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li-

Curripaco Edit

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. third person singular masculine agent marker

References Edit

  • Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398

Munsee Edit

Preverb Edit

li-[1]

  1. In a certain manner; in a certain way;

References Edit

  1. ^ O'Meara, John (2014), “li-”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN

Northern Ndebele Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Nguni *ni-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Nguni *ní-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural object concord.

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
  2. him, her, it; class 5 object concord.

Phuthi Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Nguni *ni-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Nguni *ní-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural object concord.

Etymology 3 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Etymology 4 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
  2. him, her, it; class 5 object concord.

Southern Ndebele Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
  2. him, her, it; class 5 object concord.

Swahili Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. it, ji class(V) subject concord

See also Edit

Swahili verbal concords (third person)
Class Subject concord Object concord Relative
affirmative negative
m(I) a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- -ye
wa(II) wa- hawa- -wa- -o
m(III) u- hau- -u- -o
mi(IV) i- hai- -i- -yo
ji(V) li- hali- -li- -lo
ma(VI) ya- haya- -ya- -yo
ki(VII) ki- haki- -ki- -cho
vi(VIII) vi- havi- -vi- -vyo
n(IX) i- hai- -i- -yo
n(X) zi- hazi- -zi- -zo
u(XI) u- hau- -u- -o
ku(XV/XVII) ku- haku- -ku- -ko
pa(XVI) pa- hapa- -pa- -po
mu(XVIII) m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -mu- -mo
For a full table including first and second person, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Swazi Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
  2. him, her, it; class 5 object concord.

Tocharian B Edit

Verb Edit

li-

  1. to wipe away
  2. ti cleanse oneself

Unami Edit

Preverb Edit

li-[1]

  1. In a certain manner; in a certain way; toward

References Edit

  1. ^ Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “li”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Xhosa Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
  2. him, her, it; class 5 object concord.

Zulu Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix Edit

li-

  1. Class 5 simple noun prefix.

Etymology 2 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix Edit

lí-

  1. he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
  2. him, her, it; class 5 object concord.

References Edit

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