wili

Afar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wiˈli/, [wɪˈlɪ]
  • Hyphenation: wi‧li

Determiner

wilí

  1. (Northern Afar) a certain; some
    Synonym: (Southern Afar) ulí

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

Bikol Central

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiliʔ/, [ˈwi.l̪iʔ]
  • Hyphenation: wi‧li

Noun

wilì (Basahan spelling ᜏᜒᜎᜒ)

  1. engrossment; engagement
    Synonym: bangkag
  2. jealousy; envy; covetousness
    Synonyms: ara, uri, selos

Derived terms

Gothic

Romanization

wili

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹

Hausa

Etymology

From English wheel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wíː.lìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wíː.lìː]

Noun

wīlī̀ m (plural wīlōlī or wīlunā̀ or wīlukā̀, possessed form wīlìn)

  1. wheel

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wili from Proto-Eastern Polynesian ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wirit. Cognates include Maori wiri and Samoan vili.

Verb

wili

  1. to bore, twist, drill, writhe, crank

Noun

wili

  1. drill, wrench
    Synonym: hao wili

Derived terms
  • hao wili (“wrench”)
  • kāwili
  • wiliwili
  • wili makani (“windmill”)
  • wili nui (“auger”)
  • wilikī (“engineer”)

Mapudungun

Noun

wili (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) nail

References
  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old High German

Verb

wili

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative of wellen

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.li/
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Syllabification: wi‧li

Verb

wili

  1. third-person plural virile past of wić

Sambali

Adjective

wilí

  1. left (direction)

Swahili
Swahili numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: -wili, pili
    Ordinal: -a pili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Numeral

-wili (declinable)

  1. two

Usage notes

Used as an adjective; when the number is being used as an abstract value, use pili.

Inflection
Inflected forms of -wili (plural only)
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) —
m-mi class(III/IV) — miwili
ji-ma class(V/VI) — mawili
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) — viwili
n class(IX/X) — mbili
u class(XI) — see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pawili
ku class(XVII) kuwili
mu class(XVIII) muwili

Coordinate terms
Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— sifuri-moja, mosi-wili, pili-tatu-nne-tanositasaba-nanetisa, kenda
1— kumikumi na moja, edasharakumi na mbili, thenasharakumi na tatu, thelatasharakumi na nne, arobatasharakumi na tano, hamstasharakumi na sita, sitasharakumi na saba, sabatasharakumi na nane, themantasharakumi na tisa, tisatashara
2— ishiriniishirini na mojaishirini na mbiliishirini na tatuishirini na nneishirini na tanoishirini na sitaishirini na sabaishirini na naneishirini na tisa
3— thelathinithelathini na mojathelathini na mbilithelathini na tatuthelathini na nnethelathini na tanothelathini na sitathelathini na sabathelathini na nanethelathini na tisa
4— arobainiarobaini na mojaarobaini na mbiliarobaini na tatuarobaini na nnearobaini na tanoarobaini na sitaarobaini na sabaarobaini na nanearobaini na tisa
5— hamsinihamsini na mojahamsini na mbilihamsini na tatuhamsini na nnehamsini na tanohamsini na sitahamsini na sabahamsini na nanehamsini na tisa
6— sitinisitini na mojasitini na mbilisitini na tatusitini na nnesitini na tanositini na sitasitini na sabasitini na nanesitini na tisa
7— sabinisabini na mojasabini na mbilisabini na tatusabini na nnesabini na tanosabini na sitasabini na sabasabini na nanesabini na tisa
8— themaninithemanini na mojathemanini na mbilithemanini na tatuthemanini na nnethemanini na tanothemanini na sitathemanini na sabathemanini na nanethemanini na tisa
9— tisinitisini na mojatisini na mbilitisini na tatutisini na nnetisini na tanotisini na sitatisini na sabatisini na nanetisini na tisa

Yao
Yao cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : wili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàdɪ́. Cognates include Swahili wili.

Numeral

wili

  1. two

Usage notes

This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. mabweta gawili (two boxes). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.

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