tylli

• IPA^(key): /ˈtylːi/, [ˈt̪ylːi]
• Rhymes: -ylːi
• Syllabification^(key): tyl‧li

Of imitative origin.

tylli

1. plover (any wading bird in the genus Charadrius)
2. common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula (type species of the genus)

• aavikkotylli (“Charadrius leschenaultii, greater sand plover”)
• afrikantylli (“Charadrius pecuarius, Kittlitz’s sand plover”)
• amerikantylli (“Charadrius vociferus, killdeer”)
• gobintylli (“Charadrius veredus, oriental plover”)
• hietatylli (“Charadrius marginatus, white-fronted plover”)
• huilutylli (“Charadrius melodus, piping plover”)
• jaavantylli (“Charadrius javanicus, Javan plover”)
• kanadantylli (“Charadrius semipalmatus, semipalmated plover”)
• kaspiantylli (“Charadrius asiaticus, Caspian plover”)
• kolmivyötylli (“Charadrius tricollaris, three-banded plover”)
• madagaskarintylli (“Charadrius thoracicus, black-banded plover/Madagascan plover”)
• mustajalkatylli (“Charadrius alexandrinus, Kentish plover”)
• paksunokkatylli (“Charadrius wilsonia, Wilson’s plover”)
• patagoniantylli (“Charadrius falklandicus, two-banded plover”)
• pikkutylli (“Charadrius dubius, little ringed plover”)
• pitkänokkatylli (“Charadrius placidus, long-billed plover”)
• preeriatylli (“Charadrius montanus, mountain plover”)
• punantylli (“Charadrius alticola, Puna plover”)
• ruskonaamatylli (“Charadrius forbesi, Forbes’s plover”)
• ruosteniskatylli (“Charadrius ruficapillus, red-capped plover”)
• ruskovyötylli (“Charadrius pallidus, chestnut-banded plover”)
• rusorintatylli (“Charadrius modestus, rufous-chested dotterel”)
• sainthelenantylli (“Charadrius sanctaehelenae, St. Helena plover”)
• sepeltylli (“Charadrius collaris, collared plover”)
• sundantylli (“Charadrius peronii, Malaysian plover”)
• uudenseelannintylli (“Charadrius bicinctus, double-banded plover”)
• ylänkötylli (“Charadrius mongolus, lesser sand plover”)
• kolotylli (“Thinornis novaeseelandiae, shore dotterel”)
• mustapäätylli (“Thinornis cucullatus, hooded dotterel”)
• mustaotsatylli (“Elseyornis melanops, black-fronted dotterel”)
• kieronokkatylli (“Anarhynchus frontalis, wrybill”)
• australiantylli (“Erythrogonys cinctus, red-kneed dotterel”)

• “1. tylli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Ultimately from French tulle, probably via Swedish tyll.

tylli

1. tulle (kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.).

• “2. tylli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

tylli (weak)

1. first-person singular present indicative of tylla
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of tylla
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of tylla
4. third-person plural present subjunctive of tylla

• IPA^(key): /tl̩li/

tylli

1. general classifier for non-humans

   ar tylli ki syiar ― two chickens

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