dali

dali

1. A timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.

• Dail, Dial, dial, dial., laid

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *daliq. Compare Cebuano & Tagalog dali.

• IPA^(key): /daˈliʔ/ [d̪aˈl̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧li

dalî (Basahan spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. (Naga) instance of becoming easy; simple; quick; effortless

   Antonym: sakit

• dale

• IPA^(key): /ˈdali/ [ˈd̪a.l̪i]
• Hyphenation: da‧li

dáli (Basahan spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. (slang) punch

   Synonyms: suntok, tako, bugti

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *daliq.

• Hyphenation: da‧li
• IPA^(key): /daˈliʔ/ [d̪ɐˈl̪iʔ]

dalî (Badlit spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. to hurry up, to be in a hurry; to fasten

   Synonyms: kara-kara, paspas

2. to hasten

   Synonyms: subsob, apura

• IPA^(key): [ˈdalɪ]

dali

1. animate masculine plural past active participle of dát

From Proto-Central Pacific *tali, from Proto-Oceanic *tali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talih, from Proto-Austronesian *CaliS. Compare Paiwan calis, Kulon-Pazeh saris, Malay tali, Ilocano tali, Ma'anyan tadi, Malagasy tady, Tetum tali, Yapese tael, Pohnpeian sahl, Maori tari.

dali

1. rope (thick, strong string)

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

dali

1. doll (toy)

• Samad, Daizal R., Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023) A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 46

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *daliq.

dalî

1. immediately, quickly, hurriedly

dali

1. indefinite accusative plural of dalur

dali

1. inflection of dalīt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈdali/, [ˈdalʲi]

dali

1. plural of dał

• doli (dialectal)

Related to Arabic دَوَالَيْك (dawālayk, “in turn”) and Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla, “change”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.lɪ/

dali

1. very frequently

dali

1. dative singular indefinite of dalr

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: da‧li

dali f

1. inflection of dal:
   1. genitive/dative/locative/vocative singular
   2. genitive plural

dali

1. third-person plural virile past of dać

• d'ali (pre-standardization spelling)
• daly (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: da‧li
• Rhymes: -i

dali

1. contraction of de ali (“from there”)
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 24:

     Agora Fabiano era vaqueiro, e ninguem o tiraria d’ali.

     Now Fabiano was a cowhand, and no one could take him away from there.

dali (Cyrillic spelling дали)

1. masculine plural active past participle of dȁti

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

dali class IX (no plural)

1. the end (the final result or limit)

From Southern Proto-Philippine *daliq (“short time; easy”). Compare Bikol Central dali, Cebuano dali, Waray-Waray dali, and Calamian Tagbanwa dalik.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈliʔ/ [d̪ɐˈlɪʔ], (colloquial) /daˈleʔ/ [d̪ɐˈlɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: da‧li

dalî (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. quickness; rapidity; promptness

   Synonyms: bilis, tulin, liksi, agap

2. ease; easiness; facility

   Synonyms: gaan, alwan, (obsolete) nawa

3. shortness of duration (of a visit, etc.)

   Synonyms: ikli, kaiklian

dalî (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. hurry! quick!

   Synonym: bilis

Borrowed from Malay jari.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdaliʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.lɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aliʔ
• Syllabification: da‧li

dalì (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. inch

   Synonym: pulgada

2. measure based on the breadth of a finger
3. (obsolete) finger

   Synonym: daliri

• sandali

• timuro

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdali/ [ˈd̪aː.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: da‧li

dali (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒ)

1. alternative form of dale

• “dali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 112

• dila

dali m pl

1. masculine plural of dalo

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdali/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdaːli/, /ˈdali/

dali

1. soft mutation of tali