ti

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ti"

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Translingual

Symbol

ti

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

English

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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

seventh note of a major scale — see si

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.

Anagrams

'it, It., IT, it, It⁺⁶, It

Abinomn

Noun

ti

taro

Albanian

Etymology

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^(key): [ti]

Pronoun

ti (accusative ty, dative ty, ablative teje)

you (singular)

Declension

forms of ti

	ti (2nd person singular)
nominative	ti
ablative	teje
	full form	clitic
accusative	ty	të
dative	ty	të
	possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
	yt	yti

Aromanian

Etymology

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^(key): /ˈti/, [ˈt̪i]

Interjection

ti

interjection used to call goats

Bahnar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː/

Noun

ti

hand

Breton

Etymology

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^(key): /tiː(ʔ)/
Transcription: tii'

Noun

tī (alienable)

tea

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

Noun

ti

tea

Corsican

Etymology

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^(key): [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

Danish

**Danish cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
Cardinal : ti Ordinal : tiende

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiːˀ/, [ˈtˢiˀ]

Etymology 1

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

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

From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.

Noun

ti

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese ti, from Latin tibi.

Pronoun

ti

Second person singular prepositional pronoun; you

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 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^(key): /ˈti/, [ˈt̪i]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation^(key): ti

Noun

ti

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

Declension

not inflected

Synonyms

piste

Derived terms

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/
Audio: (file)

Particle

ti

(dated, colloquial) question marker

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)

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

Related terms

tu

Galician

Alternative forms

tu

Etymology

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^(key): /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

From French petit (“little”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Adjective

ti

little

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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 manga daot ― the (things which are) bad

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tîː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tîː]

Noun

tî m (possessed form tîn)

tea
Synonym: shayi

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *te. Compare Finnish te.

Pronoun

ti

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

Declension

declension of ti

nominative	ti
accusative	titeket
dative	nektek
instrumental	veletek
causal-final	értetek
inessive	bennetek
superessive	rajtatok
adessive	nálatok
illative	belétek
sublative	rátok
allative	hozzátok
elative	belőletek
delative	rólatok
ablative	tőletek

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.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	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	tiül	—
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
non-attributive possessive - singular	tié	tiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tiéi	tikéi

Possessive forms of ti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tim	tijeim (or tiim)
2nd person sing.	tid	tijeid (or tiid)
3rd person sing.	tije	tijei (or tii)
1st person plural	tink	tijeink (or tiink)
2nd person plural	titek	tijeitek (or tiitek)
3rd person plural	tijük	tijeik (or tiik)

or (to reinforce the distinction from the inflection of the personal pronoun)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ti	ti-k
accusative	ti-t	ti-ket
dative	ti-nek	ti-knek
instrumental	ti-vel	ti-kkel
causal-final	ti-ért	ti-kért
translative	ti-vé	ti-kké
terminative	ti-ig	ti-kig
essive-formal	ti-ként	ti-kként
essive-modal	ti-ül	—
inessive	ti-ben	ti-kben
superessive	ti-n	ti-ken
adessive	ti-nél	ti-knél
illative	ti-be	ti-kbe
sublative	ti-re	ti-kre
allative	ti-hez	ti-khez
elative	ti-ből	ti-kből
delative	ti-ről	ti-kről
ablative	ti-től	ti-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	ti-é	ti-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ti-éi	ti-kéi

Possessive forms of ti
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ti-m	ti-jeim (or ti-im)
2nd person sing.	ti-d	ti-jeid (or ti-id)
3rd person sing.	ti-je	ti-jei (or ti-i)
1st person plural	ti-nk	ti-jeink (or ti-ink)
2nd person plural	ti-tek	ti-jeitek (or ti-itek)
3rd person plural	ti-jük	ti-jeik (or ti-ik)

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiʔ/

Conjunction

ti

which ((relative) who, whom, what)

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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^(key): /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

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

From Latin tē (the name of the letter T).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): ^**/ˈti/^*
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: tì

Noun

ti f (invariable)

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.; tee

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)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ti m (invariable)

(music) ti (note)
(music) B (note and scale)

Japanese

Romanization

ti

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

Kikuyu

Particle

ti

(negation) not^[1]
Gũtema na kanua ti gũtema na rũhiũ
Cutting with a mouth is not cutting with a knife.

References

^ “ti²” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 446. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Ladin

Etymology

te +‎ i

Contraction

ti

in the (masculine plural)

Lai

Noun

ti

water

References

Laz

Noun

ti

Latin spelling of თი (ti)

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/

Pronoun

ti

you (singular)

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^(key): [tˠi]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /tˠij/
Bender phonemes: {tiy}

Noun

ti

tea

Synonyms

oja
wōja

Verb

ti

to pour in tea

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡si/

Verb

ti (medial form ti)

(auxiliary) Used to indicate past tense.

Related terms

Middle English

Determiner

ti

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

Muong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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)‎^[2], 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
tikes
anyone

Min titišt ne kirî e
I 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

**Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
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.

Pronunciation

Homophone: tee

Numeral

ti

ten

Derived terms

Related terms

tiende

References

“ti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

**Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
Cardinal : ti Ordinal : tiande

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Homophones: tee, tid

Etymology 1

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 , Russian десять (desjatʹ), and Sanskrit दश (daśa).

Numeral

ti

ten

Derived terms

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 skauen
Don’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 ti
It is a difficult terrain for travelling in (it)

E blaidd litt ti boka hass hær om dan å fann mytty rart dær
I 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 High German

Preposition

ti

Alternative form of zi

Pali

**Pali cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : ti Ordinal : tatiya

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Declension table of "ti" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tayo
Accusative (second)	tayo
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

Declension table of "ti" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tisso
Accusative (second)	tisso
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tissannaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tissannaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

Declension table of "ti" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	tīṇi
Accusative (second)	tīṇi
Instrumental (third)	tīhi
Dative (fourth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tīhi
Genitive (sixth)	tiṇṇaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tīsu

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^(key): /ti/

Pronoun

ti

thee, you

Pirahã

Etymology

Possibly related to Guaraní che

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪ̀/

Pronoun

ti

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /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".

Etymology 2

Adjective

ti (invariable)

(lexicography) Initialism of transitivo indireto.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

ti

you (singular familiar)

Sassarese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Etymology 1

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

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

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tîː/

Pronoun

tȋ (Cyrillic spelling ти̑)

(in the singular) you

Declension

Declension of ti

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs
vocative	tî	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

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

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tíː/

Pronoun

tȋ

you (singular); thou
(impersonal) one

Inflection

Second masculine/first feminine/second neuter declension (a-stem), mixed accent, suppletive, highly irregular Stressed ("naglasne") forms
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ	vȋdva m; vȋdve, vẹ̑dve f or n	vȋ m; vẹ̑ f or n
genitive rodȋlnik	tébe	vȃju, vȁs	vȁs
dative dajȃlnik	tébi	vȃma	vȁm
accusative tožȋlnik	tébe	vȃju	vȁs
locative mẹ̑stnik	tébi	nȃju, nȁs	nȁs
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȃbo, tebọ́j	vȃma	vȃmi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ	vȋdva m; vȋdve, vẹ̑dve f or n	vȋ m; vẹ̑ f or n

Unstressed ("naslonske") forms
	singular	dual	plural
genitive rodȋlnik	te	vaju, vas	vas
dative dajȃlnik	ti	vama	vam
accusative tožȋlnik	ve	vaju	vas

Binding ("navezne / predložne") accusative forms
	singular	dual	plural
unstressed	-te	–	–
stressed	tẹ̑	–	–

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

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Third masculine declension (no endings) (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	tȋ
gen. sing.	tȋ
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ
genitive rodȋlnik	tȋ
dative dajȃlnik	tȋ
accusative tožȋlnik	tȋ
locative mẹ̑stnik	tȋ
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȋ
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ

Derived terms

Etymology 2

see tȃ

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /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^(key): /tí/

Determiner

ti

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

Etymology 3

From English ti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tíː/

Noun

tȋ m inan

(music) ti, si
Synonym: sȋ

Usage notes

Name ti is not officially recognized as a synonym of si.^{[→SSKJ, SP]}

Inflection

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Third masculine declension (no endings)
nom. sing.	tȋ
gen. sing.	tȋ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
genitive rodȋlnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
dative dajȃlnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
accusative tožȋlnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
locative mẹ̑stnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ	tȋ	tȋ

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First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix
nom. sing.	tȋ
gen. sing.	tȋja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ	tȋja	tȋji
genitive rodȋlnik	tȋja	tȋjev	tȋjev
dative dajȃlnik	tȋju, tȋji	tȋjema	tȋjem
accusative tožȋlnik	tȋ	tȋja	tȋje
locative mẹ̑stnik	tȋju, tȋji	tȋjih	tȋjih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȋjem	tȋjema	tȋji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ	tȋja	tȋji

dialectal

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix
nom. sing.	tȋ
gen. sing.	tȋja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	tȋ	tȋja	tȋji
genitive rodȋlnik	tȋja	tȋjev	tȋjev
dative dajȃlnik	tȋju, tȋji	tȋjoma	tȋjom
accusative tožȋlnik	tȋ	tȋja	tȋje
locative mẹ̑stnik	tȋju, tȋji	tȋjih	tȋjih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	tȋjom	tȋjoma	tȋji
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	tȋ	tȋja	tȋji

South Slavey

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰì(ʔ)]
Hyphenation: ti

Noun

ti (stem -ti-)

Jean Marie River form of tu

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ti (-tié)

		singular	plural
1st person		setié	naxetié
2nd person		netié	naxetié
3rd person	¹⁾	—	gitié
3rd person	²⁾	metié	gotié
4th person		yetié	gotié
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetié	kedetié
reflexive	unsp.	detié
reciprocal		—	ɂełetié
indefinite		ɂetié
areal		gotié
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

From Latin tibi, dative of tu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈti/ [ˈt̪i]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: ti

Pronoun

ti

you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)
¡Felicidades a ti! ― Congratulations to you!

Sumerian

Romanization

ti

Romanization of 𒋾

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /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

Tapayuna

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ci (“bone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt̪i]

Noun

ti

bone

Tiwa

Noun

ti

water

References

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English tea.

Noun

ti

tea

Tooro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti/

Adverb

-ti

like this
abantu bakora bati ― people do this; people work like this
1. 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

Inflected forms of -ti

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

References

Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[3], 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^(key): [ti˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [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^(key): /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^(key): /tiː/
Homophones: tu (South Wales), tŷ (South Wales)
Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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

Mutated forms of ti
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	unchanged^△	thi

^△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

Mutated forms of ti
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	nhi	thi

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^(key): /tiː/

Noun

ti f (plural tiau)

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

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tí/

Noun

tí

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tí/

Pronoun

tí

(relative) which, who, that
Synonym: (Oǹdó, Ìkálẹ̀, Ìlàjẹ) yí

Adìyẹ tí mo rà. ― The chicken that I bought.

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties (which, who, that)

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

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tī/

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tì/

Verb

tì

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

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tī/

Verb

ti

(intransitive) to arrive at

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tì/

Verb

tì

(intransitive) not be able, cannot

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

[1] “ti²” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 446. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[1]

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Combined	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te	—
	third	m	lui	si², s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se²	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
	third	f	lei, Lei¹	si², s', -si	la, La¹, l', L'¹, -la, -La¹	le³, Le¹, -le³, -Le¹	glie, se²	lei, Lei¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi⁴	vi, Vi⁴, v', V'⁴, -vi, -Vi⁴			ve	voi, Voi⁴	—
	third	m	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	li, Li¹, -li, -Li¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	glie, se	loro, Loro¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
	third	f	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	le, Le¹, -le, -Le¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	glie, se	loro, Loro¹, 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.
²	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
³	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).

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
Number	Person	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
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
	Third	ele	ela	se			si		consigo		o mesmo	a mesma
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
	Third	eles	elas	se			si		consigo		os mesmos	as mesmas
Indefinite				se			si		consigo

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masculine²		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	feminine		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal³		usted	le, se⁴	lo/la⁵	usted
	plural	familiar⁶	masculine²	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁶	feminine	vosotras	os		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	ello
	plural	masculine²		ellos	les, se⁴	los	ellos
	plural	feminine		ellas	les, se⁴	las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí¹