ꓫꓵꓺ

Lisu

Etymology 1

Cognate to Nuosu ꏂ (shy, “gold; yellow”).

Noun

ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱)

1. gold
2. yellow

Etymology 2

From Proto-Loloish *ʃe² (“to die”), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *səj¹ (“to die”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“to die”).

Verb

ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱)

1. (Northern) to die

   Synonym: (Central, Southern) ꓫꓵꓻ (ʃɨ)

Etymology 3

Adjective

ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱)

1. long

Etymology 4

Particle

ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱)

1. (Southern) direction marker

   ꓔꓺ ꓔꓺ ꓫꓵꓺ ― tɑ̱ tɑ̱ ʃɨ̱ ― upward

   ꓗꓸ ꓠꓬꓸ ꓫꓵꓺ ― kɑ́ ɲɑ́ ʃɨ̱ ― behind

References

• Xu, Lin (徐琳), Mu, Yuzhang (木玉璋), etc. (1984) 傈汉辞典 [Lisu-Chinese Dictionary], Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, page 365
• Mu, Yuzhang (木玉璋), Sun, Hongkai (孙宏开) (2012) 傈僳语方言研究 [A Study of Lisu Dialects], Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House, →ISBN, page 208
• Bradley, David (1994) A Dictionary of the Northern Dialect of Lisu (China and Southeast Asia), Department of Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →DOI, page 171
• Bradley, David, Hope, Edward Reginald, Fish, James, Bradley, Maya (2006) Southern Lisu Dictionary, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, pages 310-311