alili
التعريفات والمعاني
== Kapampangan ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate to Tagalog halili.
=== Verb ===
alíli
to take someone's place
== Tashelhit ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اليلى (alili, “oleander”), from Proto-Berber *a-lili (“oleander”), borrowed from Latin līlium (“lily”), from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), ultimately from Egyptian ḥrrt (“flower”). Cognate with Tarifit ařiři (“Oleander”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alili/
=== Noun ===
alili m (plural ililitn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵍⵉⵍⵉ, Arabic spelling آليلي)
oleander (Nerium oleander)
(figurative) symbol of suffering, and in particular of the suffering brought by death.
==== Inflection ====
=== See also ===
=== References ===
Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 235b
== Tokelauan ==
=== Noun ===
alili
mollusc
=== Noun ===
alili
the leadline of a fishing net, so-named as it was formerly weighted with mollusc shells
=== References ===
R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 12