li-
Curripaco Edit
Prefix Edit
li-
- 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]
- In a certain manner; in a certain way;
References Edit
Northern Ndebele Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-Nguni *ni-.
Prefix Edit
li-
- you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Nguni *ní-.
Prefix Edit
li-
- you, you all; second-person plural object concord.
Etymology 3 Edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix Edit
li-
Phuthi Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-Nguni *ni-.
Prefix Edit
li-
- you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Nguni *ní-.
Prefix Edit
li-
- 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-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Etymology 4 Edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix Edit
li-
Southern Ndebele Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix Edit
li-
Swahili Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix Edit
li-
- it, ji class(V) subject concord
See also Edit
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-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix Edit
li-
Tocharian B Edit
Verb Edit
li-
Unami Edit
Preverb Edit
li-[1]
- In a certain manner; in a certain way; toward
References Edit
Xhosa Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix Edit
li-
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-
- Class 5 simple noun prefix.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix Edit
lí-
References Edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “li-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “li-”