ili

ili

1. (transitive) to buy

• Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – ili. SIL International.

• Hyphenation: i‧li

ili

1. a cliff; a precipice

From French ils or Latin illī, plus the i of personal pronouns.

• IPA^(key): [ˈili]
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• Rhymes: -ili
• Hyphenation: i‧li

ili (third person plural, accusative ilin, possessive ilia)

1. they; them

• iŝi

ilu (“he, him”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

ili pl

1. they, them (masculine)

• li (“they, them”)
• eli (“they, them”) (feminine)
• oli (“they, them”) (neuter)

ili

1. village
2. town

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.li/
• Rhymes: -ili
• Hyphenation: ì‧li

ili

1. plural of ilo

ili m

1. plural of ilio

ili (intensive aorist yettili, aorist yili, preterite yella, negative preterite yelli)

1. (copula) to be

   Ur yettili wergaz d izem, ulamma tella yemma-s d tasedda.

   A man is not a lion, even if his mother was a lioness. (a proverb)

   Adlis-nni yella s tefrensist.

   The book was in French.

2. (auxiliary) to be (forms progressive constructions)

   Lliɣ ttɛummeɣ.

   I was swimming.

   Ad tiliḍ ttetteḍ kra.

   You'll be eating something.

3. to exist

• The predicate noun phrase of this verb is often preceded by the copular predicative particle d. In fact, this verb can be omitted and the copular predication can be facilitated by d alone.
• As a progressive auxiliary, ili is conjugated in the preterite (past progressive) or aorist (future progressive). The modified verb is in the intensive aorist and agrees with the same subject as the copula.

ili

1. water

   ili nung

   (multiple individual) waters (e.g. in separate pails)

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2014, →ISBN

ili

1. (intransitive) to be clean
2. (intransitive) to be clear

• paili

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 179

ili

1. community where people live
2. home country

īlī

1. dative/ablative singular of īle

ili

1. town; barrio
2. country; nation

ili f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of il

ili

1. to flow

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈli/, [i.ˈli]

ili

1. Beaufortia leveretti (a kind of ray-finned fish)

From Proto-Turkic *il (“front side”). Cognate with Yakut илин (ilin, “front (side)”). Related to Turkish ileri and ilk.

• (Chahandusi, Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ili]
• (Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [iːli]
• (Daowei, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [illi]
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [eli]
• (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ele]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [ilæ]

ili

1. front (side)
2. before

• iliden (“from the beginning”), ileden
• iligi, ilegi

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ili, i:li, ele, eli, illi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 337
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ili”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), pages 261, 299
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “ilɛ-dɛn”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 118
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “ili, ili jɑnɘ”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 118

From i + li.

• IPA^(key): /îli/

ȉli (Cyrillic spelling и̏ли)

1. or
2. either
3. otherwise, or else

• Audio (Kenya)

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ili

1. in order that, so that

ili

1. village; town