# ali
## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈli/ [ʔʌˈlɪ]
* Hyphenation: a‧li

### Noun

alí f
* reptile

#### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَالٍ (ʕālin).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑːˈli]
* Audio (Baku):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧li

### Adjective

ali (comparative daha ali, superlative ən ali)
* supreme, higher, high (dominant)
    ali məhkəmə ― supreme court
    ali təhsil müəssisəsi ― seat of higher learning
    ali baş komandan ― commander in chif (literally, “supreme main commander”)

#### Derived terms

* alilik

### Further reading

* “ali” in Obastan.com.

## Elfdalian
### Etymology

From Old Norse hali, from Proto-Germanic *halô.

### Noun

ali m (oblique ålå)
* (anatomy) tail

#### Derived terms

* ålåbuss
* ålåell
* ålåglinder

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛaːlɪ/
* Rhymes: -ɛaːlɪ
* Homophones: alið, æli, ælið

### Noun

ali n (genitive singular alis, uncountable)
* quality, property, characteristic, nature (of someone or something)

#### Derived terms

* alisfrøði (“physics”)

### Verb

ali
* indicative first-person singular present of ala
* optative of ala

## Finnish
### Etymology

ala- +‎ -i

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑli/, [ˈɑ̝li]
* Rhymes: -ɑli
* Hyphenation: ali

### Postposition

ali [with genitive]
* beneath, underneath (through the space that is underneath something)
    Synonym: alitse
    Antonyms: yli, ylitse
    Pallo pyöri tuolin ali ja ovesta ulos.The ball rolled underneath the chair and out of the door.

#### Usage notes

ali cannot take a possessive suffix; alitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

#### Inflection

Declension of ala-
noun case
singular
pluraladverbial form
singular
plural
nominative
ala-
–superessive
alhaalla
genitive
–delative
alhaalta
partitive
–sublative
alhaalle
accusative
–lative
alas
inessive
–temporal
elative
–causative
illative
–multiplicative
adessive
alla
–distributive
ablative
alta
–temp. dist.
allative
alle
–prolative
ali alitse
essive
–situative
allekkain (alakkain)
translative
–oppositive
alatusten
abessive
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* alittaa
* alitusten
* alikulku
* alimiehitetty
* alimiehitys
* alinomaa
* alivuoto

#### Related terms

See the inflection table.
* ala-
* ali-
* alemmas
* alempana
* alhainen
* alittaa

### Further reading

* “ali”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Gorontalo
### Noun

ali
* a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water or other fluids; well.

## Gun
### Etymology

Cognates include Fon alì, Eastern Xwla Gbe alì

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.lì/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

alì (plural alì lɛ́ or alì lẹ́)
* road

#### Derived terms

* alìhò (“lane (Nigeria)”)
* alìklán (“street”)
* alìkplítɛ̀n (“crossroads (Benin)”)
* alìkpá (“street (Benin)”)
* alìplítẹ̀n (“crossroads (Nigeria)”)
* alìpá (“street (Nigeria)”)
* alìxò (“lane (Benin)”)
* tòhòmẹ̀-lìhò (“street (Nigeria)”)
* tòxòmɛ̀-lìxò (“street (Benin)”)

## Icelandic
### Noun

ali
* indefinite accusative plural of alur

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay ali, from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈali/

### Verb

ali
* to show oneself

### Noun

ali (uncountable)
* greeting

### Derived terms

* mengali

### Further reading

* “ali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.li/
* Rhymes: -ali
* Hyphenation: à‧li

### Noun

ali f
* plural of ala

### Verb

ali
* inflection of alare:
** second-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Lai, Lia

## Kapampangan
### Interjection

ali
* no; stop; not
    Antonym: wa

## Laboya
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

### Noun

ali
* younger sibling

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ali”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Suaji”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Latin
### Verb

alī
* present passive infinitive of alō

### Noun

ālī n
* genitive singular of ālum (“garlic, comfrey”)

### Noun

ālī f
* genitive singular of ālus (“garlic, comfrey”)

## Lavukaleve
### Noun

ali m
* man

## Laz
### Noun

ali
* Latin spelling of ალი (ali)

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

ali
* king

## Macanese
### Alternative forms

* alí

### Etymology

From Portuguese ali.

### Adverb

ali
* there (away from the speaker)
    Antonym: aqui
    ali-riva ― up there
    ali-vánda ― over there
    qui aqui, qui ali ― either here or there

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

## Middle English
### Adjective

ali
* Alternative form of holy (sacred)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

ali
* (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of al

### Participle

ali
* (non-standard since 2012) past participle of ala

## Nupe
### Alternative forms

* eli

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.lī/

### Noun

ali
* character; disposition; behaviour

## Old Norse
### Noun

ali
* indefinite accusative plural of alr

### Verb

ali
* third-person active present subjunctive of ala

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ li. First attested in the 15th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /alʲi/
* IPA: (15th CE) /alʲi/

### Conjunction

ali
* (attested in Lesser Poland) Introduces a contradicting clause; but
    Synonym: ale
** 1880-1894 [1436], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎, volume III, Krakow, page 332:Rudda nye othworzila szye na roly... woytha, aly othworzila szye na roly claszthorney[Ruda nie otworzyła sie na roli... wojta, ali otworzyła sie na roli klasztornej]
* Adds to a previous statement; but
** Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 638:Kristus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły..., azali wam czego niedostawało? A oni rzekli: Wszegośmy dosyć mieli. Ali już kto ma mosznę, weźmi i tobołę (sed nunc qui habet sacculum, tollat... peram Luc 22, 36)[Krystus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły..., azali wam czego niedostawało? A oni rzekli: Wszegośmy dosyć mieli. Ali już kto ma mosznę, weźmi i tobołę (sed nunc qui habet sacculum, tollat... peram Luc 22, 36)]
* (attested in Masovia) until
** 1920 [1424], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume II, number 237, Zakroczym:Iakom ya ne mal dzewcze mey vosza ani con[a dacz], ali na mego concza smerczy[Jakom ja nie miał dziewce mej woza ani kon[ia dać], ali na mego końca śmierci]

### Particle

ali
* (attested in Masovia) until, as long as, up to
** 1950 [1499], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1831, Warsaw:Jakossny my vyethnaly y rosdzyelyli Anna s B[b]arbara..., rolamy..., lassy, borrmy aly do waczyerzina syvotha[Jakosmy my ujednali i rozdzielili Annę z B[b]arbarą..., rolami..., lasy, bormi ali do macierzyna żywota]

#### Descendants

* Polish: ali

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ali”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## O'odham
### Alternative forms

* 'ali

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaɭi/

### Noun

ali (plural a'al)
* child, baby

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ali. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ li.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.li/
* Rhymes: -ali
* Syllabification: a‧li
* Homophone: Ali

### Conjunction

ali
* (obsolete) but
    Synonym: ale
* (Middle Polish) so, hence
    Synonym: więc
* (Middle Polish) let alone
    Synonyms: a już, a zaraz
* (Middle Polish) or
    Synonym: albo

### Particle

ali
* (obsolete) used for presenting something; here
    Synonym: oto

### Further reading

* ali in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ali”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (08.06.2022) “ALI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ali”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ali”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* alli (pre-standardization spelling)
* aly (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ali, aly, from Latin ad illīc (literally “to there”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈli/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈli/
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Audio (Portugal, Porto):(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: a‧li

### Adverb

ali (not comparable)
* there (far from both the speaker and the audience)
    Synonym: lá
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Lincoln e Grant”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 289:Educado á custa do Estado na escola de West Point, sahio d’alli como alferes graduado do 4.° regimento de infanteria […]Educated at the State’s expense in the West Point school, he left there as a graduated ensign of the 4th infantry regiment […]
** 2008, Priscila Ferraz, nuvem de pó, Marco Zero, →ISBN, page 58:Nem é preciso dizer que o jantar foi um verdadeiro desastre. O arroz ficou empedrado, tipo “unidos venceremos”, a carne virou uma “sola de sapato”, salvou-se mais ou menos a salada, mesmo assim porque Cláudia não quis comentar nada a respeito de uma lesma que viu na alface mal lavada. Mas ali coube perfeitamente o dito popular “a fome é o melhor tempero”.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A diferença”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 10:Internou-se na clínica com a vaga esperança de que a Morte, que vem ali buscar tanta gente, um dia o leve por distração.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

Usually, ali implies a nearer position than lá.

#### See also
## Rukai
### Noun

ali
* used by women to refer to one's female friend

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /âli/
* Hyphenation: a‧li

### Conjunction

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)
* but
* however
* (Croatia) or, if

#### Synonyms

* (Croatia) ȁle, nu

## Sicilian
### Noun

ali
* plural of ala

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.
* IPA: /áli/, /áːli/

#### Conjunction

ȁli or ȃli
* or
* (ali ... ali) either ... or

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ali/

#### Particle

ali
* Introduces a yes-no question.

### Further reading

* “ali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔali/ [ˈʔaː.lɪ]
* Rhymes: -ali
* Syllabification: a‧li

### Noun

ali (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒ)
* Alternative form of ale