ali

• IPA^(key): /aˈli/ [ʔʌˈlɪ]
• Hyphenation: a‧li

alí f 

1. reptile

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Borrowed from Arabic عَالٍ (ʕālin).

• IPA^(key): [ɑːˈli]

• Audio (Baku):

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• Hyphenation: a‧li

ali (comparative daha ali, superlative ən ali)

1. supreme, higher, high (dominant)

   ali məhkəmə ― supreme court

   ali təhsil müəssisəsi ― seat of higher learning

   ali baş komandan ― commander in chif (literally, “supreme main commander”)

• alilik

• “ali” in Obastan.com.

From Old Norse hali, from Proto-Germanic *halô.

ali m (oblique ålå)

1. (anatomy) tail

• ålåbuss
• ålåell
• ålåglinder

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːlɪ
• Homophones: alið, æli, ælið

ali n (genitive singular alis, uncountable)

1. quality, property, characteristic, nature (of someone or something)

• alisfrøði (“physics”)

ali

1. indicative first-person singular present of ala
2. optative of ala

ala- +‎ -i

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑli/, [ˈɑ̝li]
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(key): a‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): ali

ali [with genitive]

1. beneath, underneath (through the space that is underneath something)

   Synonym: alitse

   Antonyms: yli, ylitse

   Pallo pyöri tuolin ali ja ovesta ulos.

   The ball rolled underneath the chair and out of the door.

ali cannot take a possessive suffix; alitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

See the inflection table.

• ala-
• ali-
• alemmas
• alempana
• alhainen
• alittaa

• “ali”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

ali

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

Cognates include Fon alì, Eastern Xwla Gbe alì

• IPA^(key): /ā.lì/

• Audio:

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alì (plural alì lɛ́ or alì lẹ́)

1. road

ali

1. indefinite accusative plural of alur

Inherited from Malay ali, from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

• IPA^(key): /ˈali/

ali

1. to show oneself

ali (plural ali-ali)

1. greeting

• “ali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: à‧li

ali f

1. plural of ala

ali

1. inflection of alare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• Lai, Lia

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔali/ [ˈʔaː.li̞]
  • Rhymes: -ali
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /ˈʔari/ [ˈʔaː.ri̞]
  • Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: a‧li

áli

1. act of coming, arriving

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “áli”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[3], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 19
• Allen, Larry (2021) “ali”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

• e
• ale

ali

1. no; stop; not

   Antonym: wa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

ali

1. younger sibling

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ali”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Suaji”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

alī

1. present passive infinitive of alō

ālī n

1. genitive singular of ālum (“garlic, comfrey”)

ālī f

1. genitive singular of ālus (“garlic, comfrey”)

ali m

1. man

ali

1. Latin spelling of ალი (ali)

ali

1. king

• alí

From Portuguese ali.

ali

1. there (away from the speaker)

   Antonym: aqui

   ali-riva ― up there

   ali-vánda ― over there

   qui aqui, qui ali ― either here or there

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

ali

1. alternative form of holy (sacred)

ali

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of al

ali

1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of ala

• eli

• IPA^(key): /ā.lī/

ali

1. character; disposition; behaviour

ali

1. indefinite accusative plural of alr

ali

1. third-person active present subjunctive of ala

Univerbation of a +‎ li. First attested in the 15th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /alʲi/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /alʲi/

ali

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) Introduces a contradicting clause; but

   Synonym: ale

   • 1880-1894 [1436], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎^[4], volume III, Krakow, page 332:

     Rudda nye othworzila szye na roly... woytha, aly othworzila szye na roly claszthorney

     [Ruda nie otworzyła sie na roli... wojta, ali otworzyła sie na roli klasztornej]

2. Adds to a previous statement; but
   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[5], page 638:

     Kristus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły..., azali wam czego niedostawało? A oni rzekli: Wszegośmy dosyć mieli. Ali już kto ma mosznę, weźmi i tobołę (sed nunc qui habet sacculum, tollat... peram Luc 22, 36)

     [Krystus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły..., azali wam czego niedostawało? A oni rzekli: Wszegośmy dosyć mieli. Ali już kto ma mosznę, weźmi i tobołę (sed nunc qui habet sacculum, tollat... peram Luc 22, 36)]

3. (attested in Masovia) until
   • 1920 [1424], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume II, number 237, Zakroczym:

     Iakom ya ne mal dzewcze mey vosza ani con[a dacz], ali na mego concza smerczy

     [Jakom ja nie miał dziewce mej woza ani kon[ia dać], ali na mego końca śmierci]

ali

1. (attested in Masovia) until, as long as, up to
   • 1950 [1499], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1831, Warsaw:

     Jakossny my vyethnaly y rosdzyelyli Anna s B[b]arbara..., rolamy..., lassy, borrmy aly do waczyerzina syvotha

     [Jakosmy my ujednali i rozdzielili Annę z B[b]arbarą..., rolami..., lasy, bormi ali do macierzyna żywota]

• Polish: ali

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ali”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

ali

1. alternative form of 'ali

Inherited from Old Polish ali. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ li.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: a‧li
• Homophone: Ali

ali

1. (obsolete) but

   Synonym: ale

2. (Middle Polish) so, hence

   Synonym: więc

3. (Middle Polish) let alone

   Synonyms: a już, a zaraz

4. (Middle Polish) or

   Synonym: albo

ali

1. (obsolete) used for presenting something; here

   Synonym: oto

• ali in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ali”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (08.06.2022) “ALI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ali”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ali”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24

• aly (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ali, aly, from Latin ad illīc (literally “to there”).

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Audio (Portugal):

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• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧li

ali (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: lá

   • 2008, Priscila Ferraz, nuvem de pó, Marco Zero, →ISBN, page 58:

     Nem é preciso dizer que o jantar foi um verdadeiro desastre. O arroz ficou empedrado, tipo “unidos venceremos”, a carne virou uma “sola de sapato”, salvou-se mais ou menos a salada, mesmo assim porque Cláudia não quis comentar nada a respeito de uma lesma que viu na alface mal lavada. Mas ali coube perfeitamente o dito popular “a fome é o melhor tempero”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A diferença”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 10:

     Internou-se na clínica com a vaga esperança de que a Morte, que vem ali buscar tanta gente, um dia o leve por distração.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usually, ali implies a nearer position than lá.

ali

1. used by women to refer to one's female friend

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

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

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

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

• (Croatia) ȁle, nu

ali

1. plural of ala

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

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

• IPA^(key): /áli/, /áːli/

ȁli or ȃli

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

• IPA^(key): /ali/

ali

1. Introduces a yes-no question.

• “ali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Sundanese register set
lemes	cingcin, lélépén
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	ali
cohag	{{{co}}}

From Old Javanese ali (“ring”)

ali (Sundanese script ᮃᮜᮤ)

1. ring

• "ali" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔali/ [ˈʔaː.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: a‧li

ali (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒ)

1. alternative form of ale