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

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