doli

doli

1. plural of dolus

doli (plural dolis)

1. (India, chiefly historical) Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter”)
   • 1838, Montgomery Martin, The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India..., volume III, page 119:

     This is a very miserable conveyance, used by the middling rank of native men; but has been improved, by Europeans, into the Doli for conveying the sick, by lengthening it so as to admit the passenger to lie at length.

   • 1911, Calendar of Persian Correspondence..., page xxvi:

     ...bahlis, chakras, bullock-carts, dolis, tattus, palkis, miyanas, kharkharinas, bajras and chaupalas, were the common vehicles.

   • 1972, Abulhasan 'Ali Nadvi, The Musalman, page 42:

     The Muslim ladies who earlier moved out in covered palanquins, dolis and muhafas or completely veiled coaches and victorias are now obliged to go about in tongas, rikshaws and buses leaving aside the earlier scruples.

• doli incapax

Akin to Tetum ruin.

doli

1. bone

doli m

1. plural of dolo

• Lido, Lodi, lido, lodi

dolī

1. inflection of dolus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

doli

1. (transitive) to pick

• dolihda

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.li/
• Rhymes: -ɔli
• Syllabification: do‧li

doli f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of dola

• do li

• IPA^(key): /dǒli/
• Hyphenation: do‧li

dòli (Cyrillic spelling до̀ли)

1. but, other than, besides

   Nemate nikakva dokaza doli r(ij)eč sluge.

   You have no evidence but the word of a servant.

   Plaćenik, poput tebe, je ništa doli stroj/mašina za ubijanje.

   A mercenary, such as yourself, is nothing but a killing machine.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

doli (Cyrillic spelling доли)

1. second/third-person singular aorist past of doliti

Borrowed from English doll.

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doli (ma class, plural madoli)

1. doll

 

• dòl

Borrowed from English dolly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔli/

doli f (plural dolïau or dolis)

1. doll

• doli glwt (“rag doll”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “doli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies