ali

See also: Ali, áli, alî, Alì, ali-, and -ali

Finnish

(index al)

Etymology

From the same Uralic root *ala as Estonian all and Hungarian alatt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑli/
  • Hyphenation: a‧li
  • Rhymes: -ɑli

Postposition

ali (+ genitive, shorter form for alitse)

  1. beneath, underneath (when one goes through the space that is underneath something):
    Pallo pyöri tuolin ali ja ovesta ulos.
    The ball rolled underneath the chair and out of the door.

Inflection

Declension of ali
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative ala- –superessive alhaalla –
genitive – –delative alhaalta –
partitive – –sublative alhaalle –
accusative – –lative alas –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive alla –distributive – –
ablative alta –temp. dist. – –
allative alle –prolative ali
alitse		 –
essive – –situative allekkain
alakkain		 –
translative – –oppositive alatusten –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Synonyms

Antonyms

Gorontalo

Noun

ali

  1. a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water or other fluids; well.

Icelandic

Noun

ali

  1. indefinite accusative plural of alur

Italian

Noun

ali f

  1. plural of ala

Verb

ali

  1. second-person singular present indicative of alare
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of alare
  3. second-person singular present subjunctive of alare
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of alare
  5. third-person singular imperative of alare

Anagrams

Kapampangan

Interjection

ali

  1. no

Antonyms

Latin

Verb

alī

  1. present passive infinitive of alō

Lavukaleve

Noun

ali m

  1. man

Limos Kalinga

Noun

ali

  1. king

O'odham

Noun

ali (plural a'al)

  1. child, baby

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • aly (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ali, aly, from Latin ad illic.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈli/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

Adverb

ali (not comparable)

  1. there (far from both the speaker and the audience)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ali.

Synonyms

Usage notes

Usually ali implies a nearer position than lá.

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /âli/
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

Conjunction

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

  1. but
  2. however
  3. (Croatia) or, if

Synonyms

Slovene

Pronunciation 1

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

  • IPA(key): /ˈáli/, /ˈáːli/
  • Tonal orthography: ȁli, ȃli

Conjunction

àli or áli

  1. or
  2. (ali ... ali) either ... or

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ali/
  • Tonal orthography: ali

Particle

ali

  1. Introduces a yes-no question.
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