ties

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See also: tíes

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ties

  1. plural of tie
  2. (dated) Low shoes fastened with lacings.

Verb

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ties

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tie

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Noun

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ties

  1. plural of tia

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Esperanto ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -es (correlative suffix of possession)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈties]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ies
  • Hyphenation: ti‧es

Determiner

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ties (plural ties, accusative singular ties, accusative plural ties)

  1. Belonging to that [one/person] (demonstrative correlative of possession), its
    La sunsistemo estas la aro de planedoj, lunoj, asteroidoj, kaj kometoj, kiu ĉirkaŭas la Sunon pro ties gravita kampo.
    The solar system is the system of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, which surround the Sun due to its gravitational field.

Usage notes

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When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ties ĉi means belonging to this [person].

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Finnish

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Etymology

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A form of tietää (to know), possibly (a colloquial form of) the third-person singular past indicative (tiesi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtie̯s/, [ˈt̪ie̞̯s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ies
  • Syllabification(key): ties

Adverb

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ties

  1. God knows, who knows
    Ties mitä otsikot sanovat presidentin tuoreiden kommenttien jälkeen.
    God knows (or Who knows) what the headlines will say after the president's recent comments.

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Related to tiẽsiai (straight), tiesùs (simple).[1]

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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tiẽs

  1. near
    Nestovė́k tiẽs lángu.Don't stand near the window.
  2. opposite
  3. above

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tiẽs”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 675