"τι" meaning in Greek

See τι in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Forms: ti [romanization], τί [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|el|intj}} τι • (ti)
  1. what
    Sense id: en-τι-el-intj-dJqywNBs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Forms: ti [romanization], τί [alternative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τί (tí), neuter of the interrogative pronoun τίς; (tís?, “who?”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|τί}} Ancient Greek τί (tí), {{inh|el|ine-pro|*kʷís}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Head templates: {{head|el|pronoun|indeclinable|cat2=indeclinable pronouns|head=|sort=}} τι • (ti) (indeclinable), {{el-pron|ind|desc=interrogative}} τι • (ti) (indeclinable) interrogative
  1. what? Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-τι-el-pron-LMmlmuFO Categories (other): Greek indeclinable pronouns, Greek pronouns Disambiguation of Greek indeclinable pronouns: 30 37 33 Disambiguation of Greek pronouns: 30 37 33
  2. (rhetorical, for stress): how, what Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-τι-el-pron-nVzmMvxf Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek indeclinable pronouns, Greek pronouns Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 71 29 Disambiguation of Greek indeclinable pronouns: 30 37 33 Disambiguation of Greek pronouns: 30 37 33
  3. anything, something, a little Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-τι-el-pron-xTlU9QN4 Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek indeclinable pronouns, Greek pronouns Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters: 0 42 58 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 71 29 Disambiguation of Greek indeclinable pronouns: 30 37 33 Disambiguation of Greek pronouns: 30 37 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ποιο (poio) Derived forms: τι κάνεις [informal, singular], τι κάνετε [formal, plural]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "τι κάνεις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "τι κάνετε"
    }
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      },
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    }
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        },
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          "english": "What do you (pl.) want?",
          "roman": "Ti thélete?",
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          "english": "What for?",
          "roman": "Pros ti;",
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          "_dis": "0 0 71 29",
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          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 37 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek indeclinable pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "name": "Greek pronouns",
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          "english": "How beautiful, what beauty!",
          "roman": "Ti omorfiá!",
          "text": "Τι ομορφιά!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how, what"
      ],
      "id": "en-τι-el-pron-nVzmMvxf",
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        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ],
        [
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          "what"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "rhetorical",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetorical, for stress): how, what"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "for stress"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "0 42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "30 37 33",
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          "name": "Greek indeclinable pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "30 37 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek pronouns",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      "glosses": [
        "anything, something, a little"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
        [
          "a little",
          "a little"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "poio",
      "word": "ποιο"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τι"
}

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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "tí",
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      ]
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      },
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          "english": "What? He said that?",
          "roman": "Ti; Eípe tétoio prágma?",
          "text": "Τι; Είπε τέτοιο πράγμα;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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          "what"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Greek indeclinable pronouns",
    "Greek interjections",
    "Greek lemmas",
    "Greek pronouns",
    "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek",
    "Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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        "informal",
        "singular"
      ],
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    },
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      ],
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    }
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "ti",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τί",
      "roman": "tí",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "τι • (ti) (indeclinable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "el-pron"
    }
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      ],
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          "english": "What do you (pl.) want?",
          "roman": "Ti thélete?",
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          "english": "What for?",
          "roman": "Pros ti;",
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        "what?"
      ],
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        [
          "what",
          "what"
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          "english": "How beautiful, what beauty!",
          "roman": "Ti omorfiá!",
          "text": "Τι ομορφιά!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how, what"
      ],
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        [
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        [
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      ],
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        "(rhetorical, for stress): how, what"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "anything, something, a little"
      ],
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        [
          "anything",
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        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
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          "a little",
          "a little"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "poio",
      "word": "ποιο"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τι"
}

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    "Greek lemmas",
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          "english": "What? He said that?",
          "roman": "Ti; Eípe tétoio prágma?",
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    }
  ],
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}

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