ties
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪz
Noun
ties
Verb
ties
- third-person singular simple present indicative of tie
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
ties
- 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)
- 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
interrogative | demonstrative | indefinite | universal | negative | ||
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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
- 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
- “ties”, 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 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Lithuanian
Etymology
Related to tiẽsiai (“straight”), tiesùs (“simple”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʲiəs]
Preposition
tiẽs
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tiẽs”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 675