Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean substrate, found also in Ancient Greek πτελέα (pteléa, “elm”) and Old Armenian թեղի (tʻełi).
tilia f (genitive tiliae); first declension
- linden or lime tree
- the inner bark of the linden or lime tree
First-declension noun.
- “tilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tilia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tilia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
-tilia (infinitive kutilia)
- Applicative form of -tia: to put for, to employ for
Conjugation of -tilia
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Positive present
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-natilia
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Subjunctive
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-tilie
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Negative
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-tilii
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Imperative singular
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tilia
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hutilia
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litilia
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutilia
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natilia)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatilia/natilia
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tunatilia
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2nd person
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unatilia
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mnatilia
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatilia
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wanatilia
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natilia
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -tilii)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitilii
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hatutilii
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2nd person
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hutilii
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hamtilii
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatilii
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hawatilii
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -tilii
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatilia
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatilia
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tilie)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitilie
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tutilie
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2nd person
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utilie
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mtilie
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atilie
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watilie
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tilie
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitilie
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetilia
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetilia
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitilia
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitilia
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metilia
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatilia
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatilia
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitilia
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotilia
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Consecutive
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katilia / positive subject concord + -katilia
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katilie
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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