voli

See also: volí, vôli, and vô lí

Catalan

Verb

voli

1. inflection of volar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Czech

Alternative forms

• volové

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolɪ]

Noun

voli

1. nominative/vocative plural of vůl

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German wollen, perhaps also Italian volere, Latin volō and French vouloir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoli/

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• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: vo‧li

Verb

voli (present volas, past volis, future volos, conditional volus, volitive volu)

1. (transitive) to wish, to want

   Antonym: malvoli

   Mi volas novan aŭton sed mi ne povas pagi la koston de ĝi. ― I want a new car but I cannot afford it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of voli

	present	past	future
singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense	volas	volis	volos
active participle		volanta	volantaj	volinta	volintaj	volonta	volontaj
acc.	volantan	volantajn	volintan	volintajn	volontan	volontajn
passive participle		volata	volataj	volita	volitaj	volota	volotaj
acc.	volatan	volatajn	volitan	volitajn	volotan	volotajn
nominal active participle		volanto	volantoj	volinto	volintoj	volonto	volontoj
acc.	volanton	volantojn	volinton	volintojn	volonton	volontojn
nominal passive participle		volato	volatoj	volito	volitoj	voloto	volotoj
acc.	volaton	volatojn	voliton	volitojn	voloton	volotojn
adverbial active participle	volante	volinte	volonte
adverbial passive participle	volate	volite	volote
	infinitive	voli	imperative	volu	conditional	volus

Derived terms

• bonvola (“well-wishing”)
• kontraŭvola, malgraŭvola (“against one's will/wishes”)
• laŭvola (“elective, optional”)
• vola (“voluntary”)
• vole (“voluntarily”)
• vole nevole (“voluntarily or involuntarily, like it or lump it”)
• volo (“volition; one's wish”)

Further reading

• “voli”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “voli”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *voli, from Proto-Oceanic *poli, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *boli, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *boli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli, *baliw.

Verb

voli (transitive volia)

1. (chiefly historical) to barter, to exchange (to exchange goods or services without involving money)

   Era dau volia iyaya ena veigauna makawa.

   They used to barter goods in ancient times.

2. to trade, to swap (to give in exchange)

   Era volia na coi ena ika.

   They traded salt for fish.

3. to buy, to purchase (to obtain something with money)

   Au volia weleti mai na makete.

   I bought papaya at the market.

4. to sell (to agree to transfer goods or provide services for payment)

   E volia dalo tiko o Mere.

   Mary is selling taro.

Usage notes

Traditionally, bartering could only be done between unrelated social groups. Related social groups and village communities engaged in mutual trading of goods through festive ceremonies called solevu, a practice that still occasionally continues.

Derived terms

• dauvolivoli (“shopper, buyer”)
• dauvolivolitaki (“seller, salesperson, marketer”)
• isoqosoqo cokovata ni veivoli (“consumer cooperative”)
• sala volivoli (tributary paths in traditional Fijian society)
• veivoli (“commerce, trade, sales, marketing”)
• veivoli umauma (“wholesale”)
• voli-rawarawa (“inexpensive”)
• voli-saulevu (“expensive, pricey”)
• volia-volitaka (“to buy wholesale, then sell at retail”)
• volica (“to be a bad buy”)
• volitaka (“to sell”)
• volivinaka (“to be a bargain”)
• volivoli (“shopping”)
• volivoli vakadinau (“hire-purchase, installment purchase”)
• volivolitaki (“marketing”)

See also

• solevu (traditional exchange of goods between two villages)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “voli”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 303

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.li/

Noun

voli m (plural voi)

1. (anatomy) eye

Icelandic

Noun

voli

1. indefinite dative singular of vol

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English volley, from Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.li/
• Rhymes: -li, -i
• Hyphenation: vo‧li

Noun

voli (plural voli-voli)

1. (sports) ellipsis of bola voli (“volleyball”)
2. (sports) volley:
   1. the flight of a ball just before it bounces
   2. a shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground

Derived terms

• divoli
• memvoli
• pevoli

• bola voli
• voli pantai

Further reading

• “voli”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воля (volja).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoli/, [ˈʋo̞lʲiˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoli/, [ˈʋo̞liˑ]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: vo‧li

Noun

voli

1. power (lack of constraint)
2. freedom (state of being free)

Declension

Declension of voli (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	voli	volit
genitive	volin	volliin, voliloin
partitive	vollia	volija, voliloja
illative	vollii	vollii, voliloihe
inessive	volis	voliis, volilois
elative	volist	voliist, voliloist
allative	volille	voliille, voliloille
adessive	volil	voliil, voliloil
ablative	volilt	voliilt, voliloilt
translative	voliks	voliiks, voliloiks
essive	volinna, volliin	voliinna, voliloinna, volliin, voliloin
exessive1)	volint	voliint, voliloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 678

Italian

Noun

voli m pl

1. plural of volo

Verb

voli

1. inflection of volare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

voli (Cyrillic spelling воли)

1. inflection of voljeti:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboli/ [ˈbo.li]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: vo‧li

Noun

voli m (uncountable)

1. (Cuba) volleyball

Volapük

Noun

voli

1. accusative singular of vol

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воля (volja).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvoli/, [ˈvoli]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: vo‧li

Noun

voli

1. will, willpower
2. freedom

Inflection

Declension of voli (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	voli	volid
genitive	voli	volijõ
partitive	vollia	voliit
illative	volli, volisõ	voliisõ
inessive	voliz	voliiz
elative	voliss	voliiss
allative	volillõ	voliillõ
adessive	volill	voliill
ablative	volilt	voliilt
translative	volissi	voliissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “voli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn