толи

See also: то ли

Buryat

Comparison
Mongolian толь (tolʹ)
Buryat толи (toli)
Kalmyk толь (tolʹ)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *toli. Cognate with Khamnigan Mongol толи (toli), Kalmyk толь (tolʹ), Mongolian толь (tolʹ), etc.

Semantic loan from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠣᠯᠢ (toli) and Literary Chinese (jiàn) in sense ‘dictionary’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ.li/, [tʰɔ̟.lʲɪ]
  • Hyphenation: то‧ли

Noun

толи • (toli)

  1. short for толи бэшэг (toli bešeg, dictionary)

Declension

Declension of толи
singular plural
nominative толи (toli) толинууд (tolinuud)
genitive attributive толиин (toliin) толинуудай (tolinuudaj)
substantive
singular
толиинхи (toliinxi) толинуудайнхи (tolinuudajnxi)
substantive
plural
толиинхид (toliinxid) толинуудайнхид (tolinuudajnxid)
dative-locative adverbial толидо (tolido) толинуудта (tolinuudta)
adjectival
locative
толидохи (tolidoxi) толинуудтахи (tolinuudtaxi)
accusative indefinite толи (toli) толинуудые (tolinuudyje)
definite толиие (toliije)
instrumental ооор (ooor) толинуудаар (tolinuudaar)
comitative толитой (tolitoj) толинуудтай (tolinuudtaj)
ablative толиһоо (tolihoo) толинуудһаа (tolinuudhaa)

Derived terms

  • толигор (toligor)
  • толилхо (tolilxo)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtolʲɪ]

Noun

то́ли • (tólim inan pl

  1. nominative/accusative plural of толь (tolʹ)