ties

See also: tíes and Ties

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

ties

  1. plural of tie
  2. (dated) Low shoes fastened with lacings.

Verb

ties

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tie

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

ties

  1. plural of tia

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -es (correlative suffix of possession)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈties/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ies
  • Hyphenation: ti‧es

Determiner

ties (plural ties, accusative singular ties, accusative plural ties)

  1. Belonging to that [one/person] (demonstrative correlative of possession), its
    La sunsistemo estas la aro de planedoj, lunoj, asteroidoj, kaj kometoj, kiu ĉirkaŭas la Sunon pro ties gravita kampo.
    The solar system is the system of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, which surround the Sun due to its gravitational field.

Usage notes

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ties ĉi means belonging to this [person].

See also

Esperanto correlatives
interrogative demonstrative indefinite universal negative
ki- ti- i- ĉi- neni-
kind of, sort of -a kia tia ia ĉia nenia
reason -al kial tial ial ĉial nenial
time -am kiam tiam iam ĉiam neniam
place -e kie tie ie ĉie nenie
motion -en kien tien ien ĉien nenien
manner -el kiel tiel iel ĉiel neniel
possessive -es kies ties ies ĉies nenies
demonstrative pronoun -o kio tio io ĉio nenio
amount -om kiom tiom iom ĉiom neniom
demonstrative determiner -u kiu tiu iu ĉiu neniu

Finnish

Etymology

A form of tietää (to know), possibly (a colloquial form of) the third-person singular past indicative (tiesi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtie̯s/, [ˈt̪ie̞̯s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ies
  • Syllabification(key): ties
  • Hyphenation(key): ties

Adverb

ties

  1. God knows, who knows
    Ties mitä otsikot sanovat presidentin tuoreiden kommenttien jälkeen.
    God knows (or Who knows) what the headlines will say after the president's recent comments.

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to tiẽsiai (straight), tiesùs (simple).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʲiəs]

Preposition

tiẽs

  1. near
    Nestovė́k tiẽs lángu.Don't stand near the window.
  2. opposite
  3. above

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tiẽs”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 675