li

See also: Appendix:Variations of "li"

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /liː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1Edit

An early romanization of Mandarin Chinese 里 (lǐ). As a Korean unit, via the Yale romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from the Chinese distance.

Alternative formsEdit

• (Korea): ri

NounEdit

li (plural lis or li)

1. The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
2. The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

SynonymsEdit

• (China): Chinese mile
• (Korea): Korean mile

TranslationsEdit

Chinese unit of distance

• Chinese: 里 (lǐ), 市里 (shìlǐ)
• Dutch: li (nl)
• French: li (fr) m

• Japanese: 里 (ja) (り, ri)
• Korean: 리 (ko) (里, ri)
• Swedish: li (sv) c

Etymology 2Edit

From Mandarin 市厘 (lí).

NounEdit

li (plural li)

1. A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.

Etymology 3Edit

From Mandarin 禮 (lǐ).

NounEdit

li (plural li)

1. (Chinese philosophy) A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.

Etymology 4Edit

From Mandarin 鬲 (lì).

NounEdit

li (plural li)

1. An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.

AnagramsEdit

• I'l, IL, il-

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AlbanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

li f

1. smallpox

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin līnum.

NounEdit

li m

1. flax

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AromanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illis, dative common plural of ille. Compare Romanian le.

PronounEdit

li f (short/unstressed accusative form of eali)

1. (direct object) them (all-female group)

Related termsEdit

• lã (feminine/masculine plural dative- short/unstressed form)
• u (feminine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
• (a) lor (feminine/masculine plural dative- long/stressed form)

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illī, dative common singular of ille.

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈli/
• Rhymes: -i

PronounEdit

li (enclitic and proclitic)

1. him, her, it (indirect object)

DeclensionEdit

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NounEdit

li m (uncountable)

1. li (Chinese unit of distance).

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian lui, French lui, or Spanish le, plus the i of personal pronouns.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /li/

PronounEdit

li (accusative lin, possessive lia)

1. (personal pronoun) he

Related termsEdit

• ili (“they”)

Derived termsEdit

• ŝli

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /li/

NounEdit

li m (plural lis)

1. li (Chinese unit of distance).

AnagramsEdit

• il

Further readingEdit

• “li” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Haitian CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French lui.

PronounEdit

li

1. he
2. him
3. she
4. her
5. it

Etymology 2Edit

From French lire.

VerbEdit

li

1.  To read

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

lu (“he, him, she, her, it, that”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

PronounEdit

li pl

1. they, them

Related termsEdit

• ili (“they, them”) (masculine)
• eli (“they, them”) (feminine)
• oli (“they, them”) (neuter)

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InterlingueEdit

ArticleEdit

li

1. the

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IstriotEdit

ArticleEdit

li

1. masculine plural definite article
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:

     Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,

     You seem to me a goddess among the gods,

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /li/, [l̺i]
• Homophone: lì

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin illī, nominative plural of ille.

ArticleEdit

li (singular lo)

1. (archaic) Form of i before a vowel, impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, and z, and also with the plural noun dei; the

PronounEdit

li

1. Archaic form of gli.

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

li

1. them

Etymology 3Edit

AdverbEdit

li

1. Misspelling of lì.

Related termsEdit

• gli
• i
• le
• loro

AnagramsEdit

• il

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KurdishEdit

PrepositionEdit

li

1. in

   li Kurdistanê (in Kurdistan)

2. li ser: on:
   li ser maseyê (on the table)

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LivonianEdit

VerbEdit

li

1. 2nd person singular imperative form of lǟdõ

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LojbanEdit

CmavoEdit

li

1. indicates that the next word is a number or mathematical expression used as a sumti

Usage notesEdit

• A sumti phrase begun with li ends with the elidable terminator lo'o unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided).
• The numerals following the li end with the elidable terminator boi (unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided)).
• In some instances, lo'o and boi may be interchangeable, yielding parsings with essentially the same structure.

Related termsEdit

• la
• le

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MalteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /li/

PronounEdit

li

1. (relative) who; that

   ir-raġel li seraq il-karozza

   the man who stole the car

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

li (Zhuyin ㄌㄧ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 哩
2. Pinyin transcription of 裏
3. Pinyin transcription of 裡
4. Pinyin transcription of 里

li

1. Nonstandard spelling of lī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lì.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mauritian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French le, lui

PronounEdit

li

1. he, she, it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

See alsoEdit

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa (objective)	nou
2nd person			to (informal), ou (formal) twa (objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot, bann-la

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MichifEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French le.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [lɪ]

ArticleEdit

li m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural lii)

1. the

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MiskitoEdit

NounEdit

li

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• Eduard Conzemius, Ethnographical Survey of the Miskito and Sumu Indians (1932)

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NeapolitanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /i/

PronounEdit

li

1. Alternative form of 'i

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NiuatoputapuEdit

ArticleEdit

li

1. the

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French li, from Vulgar Latin *illui, a Vulgar Latin dative of Classical Latin ille.

PronounEdit

li

1. (Guernsey) him

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hlíð

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /liː/

NounEdit

li f, m (definite singular lia or lien, indefinite plural lier, definite plural liene)

1. A sloping mountainside or hillside covered with grass or forest.

ReferencesEdit

• “li” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hlíð

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /liː/

NounEdit

li f (definite singular lia, indefinite plural lier, definite plural liene)

1. A sloping mountainside or hillside covered with grass or forest.

ReferencesEdit

• “li” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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NovialEdit

ArticleEdit

li

1. the

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Old FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin ille (“that”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /li/

ArticleEdit

li

1. the (masculine nominative singular and plural definite article)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Li rois respont: "N'est pas mançonge"

     The king replied "this is no lie"

InflectionEdit

Old French definite articles

Declension of the definite article le

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
nominative	li	la, le 1	li	les
oblique	le 1	la 1	les	les
1 These singular forms elide to l' before a vowel or non-aspirate h.

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

li

1. third-person singular indirect object pronoun; to him, to her, to it
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Si li ancomancent a dire

     He started to tell him

DescendantsEdit

• French: lui

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Old ProvençalEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille (“that”).

ArticleEdit

li

1. the (masculine nominative singular and plural definite article)

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PolishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

AdverbEdit

li (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) only

Etymology 2Edit

From Mandarin

NounEdit

li n (indeclinable)

1. li, Chinese unit of distance
2. li, Chinese unit of weight
3. li, a meaningful ceremony or ritual

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -i

VerbEdit

li

1. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of ler

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RomanianEdit

PronounEdit

li (dative form of ele; form of le)

1. to them

Usage notesEdit

This word is used when le (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:

• îl (the accusative of el, contracted as li-l)
• îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as li-i)
• le (the accusative of ele)
• se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

See alsoEdit

• vi
• ni

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *li.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /li/

ParticleEdit

li (Cyrillic spelling ли)

1. question-forming interrogative particle (postpositive, unlike other particles, never first word in a sentence)

   poznaješ li me — do you know me?

   jesi li stigao na odredište? — did you reach the destination?

   jeste li ga vid(j)eli — have you seen him?

   gd(j)e li se samo nalazimo? — where could we be?

   kad li će doći? — when will he/they come?

   je li? — Is it? (Is that so? Isn't that so?)

2. used as conjunction with da (except in Croatian, "je li" is used instead)

   da li — whether

   nemam pojma da li je došao — I have no idea whether he came (Croatian: "nemam pojma je li došao")

3. (as a conjunction) if

   pokušaš li me napasti, ja ću ti uzvratiti — should you try to attack me, I'll strike you back (when "li" is used in this sense, it is usually translated as a subjunctive form "should", and when "ako" is used, it is usually translated as "if" - ako me pokušaš napasti = if you try to attack me)

4. used as an emphatic intensifier

   a sn(ijeg) pada li pada — the snow just keeps falling and falling...

   d(ij)ete plače li plače — the child just keeps crying and crying...

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SicilianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illī or illae, nominative plurals of ille.

ArticleEdit

li m f pl

1. (definite) the

See alsoEdit

Sicilian articles
	Masculine	Feminine
indefinite singular	un, nu	na
definite singular	lu, û	la, â
definite plural	li, î	li, î

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VietnameseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• ly

EtymologyEdit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 璃 (“glass”)

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [l̪i˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l̻ʲɪj˧˥]

NounEdit

(classifier cái) li

1. cup, glass (def. 2)

See alsoEdit

• chén
• cốc
• tách

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VolapükEdit

ParticleEdit

li

1. Appended with a hyphen to a verb, it turns the entire clause it is in into a question.

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WalloonEdit

Alternative formsEdit

l', el

ArticleEdit

li m, f

1. the (before a singular name)

PronounEdit

li

1. him, her, it (direct object, before verb)

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WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

li f

1. Alternative form of lid

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse lé, specifically the accusative léa, from Proto-Germanic *lewô. The duosyllabic accent might be derived from the definite singular form.

PronunciationEdit

• (Hössjö) IPA^(key): [lìː]
• (Skellefteå) IPA^(key): [lèɪ̯ːj]
• (Luleå) IPA^(key): [lø̀ʏ̯ː]
• (Kalix) IPA^(key): [lɛ̀ɪ̯ː]

  Rhymes: -ìː

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ìː, -ìːð̞

  (northern í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ìː, -ỳː

NounEdit

lî m (definite singular lien)

1. scythe

CompoundsEdit

• libɑka (“the trailing edge of a scythe”)
• liörv (“shaft on a scythe”)

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

li n (definite singular liä)

1. afterbirth from calving

SynonymsEdit

• ättföring f

Etymology 4Edit

From Old Norse líða, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The sense “suffer” may be borrowed from Middle Low German, but derive from the same root in any case.

VerbEdit

li

1. to elapse

   he li på dɑgen

   The day draws to a close.

   he var brɑno lide på

   It was quite late.

2. to suffer

ReferencesEdit