"dili" meaning in Tagalog

See dili in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈdiliʔ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈd̪iː.lɪʔ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: dilì [canonical], ᜇᜒᜎᜒ [Baybayin], dile [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -iliʔ Etymology: The sense “not; no” became obsolete in Tagalog, but reborrowed from Cebuano dili. Etymology templates: {{m-g|not; no}} “not; no”, {{der|tl|ceb|dili}} Cebuano dili Head templates: {{tl-adv|dilì|b=+}} dilì (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜒ)
  1. hardly
    Sense id: en-dili-tl-adv-YmwIhKx-
  2. rarely; seldom
    Sense id: en-dili-tl-adv-TZXLx5HB
  3. (originally obsolete, now colloquial) not; no Tags: colloquial Synonyms: hindi
    Sense id: en-dili-tl-adv-KUV1Imli
  4. (obsolete) doubt in one's mind (now used in certain expressions) Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dili-tl-adv-TsOCrNVd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dili kaya, hunos-dili, maghunos-dili, maniwala-dili, mapadili, padili, paghuhunos-dili, paghunos-dilian, paroon-dili, sabihin-dili
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdili/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈd̪iː.lɪ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜇᜒᜎᜒ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -ili Etymology: Compare Malay diri (“self”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ms|diri||self}} Malay diri (“self”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} dili (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜒ)
  1. sense of judgement; understanding Synonyms: pag-unawa, pagkaunawa
    Sense id: en-dili-tl-noun-kNWyYtDi Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 0 25 62 4 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 4 7 7 24 54 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 80 20 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation: 6 10 0 23 54 7 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 4 7 6 22 58 4
  2. consciousness Synonyms: malay, kamalayan
    Sense id: en-dili-tl-noun-ADp6mfjc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dili-dili, dili-dilihin, ipadili-dili, ipagdili-dili, magdili-dili, mapagdili-dili, pagdidili, pagdidili-dili, sarili
Etymology number: 1
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