"τι" meaning in Greek

See τι in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Forms: ti [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|el|interjection|head=|sort=}} τι • (ti), {{el-interj}} τι • (ti)
  1. what
    Sense id: en-τι-el-intj-dJqywNBs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: τί (tí) (english: polytonic spelling)
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Forms: ti [romanization]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τί (tí), neuter of the interrogative pronoun τίς; (tís?, “who?”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis. Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|τί}} Ancient Greek τί (tí), {{m|grc|τίς|τίς;|t=who?}} τίς; (tís?, “who?”), {{inh|el|ine-pro|*kʷis}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷis 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
  2. (rhetorical, for stress): how, what Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-τι-el-pron-nVzmMvxf 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 55 45 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 56 44 Disambiguation of Greek indeclinable pronouns: 23 46 31 Disambiguation of Greek pronouns: 23 46 31
  3. anything, something, a little Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-τι-el-pron-xTlU9QN4 Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant target parameters: 0 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ποιο (poio), τί (tí) (english: polytonic spelling) Derived forms: τι κάνεις [informal, singular], τι κάνετε [formal, plural]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "What do you (pl.) want?",
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          "english": "How beautiful, what beauty!",
          "roman": "Ti omorfiá!",
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      "word": "τί"
    }
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