

Pronoun

ti pl

your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tibi, dative of tu.

Pronoun

ti

prepositional of tu
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 295 (facsimile):
  a ti ſeñor que es luz / beijarei pees ⁊ mãos ca ta uertude maduz / ſempre ſaude me g(ua)rda dos que me q̇rẽ nozir.
  My Lady, full of light, I shall kiss your feet and hands, because your virtue always brings me health and protects me from those who want to harm me.
alternative form of te

References

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ti”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old High German

Preposition

ti

alternative form of zi

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tibi, dative of tu.

Pronoun

ti

prepositional of tu
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20v:
  Dixo nr̃o ſẽnor amoyſen ſub aq̃ tu e el pueblo que ſaq̃ſt de egipto ala tierra q̃ iure aabraã á yſaac a iacob ẽ dix ato liñaie la dare trametre mio angel delante ti e detroyra tos eñemigos […]
  [Then] Our Lord said to Moses, “Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought out of Egypt, to the land I swore to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob when I said ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I will send my angel before you and he will destroy your enemies. […] ”

References

Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “ti”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 495

Pali

**Pali numbers ^(edit)**
← 2	3	4 →
Cardinal: ti Ordinal: tatiya

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ति (Devanagari script)
তি (Bengali script)
ති (Sinhalese script)
တိ (Burmese script)
ติ (Thai script)
ᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ຕິ (Lao script)
តិ (Khmer script)
𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रि (tri).

Numeral

ti

three

Declension

Declension table of "ti" (masculine)

Case / Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tayo
Accusative (second)	tayo
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

Declension table of "ti" (feminine)

Case / Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tisso
Accusative (second)	tisso
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tissannaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tissannaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

Declension table of "ti" (neuter)

Case / Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tīṇi
Accusative (second)	tīṇi
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tì/, [ˈt͡ʃɪ̀]
Hyphenation: ti

Pronoun

ti

I; we

References

Daniel L. Everett (1983), A língua pirahã e a teoria da sintaxe: descrição, perspectivas e teoria [The language of Pirahã and the theory of syntax: description, perspectives and theory], Campinas: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, page 143
Daniel L. Everett (1986), “Pirahã”, in Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum, editors, Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 280
Raiane Salles (2023), “21 Pirahã (Apáitisí)”, in Patience Epps, Lev Michael, editors, Amazonian languages: Language isolates II: Kanoé to Yurakaré, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 966

Pohnpeian

Etymology 1

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

Verb

ti (intransitive)

to possess, to inhabit a human body

Derived terms

tihda

Etymology 2

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

Verb

ti (intransitive)

to be together

References

“ti”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary‎^[11], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi, from Proto-Indo-European *tébʰye, dative of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ti/
Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

ti

prepositional of tu
Dá-los-ei a ti.
I will give them to you.

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

Potawatomi

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea, ultimately from Hokkien 茶 (tê). Doublet of ndi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Noun

ti inan (uncountable)

tea
Ngi-minêk ode ti.
They (singular) gave me this tea.

References

“ti”, in Online Potawatomi Dictionary‎^[12], Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 2026
Lockwood, Hunter Thompson (2017), How the Potawatomi Language Lives: A Grammar of Potawatomi (PhD dissertation)‎^[13], Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 89

Réunion Creole French

Alternative forms

tit (High Creole)

Etymology

From French petit. Compare Mauritian Creole ti and Haitian Creole ti.

Adjective

ti (Low Creole)

small

Derived terms

tiblan

References

Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 353

Romansh

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tū.

Pronoun

ti

you (singular familiar)

Sassarese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Etymology 1

Derived 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

Inherited 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tîː/
Audio (Central Serbia): (file)

Pronoun

tȋ ? (Cyrillic spelling ти̑)

(in the singular) you

Declension

Declension of ti
	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs
vocative	tî	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

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 (“you”))
Želiš još?! Gdje ti je granica?! ― You want more?! Where's your limit?!

Gdje ti je auto? ― Where is your car?

Prijatelj ti je dao taj savjet? ― Did your friend give you that advice?

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.

Shark Bay

Noun

ti

bow (weapon for shooting arrows)

References

Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

Slovak

Alternative forms

tebe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ti.

Pronoun

ti

dative of ty

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tíː/

Pronoun

tȋ

you (singular); thou
(impersonal) one

Declension

Second masculine/first feminine/second neuter declension (a-stem), mixed accent, suppletive, highly irregular Stressed ("naglasne") forms
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ	vȋdva m; vȋdve, vẹ̑dve f or n	vȋ m; vẹ̑ f or n
genitive rodȋlnik	tébe	vȃju, vȁs	vȁs
dative dajȃlnik	tébi	vȃma	vȁm
accusative tožȋlnik	tébe	vȃju	vȁs
locative mẹ̑stnik	tébi	nȃju, nȁs	nȁs
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȃbo, tebọ́j	vȃma	vȃmi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ	vȋdva m; vȋdve, vẹ̑dve f or n	vȋ m; vẹ̑ f or n

Unstressed ("naslonske") forms
	singular	dual	plural
genitive rodȋlnik	te	vaju, vas	vas
dative dajȃlnik	ti	vama	vam
accusative tožȋlnik	ve	vaju	vas

Binding ("navezne / predložne") accusative forms
	singular	dual	plural
unstressed	-te	–	–
stressed	tẹ̑	–	–

Noun

tȋ m animacy unspecified

(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.

Declension

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Third masculine declension (no endings) (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	tȋ
gen. sing.	tȋ
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ
genitive rodȋlnik	tȋ
dative dajȃlnik	tȋ
accusative tožȋlnik	tȋ
locative mẹ̑stnik	tȋ
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȋ
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ

Derived terms

Etymology 2

see tȃ

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /tíː/

Determiner

ti

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /tí/

Determiner

ti

(stylistical) dative singular feminine of tȃ
(stylistical) locative singular feminine of tȃ

Etymology 3

Borrowed 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]}

Declension

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Third masculine declension (no endings)
nom. sing.	tȋ
gen. sing.	tȋ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
genitive rodȋlnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
dative dajȃlnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
accusative tožȋlnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
locative mẹ̑stnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ

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First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix
nom. sing.	tȋ
gen. sing.	tȋja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ	tȋja	tȋji
genitive rodȋlnik	tȋja	tȋjev	tȋjev
dative dajȃlnik	tȋju, tȋji	tȋjema	tȋjem
accusative tožȋlnik	tȋ	tȋja	tȋje
locative mẹ̑stnik	tȋju, tȋji	tȋjih	tȋjih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȋjem	tȋjema	tȋji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ	tȋja	tȋji

dialectal

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix
nom. sing.	tȋ
gen. sing.	tȋja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ	tȋja	tȋji
genitive rodȋlnik	tȋja	tȋjev	tȋjev
dative dajȃlnik	tȋju, tȋji	tȋjoma	tȋjom
accusative tožȋlnik	tȋ	tȋja	tȋje
locative mẹ̑stnik	tȋju, tȋji	tȋjih	tȋjih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȋjom	tȋjoma	tȋji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ	tȋja	tȋji

South Slavey

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰì(ʔ)]
Hyphenation: ti

Noun

ti (stem -ti-)

Jean Marie River form of tu

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ti (*-tié*)
		singular	plural
1st person		setié	naxetié
2nd person		netié	naxetié
3rd person	¹⁾	—	gitié
3rd person	²⁾	metié	gotié
4th person		yetié	gotié
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetié	kedetié
reflexive	unsp.	detié
reciprocal		—	ɂełetié
indefinite		ɂetié
areal		gotié

¹⁾ Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
²⁾ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 44

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ti (“te”), from Latin tibi, dative of tu.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ti

prepositional of tú
¡Felicidades a ti! ― Congratulations to you!

Derived terms

yo de ti

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

Tapayuna

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Northern Jê *ci (“bone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt̪i]

Noun

ti

bone

Tewa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tì/ [tì]

Particle

ti

(interrogative) marks a statement as a question

References

Martinez, Esther (1982), San Juan Pueblo Téwa Dictionary, San Juan Pueblo Bilingual Program, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico: Bishop Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 68

Tiwa

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”).

Noun

ti

water

References

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Inherited 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
1. Used to introduce direct speech or writing.
  - 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Yohaana 19:19:
    Pilaato yahandiika ekirango, yakita ha musaraba. Kihandiikirweho kiti: “Yesu owa Nazareeti, Omukama w'Abayudaaya.”
    Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.
  - 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Yohaana 19:21-22:
    Baanyakatagara abakuru b'Abayudaaya nukwo kugambira Pilaato bati: “Otahandiika oti: ‘Omukama w'Abayudaaya’; baitu handiika oti: ‘Omuntu onu akeeyeta Omukama w'Abayudaaya.’ ” Pilaato yabagarukamu ati: “Eki mpandiikire, nikyo mpandiikire.”
    The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

Inflection

Inflected forms of **-ti**
		singular	plural
1st person		nti	tuti
2nd person		oti	muti
3rd person	1/2	ati	bati
	3/4	guti	eti
	5/6	liti	gati
	7/8	kiti	biti
	9/10	eti	ziti
	11/10	ruti	ziti
	12/14	kati	buti
	13		tuti
	14/6	buti	gati
	15/6	kuti	gati
	16	hati

References

Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[14], 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

Etymology 2

Noun

ti

(colloquial) alternative form of tí (“breast”)

Etymology 3

Romanization

ti

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 卑

Derived terms

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

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Alternative forms

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

Mutated forms of ti
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	unchanged^△	thi

^△Irregular.

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Mutated forms of ti
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	nhi	thi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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.

Western Yugur

Alternative forms

tʃi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tebe (“camel”).

Noun

ti

camel

References

雷选春 [Lei Xuanchun]; 陈宗振 [Chen Zongzhen] (1985), “ti”, in 西部裕固语简志 [A Brief Description of Western Yugur]‎^[15], Beijing: 民族出版社, →OCLC, page 159

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(high-tone): IPA^(key): /tí/
(mid-tone): IPA^(key): /tī/
(low-tone): IPA^(key): /tì/

Etymology 1

Noun

tí

The name of the Latin script letter T/t.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tí

(relative) which, who, that
Synonym: (Oǹdó, Ìkálẹ̀, Ìlàjẹ) yí

Adìyẹ tí mo rà. ― The chicken that I bought.

Synonyms

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Yoruba varieties (which, who, that)

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	rìí, kí, rèé
		Ìkálẹ̀	yí
		Ìlàjẹ	yí
		Oǹdó	yí
		Ọ̀wọ̀	-
		Usẹn	-
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	kí
		Ifẹ̀	-
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	-
		Western Àkókó	-
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	tí
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	tí
		Òǹkò	-
		Ọ̀yọ́	tí
		Standard Yorùbá	tí
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	-
		Owé	-
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

tíì (when following kò (“negation particle”))

Particle

ti

Marks the relational aspect (see table below). By itself, it may refer to an action that has already occurred, but it implies that the relevance or effect of said action is still ongoing.
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

Verb

tì

(transitive) to push; to lean on
(transitive) to close; to shut

Etymology 5

Verb

ti

(intransitive) to arrive at

Etymology 6

Verb

tì

(intransitive) not be able, cannot

Derived terms

ó tì (“no”, interjection)

Etymology 7

Verb

tì

to feel shame, embarrassment, shyness
Ojú máa ń tì mí nígbà tí mo bá ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa ara mi.
I feel shy whenever I talk about myself.

Usage notes

Ti before a direct object noun.
This verb is usually used with ojú (“face, eyes”) or ara (“body”) in the following constructions:
ojú tì... ― for ... to feel shy/embarrassed

ara tì... ― for the body of ... to shudder

Derived terms

tijú (“to show shame, embarrassment”)

References

Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), “tì1”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[16] (in Yoruba), volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

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

[1] “ti²” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 446. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[Folkmasa-2] “ti”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

[1]

[1]

			nominative		atonic (clitic)¹¹						tonic¹²
			nominative		accusative / dative-reflexive	accusative	dative		locative	partitive	prepositional-reflexive	oblique
singular
	first		io		mi, m', -mi, me⁹				―		―	me
	second		tu		ti, t', -ti, te⁹							te
	second formal / polite⁵		Lei, Ella⁸		―	La, -La, L'	Le, -Le					Lei
	third	m	lui, egli,⁸ ello,⁸ elli,^{3, 8} esso⁸		si,⁶ s', -si, se,⁹ ci¹³	lo, l', -lo, il⁴	glie⁹	gli, -gli, il⁴	ci, c', vi,¹ v'¹	ne, n'	sé	lui, esso⁸
	third	f	lei, ella,⁸ essa⁸		si,⁶ s', -si, se,⁹ ci¹³	la, l', -la	glie⁹	le, -le, gli,² -gli²	ci, c', vi,¹ v'¹	ne, n'	sé	lei, essa⁸
plural
	first		noi		ci, c', -ci, ce,⁹ ne,⁴ n'⁴				―		―	noi
	second		voi, Voi⁷		vi, Vi,⁷ v', V',⁷ -vi, -Vi,⁷ ve⁹							voi, Voi⁷
	second formal / polite⁵		Loro		―	Le, -Le	Loro¹⁰					Loro
	third	m	loro	elli,^{3, 8} ellino,^{4, 8} eglino,^{4, 8} essi⁸	si, s', -si, se⁹	li, -li	loro,¹⁰ gli,² -gli,² glie⁹		ci, c', vi,¹ v'¹	ne, n'	sé	loro	essi⁸
	third	f	loro	elle,^{3, 8} elleno,^{4, 8} esse⁸	si, s', -si, se⁹	le, -le	loro,¹⁰ gli,² -gli,² glie⁹		ci, c', vi,¹ v'¹	ne, n'	sé	loro	elle,⁸ esse⁸

		singular	dual	plural
1st person	m	jaz	midva	mi
1st person	f or n	jaz	medve, midve	me

2nd person familiar (tikanje)	m	ti	vidva	vi
2nd person familiar (tikanje)	f or n	ti	vedve, vidve	ve

3rd person	m	on	onadva	oni
	f	ona	onedve, onidve	one
	n	ono	onedve, onidve	ona

Polite forms		singular (not differentiated in dual and plural)
polite (vikanje)		vi, Vi + 2nd person plural masculine
very polite (onikanje)		oni + 3rd person plural masculine (archaic)
hyper polite (onokanje)		ono + 3rd person singular neuter (obsolete)
patriarchal (onkanje)		on + 3rd person singular masculine (obsolete)

Aromanian personal pronouns
number	person		nominative	accusative	dative	accusative	dative
number	person		nominative	stressed		unstressed
singular
	1st		iou	mini	mie	mi	nji
	2nd		tu	tini	tsãie	ti	tsã
	3rd	m	el / nãs	el	lui	ãl	ãlj
	3rd	f	ea / nãsã	ea	ljei	u	ãlj
plural
	1st		noi	noi	noauã	nã
	2nd		voi	voi	voauã	vã
	3rd	m	elj / nãsh	elj	lor	ãlj	lã
	3rd	f	eali / nãsi	eali	lor	li	lã

Fala personal pronouns
			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	first person		ei	me, -mi		mi
	second person		tú	te, -ti		ti
	third person	m	el	le, -li	u^LV, o^M	el
	third person	f	ela	le, -li	a	ela
plural	first person	common	nos	mus^L nus^LV nos, -nus^M		nos
		m	noshotrus^M			noshotrus^M
		f	noshotras^M			noshotras^M
	second person	common	vos	vus^LV vos, -vus^M		vos
		m	voshotrus^M			voshotrus^M
		f	voshotras^M			voshotras^M
	third person	m	elis	le, -li	us^LV, os^M	elis
	third person	f	elas	le, -li	as	elas
third person reflexive			—	se, -si		sí

Galician personal pronouns
number	person		nominative (subject)	accusative (direct object)	dative (indirect object)	prepositional	prepositional with con	non-declining
singular	first		eu	me		min	comigo	—
	second		ti	te	che	ti	contigo	vostede
	third	m	el	o (lo, no)	lle	el	con el	—
	third	f	ela	a (la, na)	lle	ela	con ela	—
plural	first		nós nosoutros m nosoutras f	nos		nós	connosco	—
	second		vós vosoutros m vosoutras f	vos		vós	convosco	vostedes
	third	m	eles	os (los, nos)	lles	eles	con eles	—
	third	f	elas	as (las, nas)	lles	elas	con elas	—
reflexive third / indefinite			—	se		si	consigo	—

Translingual

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Symbol

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

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Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

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Anagrams

Abinomn

Noun

Akan

Alternative forms

Noun

Verb

Albanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Declension

See also

Antillean Creole

Adjective

Usage notes

References

Aromanian

Etymology

Pronoun

Related terms

See also

Asturian

Pronunciation

Interjection

Baga Pokur

Pronunciation

Verb

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References

Bahnar

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Bierebo

Noun

References

Bole

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Breton

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Byangsi

Noun

References

Chaudangsi

Noun

References

Choctaw

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Chungli Ao

Etymology

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Numeral

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Chuukese

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