# ti
## Translingual
### Symbol

ti
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tigrinya.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Tigrinya terms

## English

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiː/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iː
* Homophones: T, te, tea, tee

### Etymology 1

Coined by English music educator Sarah Anna Glover in 1812 as an alteration of si for her solmization, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter, from Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

#### 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

* ki

#### Noun

ti (plural tis)
* The good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.

### See also

* ti bon ange
* [[ti ko pek
* ti lok
* ti-tree

### Anagrams

* 'it, It., IT, it, It⁺⁶, It

## Abinomn
### Noun

ti
* taro

## Albanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; modern accusative ty is from Proto-Albanian 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: [ti]

### Pronoun

ti (accusative ty, dative ty, ablative teje)
* you (singular)

#### Declension
### See also
## Aromanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tē, accusative of tū. Compare Romanian te.

### Pronoun

ti (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)
* (direct object) you

#### Related terms

* tini
* tu

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti/ [ˈt̪i]

### Interjection

ti
* interjection used to call goats

## Bahnar
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bahnaric *tiː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iiʔ. Cognate with Pacoh ati, Khmer ដៃ (day), Bolyu ti⁵⁵, Riang [Lang] tiʔ¹.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiː/

### Noun

ti
* hand

## Breton
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

### Noun

ti m
* house

## Byangsi
### Noun

ti
* water

### 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
### Noun

ti
* water

### References

* Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand (1989), section Chaudangsi-Byangsi, page 161:

## Choctaw
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiː(ʔ)/
* Transcription: tii'

### Noun

tī (alienable)
* tea

## Chuukese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

### Noun

ti
* tea

## Corsican
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin te. Cognates include Italian te, ti and French te.

### Pronoun

ti
* thee, you (singular; both direct and indirect object)

#### References

* https://infcor.adecec.net/

## Czech
### Etymology

Inflected form of ten or ty.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈcɪ]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

ti
* they, those
    Kde jsou Pavel s Ivanou? Ti přijdou později. ― Where are Pavel and Ivana? Those two will come later.
* to you
    Dávám ti to na opravu. ― I give it to you to repair.

#### Synonyms

* oni
* tobě

#### Related terms

* tito
* ty

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiːˀ/, [ˈtˢiˀ]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, cognate with Norwegian ti, Swedish tio, English ten, German zehn. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”), which is also the source of Latin decem, Ancient Greek δέκα (déka).

#### Numeral

ti
* ten

##### Derived terms

* tiende
* tital
* selvtiende
* titusinder
* tiår, tiårig, tiårs
* tiøre

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ti
* imperative of tie

## Darmiya
### Noun

ti
* water

### References

* A Descriptive Grammar of Darma: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language (2007)

## Dogrib
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

### Noun

ti
* water
* liquid
* lake

### 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)

## Fala
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi.

### Pronoun

ti
* Second person singular prepositional pronoun; you

#### See also

Dialects:  $^L$ Lagarteiru   $^M$ Mañegu   $^V$ Valverdeñu

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Fijian
### Noun

ti
* tea

## Finnish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

As tiistai.

#### Noun

ti
* Abbreviation of tiistai (“Tuesday”).

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dit.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti/, [ˈt̪i]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: ti

#### Noun

ti
* dit (spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code)

##### Declension

* not inflected

##### Synonyms

* piste

##### Derived terms

* titata
* titaus
* titari

##### See also

* taa (dah)

## French
### Etymology

From est-il (literally “is it?”). Compare Canadian French tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/
* Audio:(file)

### Particle

ti
* (dated, colloquial) question marker

## Friulian
### Etymology

Inherited 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)
* (direct object) you
* (indirect object) to you
* (reflexive pronoun) yourself

#### Related terms

* tu

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* tu

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tu, ti; from Latin tū. The accusative is from Latin tē; one dative form, used after a preposition, from tibi; the other dative form, from metanalysis of the contractions of te + article.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti/ [ˈt̪i]
* Rhymes: -i

### Pronoun

ti (after a preposition ti, accusative te, dative che)
* you (singular)
    Synonyms: vós, vostede, Vde.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ti”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ti”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ti”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ti”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

Derived from French petit (“little”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/

### Adjective

ti
* little

## Hanunoo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti/ [ˈti]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ti

### Article

ti (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜲ)
* the one; that which
    mayad ti tawo ― the person is good
    Sintay ti mayad?Who is the one who is good?
    ti mga daot ― the (things which are) bad

#### See also

* si

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 273

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tîː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [tîː]

### Noun

tî m (possessed form tîn)
* tea
    Synonym: shayi

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈti]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ti

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *te. Compare Finnish te.

#### Pronoun

ti
* (personal) you guys, y'all, you all, you (second-person plural, nominative, informal form)

##### Derived terms

Note: In all these forms, ti is optional and only serves for emphasis.
* tialattatok, tiáltalatok, tielőttetek etc. (ti + a postposition with the second-person plural personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
* tinektek, tiveletek, tihozzátok etc. (ti + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

ti (plural tik)
* si, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale
    Coordinate terms: dó, ré, mi, fá, szó, lá
* dot (the short mark, one of the two symbols used in Morse code)

##### Declension

Its inflected forms are uncommon.
or (to reinforce the distinction from the inflection of the personal pronoun)

#### Further reading

* (Hungarian) An article on solfège with hand signs

### Further reading

* (you guys): ti in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (ti [solfège sign]): ti in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiʔ/

### Conjunction

ti
* which ((relative) who, whom, what)

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/

### Pronoun

ti
* Alternative form of iti (“those people, those things”)
    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.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ti, from alteration of si, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/
* Rhymes: -ti
* Hyphenation: ti

### Noun

ti
* (music) ti (a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale)
    Synonym: si

## Istriot
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tū.

### 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.

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Derived from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^{**}$/ˈti/$^*$
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: tì

#### Noun

ti f (invariable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.; tee

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

### Etymology 2

Inherited 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)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/$^°$
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: ti

#### Pronoun

ti
* accusative/dative of tu; you
* second-person singular of si; you

##### 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 | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | — |
| Singular | second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | ti, t', -ti | te | te | — | — |
| Singular | third | m | lui | si$^2$, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se$^2$ | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Singular | third | f | lei, Lei$^1$ | si$^2$, s', -si | la, La$^1$, l', L'$^1$, -la, -La$^1$ | le$^3$, Le$^1$, -le$^3$, -Le$^1$ | glie, se$^2$ | lei, Lei$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | — |
| Plural | second | — | voi, Voi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | vi, Vi$^4$, v', V'$^4$, -vi, -Vi$^4$ | ve | voi, Voi$^4$ | — | — |
| Plural | third | m | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | li, Li$^1$, -li, -Li$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| Plural | third | f | loro, Loro$^1$ | si, s', -si | le, Le$^1$, -le, -Le$^1$ | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro$^1$ | glie, se | loro, Loro$^1$, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' |
| $^1$ | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. |
| $^2$ | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. |
| $^3$ | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. |
| $^4$ | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti/$^°$, (traditional) /ˈti/$^*$
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: tì

#### Noun

ti m (invariable)
* (music) ti (note)
* (music) B (note and scale)

### Further reading

* Italian grammar: Pronouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Ti (nota) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

## Japanese
### Romanization

ti
* The katakana syllable ティ (ti) in Hepburn-like romanization.

## Kikuyu
### Particle

ti
* (negation) not
    Gũtema na kanua ti gũtema na rũhiũCutting with a mouth is not cutting with a knife.

#### See also

* aca

### References

* ↑ “ti$^2$” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 446. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Ladin
### Etymology

te +‎ i

### Contraction

ti
* in the (masculine plural)

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ti (“thee”), from Latin tibi, dative of tu.

### Pronoun

ti (Hebrew spelling טי)
* prepositional of tu
** 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:Delantre de ti io mi orgolio abato I mi corason lo razgo con kevranto¹)I suppress my pride before you, and my heart tears it with despair.

### References

* ↑ “ti”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Lai
### Noun

ti
* water

### References

* English to Hakha-Chin Online Dictionary
* English to Chin (Hakha) Dictionary

## Laz
### Noun

ti
* Latin spelling of თი (ti)

## Ligurian
### Etymology

Derived from Latin tē, accusative of tū (“you”), from Proto-Italic *tū (accusative *tē), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂, (accusative *twé ~ *te).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/

### Pronoun

ti
* you (singular)

### See also

* mi
* lê
* noî, niâtri
* voî, viâtri
* lô, liâtri

## Lote
### Noun

ti
* tea

### References

* Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote grammar sketch (2008)

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ti
* Nonstandard spelling of tī.
* Nonstandard spelling of tí.
* Nonstandard spelling of tǐ.
* Nonstandard spelling of tì.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mara Chin
### Noun

ti
* water

### References

* Fred W. Savidge, A grammar and dictionary of the Lakher language (1908)
* marasaw.com wordlist

## Marshallese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”). Doublet of wōja and oja.

### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [tˠi]
* (phonemic) IPA: /tˠij/
* Bender phonemes: {tiy}

### Noun

ti
* tea

#### Synonyms

* oja
* wōja

### Verb

ti
* to pour in tea

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

Derived from French été (“been”). Compare Haitian Creole te.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡si/

### Verb

ti (medial form ti)
* (auxiliary) Used to indicate past tense.

#### Related terms

* ti ape
* ti finn
* ti pou

## Middle English
### Determiner

ti
* (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þi (“thy”)

## Muong
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *diː ~ tiː (“to go, to walk”). Cognate with Vietnamese đi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti¹/

### Verb

ti
* (Mường Bi) to go; to walk
    Da ti no đỉ?Where are you going?

#### References

* Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎, Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

Compare dilaectal variations tu, çu, çi, from çi (“what”). Compare Central Kurdish هەچ (heç, “any”), an abbreviation of هەرچی (herçî, “whatever”). Loaned into Zazaki as çi.

### Adverb

| Central Kurdish | هەچ (heç) |
ti
* any, at all
    tikesanyone
    Min titišt ne kirî eI haven't done anything
    Kes li wir ti ne bû.Noone was there. (lit. "One wasn't there at all.")

#### Usage notes

* The original /č/ pronunciation becomes more prevalent in Southern dialects. Most dialects pronounce with an /u/.
* Dialects under Turkish influence may take it as meaning "not any" in reference to Turkish hiç and yok, but the original sense is "any".
* The noun may or may not take -ek (“a, an”) when ti is used.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Inherited 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.

### Pronunciation

* Homophone: tee

### Numeral

ti
* ten

#### Derived terms

* tidel
* tikamp
* titusen
* titusenvis
* tiår
* årti

#### Related terms

* tiende

### References

* “ti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiː/
* Rhymes: -iː
* Homophones: tee, tid

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).
Germanic cognates include Norwegian Bokmål and Danish ti, Swedish tio, Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, German zehn, Dutch tien, Saterland Frisian tjoon, English ten, and Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Irish deich, Latin decem, Lithuanian dešimt, Persian ده, Russian десять (desjatʹ), and Sanskrit दश (daśa).

#### Numeral

ti
* ten

##### Derived terms

* ti på topp
* tiar
* tidel
* tidels
* tidelt
* tidobbel
* tidoble
* tifald
* tifaldig
* tifotkreps
* tigong
* tikamp
* tikjempar
* tikroning
* titusen
* tiår

##### Related terms

* tiande
* tiend f

### Etymology 2

Alteration of si, so that every note of the solfège would begin with a different letter.

#### Alternative forms

* si

#### Noun

ti m (definite singular ti-en, indefinite plural ti-ar, definite plural ti-ane)
* (music) ti, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

##### Coordinate terms

* (scale of solfège): do, re, mi, fa, so (or sol), la, ti (or si), do

### Etymology 3

From uti, similarly to tu (“out of”) and tå (“of”). Compare also Dalecarlian Swedish ti (“in”).

#### Preposition

ti
* (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) Alternative form of uti
    Itj glømm å rødd ette dæ! Itj lægg att nåkkå søppel ti skauenDon’t forget to clean up after you! Don’t leave any rubbish in the forest
* (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) Alternative form of i
    Dæ æ en vanskele tærræng å fårrå tiIt is a difficult terrain for travelling in (it)
    E blaidd litt ti boka hass hær om dan å fann mytty rart dærI browsed some (pages) in his book the other day, and found a lot of strange (stuff) there

### References

* “ti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* it, IT, Ti

## Old French
### Pronoun

ti pl
* your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tibi, dative of tu.

### Pronoun

ti
* prepositional of tu
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 295 (facsimile):a ti ſeñor que es luz / beijarei pees ⁊ mãos ca ta uertude maduz / ſempre ſaude me g(ua)rda dos que me q̇rẽ nozir.My Lady, full of light, I shall kiss your feet and hands, because your virtue always brings me health and protects me from those who want to harm me.
* Alternative form of te

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ti”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old High German
### Preposition

ti
* Alternative form of zi

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tibi, dative of tu.

### Pronoun

ti
* prepositional of tu
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20v:Dixo nr̃o ſẽnor amoyſen ſub aq̃ tu e el pueblo que ſaq̃ſt de egipto ala tierra q̃ iure aabraã á yſaac a iacob ẽ dix ato liñaie la dare trametre mio angel delante ti e detroyra tos eñemigos […][Then] Our Lord said to Moses, “Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought out of Egypt, to the land I swore to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob when I said ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I will send my angel before you and he will destroy your enemies. […] ”

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “ti”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 495

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ति (Devanagari script)
* তি (Bengali script)
* ති (Sinhalese script)
* တိ (Burmese script)
* ติ (Thai script)
* ᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຕິ (Lao script)
* តិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रि (tri).

### Numeral

ti
* three

#### Declension
### Particle

ti
* elided form of iti

#### References

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ti”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Pattani
### Noun

ti
* water

### References

* 1972, Paul Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus, p. 26 (as Manchati)

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/

### Pronoun

ti
* thee, you

## Pirahã
### Etymology

Possibly related to Guaraní che

### Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡ʃɪ̀/

### Pronoun

ti
* I (first-person subject pronoun)
* me (first-person object pronoun)

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi, from Proto-Indo-European *tébʰye, dative of *túh₂ (“you”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈti/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ti/
* Rhymes: -i

#### Pronoun

ti
* prepositional of tu
    Dá-los-ei a ti.I will give them to you.

##### Usage notes

In everyday parlance, this pronoun is often replaced by tu in many Brazilian dialects that use "tu".

##### See also
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

ti (invariable)
* (lexicography) Initialism of transitivo indireto.

## Romansch
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tū.

### Pronoun

ti
* you (singular familiar)

## Sassarese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/

### Etymology 1

Derived from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).

#### Noun

ti f (invariable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.; tee

### Etymology 2

Inherited 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

* t' (apocopic)
* -ti, -tti (enclitic)

#### Pronoun

ti
* (reflexive pronoun) yourself
    Cumenti ti ciami? ― What's your name? (literally, “How do you call yourself?”)
* dative of tu: to you
    Abà ti lu diggu ― Now I'll tell you. (literally, “Now I tell it to you”)

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Scots
### Particle

ti
* (Southern Scots) to

### Preposition

ti
* (Southern Scots) to

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tîː/
* Audio (Central Serbia):(file)

#### Pronoun

tȋ (Cyrillic spelling ти̑)
* (in the singular) you

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

ti
* to you (clitic dative singular of tȋ (“you”))
* you (vocative singular of tȋ (“you”))
* (emphatic, possessive, dative) your, of yours (clitic dative singular of tȋ (“I”))
    Želiš još?! Gdje ti je granica?! ― You want more?! Where's your limit?!
    Gdje ti je auto? ― Where is your car?

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

tȋ
* masculine nominative plural of taj; those
    Tko su ti ljudi? ― Who are those people?

### Etymology 4
#### Adverb

ti (Cyrillic spelling ти)
* (emphatic, informal) Used to reinforce a statement that is thought to be of interest to the listener, usually referring to oneself or third parties.
    Ja ti radim i vikendom. ― I work on the weekends as well.
    On ti se odselio još davno. ― He moved away a long time ago.

## Slovak
### Alternative forms

* tebe

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ti.

### Pronoun

ti
* dative of ty

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tíː/

#### Pronoun

tȋ
* you (singular); thou
* (impersonal) one

##### Inflection
#### Noun

tȋ m
* (only used in set phrases) use of familiar personal pronouns instead of polite ones
    S svojo šefico sva prešli na ti. ― My boss and I have started to use familiar personal pronouns.

##### Inflection
#### Derived terms

* biti na ti
* preiti na ti
* priti na ti
* tīkati

### Etymology 2

see tȃ

#### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /tíː/

##### Determiner

ti
* nominative dual feminine and neuter of tȃ
* accusative dual feminine and neuter of tȃ
* nominative plural masculine of tȃ

#### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /tí/

##### Determiner

ti
* (stylistical) dative singular feminine of tȃ
* (stylistical) locative singular feminine of tȃ

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English ti.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tíː/

#### Noun

tȋ m inan
* (music) ti, si
    Synonym: sȋ

##### Usage notes

Name ti is not officially recognized as a synonym of si.

##### Inflection

* dialectal

### Further reading

* “ti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “ti”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## South Slavey
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰì(ʔ)]
* Hyphenation: ti

### Noun

ti (stem -ti-)
* Jean Marie River form of tu

#### Inflection

$^{1)}$ Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. $^{2)}$ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

### References

* Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 44

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ti (“te”), from Latin tibi, dative of tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti/ [ˈt̪i]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ti

### Pronoun

ti
* prepositional of tú
    ¡Felicidades a ti! ― Congratulations to you!

#### Derived terms

* yo de ti

### See also

| | | | | nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me | me | mí$^1$ |
| first person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | nosotros | nos | nos | nosotros |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nosotras | nos | nos | nosotras |
| second person | singular | tuteo | tuteo | tú | te | te | ti$^1$ |
| second person | singular | voseo | voseo | vos | te | te | vos |
| second person | singular | formal$^3$ | formal$^3$ | usted | le, se$^4$ | lo/la$^5$ | usted |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | masculine$^2$ | vosotros | os | os | vosotros |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | feminine | vosotras | os | os | vosotras |
| second person | plural | formal/general$^3$ | formal/general$^3$ | ustedes | les, se$^4$ | los/las$^5$ | ustedes |
| third person | singular | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | él | le, se$^4$ | lo | él |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella | le, se$^4$ | la | ella |
| third person | singular | neuter | neuter | ello$^7$ | le, se$^4$ | lo | ello |
| third person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | ellos | les, se$^4$ | los | ellos |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas | les, se$^4$ | las | ellas |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | se | se | sí$^1$ |
* 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

### Further reading

* “ti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sumerian
### Romanization

ti
* Romanization of 𒋾

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tee, the English name of the letter T/t.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ti/ [t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ti

### Noun

ti (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter T/t, in the Filipino alphabet
    Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) ta, (in the Abecedario) te

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

### Further reading

* “ti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Tapayuna
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Northern Jê *ci (“bone”).

### Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈt̪i]

### Noun

ti
* bone

## Tiwa
### Noun

ti
* water

### References

* The Bodos in Assam: a socio-cultural study, year 2005-2006 (2007)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

Inherited from English tea.

### Noun

ti
* tea

## Tooro
### Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *tì (“say; quote; that, namely”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti/

### Adverb

-ti
* like this
    abantu bakora bati ― people do this; people work like this
** Used to introduce direct speech or writing.
*** 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Yohaana 19:19:Pilaato yahandiika ekirango, yakita ha musaraba. Kihandiikirweho kiti: “Yesu owa Nazareeti, Omukama w'Abayudaaya.”Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.
*** 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Yohaana 19:21-22:Baanyakatagara abakuru b'Abayudaaya nukwo kugambira Pilaato bati: “Otahandiika oti: ‘Omukama w'Abayudaaya’; baitu handiika oti: ‘Omuntu onu akeeyeta Omukama w'Abayudaaya.’ ” Pilaato yabagarukamu ati: “Eki mpandiikire, nikyo mpandiikire.”The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

#### Inflection

| Person | Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | nti | tuti |
| 2nd person | 2nd person | oti | muti |
| 3rd person | 1/2 | ati | bati |
| 3rd person | 3/4 | guti | eti |
| 3rd person | 5/6 | liti | gati |
| 3rd person | 7/8 | kiti | biti |
| 3rd person | 9/10 | eti | ziti |
| 3rd person | 11/10 | ruti | ziti |
| 3rd person | 12/14 | kati | buti |
| 3rd person | 13 | | tuti |
| 3rd person | 14/6 | buti | gati |
| 3rd person | 15/6 | kuti | gati |
| 3rd person | 16 | hati | |

#### See also

* ngu

### References

* Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 438-439
* Entry 2879 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

## Vayu
### Noun

ti
* water

### References

* Paul K. Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus (1972, →ISBN, page 26

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* ty

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ti˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [tɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tɪj˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 司.

#### Noun

ti
* (obsolete) department, division of a ministry

##### Synonyms

* sở

##### Derived terms

* công ti

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ti
* (colloquial) Alternative form of tí (“breast”)

## Wancho
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti⁵²/

### Noun

ti
* water

### References

* Robbins Burling, Mankai Wangsu, Wancho Phonology and word list, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 21.2 (1998)

## Wastek
### Adverb

ti
* on

### References

* wordlist

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiː/
* Homophones: tu (South Wales), tŷ (South Wales)
* Rhymes: -iː

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

#### Alternative forms

* di
* ’th
* chdi

#### Pronoun

ti
* you (singular); thou

##### 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....

#### Mutation

$^△$Irregular.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

#### Mutation

The soft mutation di is used after verb forms ending in a vowel, and as an emphatic after dy (“your”) (except with dy (“bod”) when introducing a content clause. The nasal mutation does not occur, and the aspirate mutation is often ignored more so than is the case in normal colloquial language.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tee.

#### Noun

ti m (plural tiau)
* tee

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiː/

#### Noun

ti f (plural tiau)
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

#### Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (high-tone): IPA: /bí/
* (mid-tone): IPA: /bī/
* (low-tone): IPA: /bì/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

tí
* The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

tí
* (relative) which, who, that
    Synonym: (Oǹdó, Ìkálẹ̀, Ìlàjẹ) yí
    Adìyẹ tí mo rà. ― The chicken that I bought.

##### Synonyms

| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | rìí, kí, rèé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | yí |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ | yí |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | yí |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | kí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | tí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | tí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Òǹkò | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | tí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | tí |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìjùmú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - |

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* tíì (when following kò (“negation particle”))

#### Particle

ti
* Marks the perfective aspect, for actions that are completed.
    Mo ti ṣe é tán. ― I have completed it.
    Wọn ò tí ì ka ìwé tí olùkọ́ fún wọn. ― They have not read the book that the teacher gave them.

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

tì
* (transitive) to push; to lean on
* (transitive) to close; to shut

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

ti
* (intransitive) to arrive at

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

tì
* (intransitive) not be able, cannot

##### Derived terms

* ó tì (“no”, interjection)

### Etymology 7
#### Verb

tì
* to feel shame, embarrassment, shyness
    Ojú máa ń tì mí nígbà tí mo bá ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa ara mi.I feel shy whenever I talk about myself.

##### Usage notes

* Ti before a direct object noun.
* This verb is usually used with ojú (“face, eyes”) or ara (“body”) in the following constructions:
    ojú tì... ― for ... to feel shy/embarrassed
    ara tì... ― for the body of ... to shudder

##### Derived terms

* tijú (“to show shame, embarrassment”)

### References

* Awoyale, Yiwola (2008 December 19) “tì1”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

## Zacatepec Chatino
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

ti
* Alternative form of lti

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ti
* Alternative form of lti

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

ti
* day before yesterday