ti
English
Etymology 1
Alteration of si, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter.
Noun
ti (plural tis)
- (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
Synonyms
- (music): si
Translations
Etymology 2
From a Polynesian language, related to Hawaiian kī.
Alternative forms
Abinomn
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; accusative ty is from Proto-Albanian *twā from emphatic *tu̯ḗm, clitic të is from clitic *te, and ablative teje is from locative *toí + -je from meje (see unë).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Declension
Aromanian
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.
Byangsi
References
- Yasuhiko Nagano, Randy J. LaPolla, New Research on Zhangzhung and Related Himalayan Languages (2001)
- Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand (1989), section Chaudangsi-Byangsi, page 161:
Chaudangsi
References
- Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand (1989), section Chaudangsi-Byangsi, page 161:
Danish
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Cardinal : ti Ordinal : tiende | ||
Etymology 1
From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, Norwegian ti, Swedish tio, and English ten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/, [tˢiˀ]
- Rhymes: -i
- Rhymes: -iː
Etymology 2
See tie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiː/, [tˢiːˀ]
Darmiya
References
- A Descriptive Grammar of Darma: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language (2007)
Dogrib
References
- Tłįįchǫ yati Enįhtł'è (1996; published by the Dogrib Divisional Board of Education, Dogrib Language Centre)
- Thomas Sebeok, Native Languages of the Americas, volume 1, page 292: [Howren] notes u > i in Dogrib (ti 'water', Hare-Bearlake tu; this shift occurs also in Ingalik and Tanaina in Alaska)
Fijian
Finnish
Etymology 1
From tiistai (“Tuesday”).
Declension
- not inflected
Synonyms
Derived terms
- titata
- titaus
- titari
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin tē, accusative singular of tū. As an indirect object, in part from Latin tibi, dative singular of tū, through a Vulgar Latin *ti.
Pronoun
ti (second person direct object, indirect object)
Galician
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈti]
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Uralic *te. Compare Finnish te.
Declension
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ti | tik |
accusative | tit | tiket |
dative | tinek | tiknek |
instrumental | tivel | tikkel |
causal-final | tiért | tikért |
translative | tivé | tikké |
terminative | tiig | tikig |
essive-formal | tiként | tikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tiben | tikben |
superessive | tin | tiken |
adessive | tinél | tiknél |
illative | tibe | tikbe |
sublative | tire | tikre |
allative | tihez | tikhez |
elative | tiből | tikből |
delative | tiről | tikről |
ablative | titől | tiktől |
Possessive forms of ti | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tim | tijeim |
2nd person sing. | tid | tijeid |
3rd person sing. | tije | tijei |
1st person plural | tink | tijeink |
2nd person plural | titek | tijeitek |
3rd person plural | tijük | tijeik |
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Pronoun
ti
- Alternative form of iti
- Ti esas plu forta, ma ci plu bela. ― Those guys are stronger, but these guys are prettier.
- Yes, ma me kredas ke ti esas plu bona. ― Yes, but I think that those (things) are better.
Istriot
Pronoun
ti
- you (second-person singular personal pronoun)
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
- Ti son la manduleîna inzucherada.
- You are the sugared almond.
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/, [t̪i]
- Rhymes: -i
- Stress: tì
- Hyphenation: ti
See also
Etymology 2
From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”). As a dative, in part from Latin tibi, dative of tū, through a Vulgar Latin *ti.
Alternative forms
- -ti (enclitic)
Usage notes
Becomes te when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
See also
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
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Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | — | me | |||
second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | |||||
third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | lui, sé | |
f 1 | lei, Lei1 | la, l', La1, -la | le3, Le1, -le | lei, Lei1, sé | |||||
Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | — | noi | |||
second | —1 | voi, Voi1 | vi, v', -vi, Vi1 | voi, Voi1 | |||||
third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, -li | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | loro, Loro1, sé | |
f 1 | le, -le | ||||||||
1 | The feminine gender third person forms and second plural person forms are also used as formal terms of address referring to second singular person subjects, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Vi, Loro etc. to distinguish them. | ||||||||
2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | ||||||||
3 | In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard). |
Further reading
Italian grammar: Pronouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ti (nota) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Kikuyu
Particle
ti
References
- “ti2” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 446. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Lai
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin tē, accusative of tū (“you”), from Proto-Italic *tū (accusative *tē), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂, (accusative *twé ~ *te).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Mandarin
Romanization
ti
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Mara Chin
References
- Fred W. Savidge, A grammar and dictionary of the Lakher language (1908)
- marasaw.com wordlist
Middle English
References
- “thin, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
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Cardinal : ti Ordinal : tiende | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, Swedish tio, Danish ti and English ten.
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Derived terms
Related terms
Novial
Old French
Pali
Alternative forms
Pattani
References
- 1972, Paul Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus, p. 26 (as Manchati)
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi, from Proto-Indo-European *tébʰye, dative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Northeast Brazil, South Brazil) IPA(key): /ti/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi/
- Rhymes: -i
See also
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
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Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tîː/
Pronoun
tȋ (Cyrillic spelling ти̑)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronoun
ti
- dative singular of tȋ
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtíː/
- Tonal orthography: tȋ
Declension
singular | |||
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1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | jàz | tí | — |
accusative | méne, me | tébe, te | sébe, se |
genitive | méne, me | tébe, te | sébe, se |
dative | méni, mi | tébi, ti | sébi, si |
locative | méni | tébi | sébi |
instrumental | menój, máno | tebój, tábo | sebój, sábo |
possessive | mój | tvój | svój |
dual | |||
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | mídva m, médve/mídve f or n | vídva m, védve/vídve f or n | — |
accusative | náju | váju | sébe, se |
genitive | náju | váju | sébe, se |
dative | náma | váma | sébi, si |
locative | náju | váju | sébi |
instrumental | náma | váma | sebój, sábo |
possessive | nájin | vájin | svój |
plural | |||
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | mí m, mé f or n | ví m, vé f or n | — |
accusative | nàs | vàs | sébe, se |
genitive | nàs | vàs | sébe, se |
dative | nàm | vàm | sébi, si |
locative | nàs | vàs | sébi |
instrumental | nàmi | vàmi | sebój, sábo |
possessive | nàš | vàš | svój |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin tibi, dative of tu, from Proto-Indo-European *tébʰye, dative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
- Rhymes: -i
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo/la5 | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 司.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ti˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɪj˧˧]
Synonyms
Wancho
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti⁵²/
References
- Robbins Burling, Mankai Wangsu, Wancho Phonology and word list, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 21.2 (1998)
Welsh
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Usage notes
The pronoun ti can be used by itself colloquially where the affirmative second-person singular present tense of the verb ‘to be’ (rwyt) would be expected, e.g. Ti’n edrych yn union fel dy dad (‘You look just like your father’) instead of Rwyt ti’n edrych....