li-
Curripaco
Prefix
li-
- third person singular masculine agent marker
References
- 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
Preverb
li-[1]
- In a certain manner; in a certain way;
References
- O'Meara, John (2014), “li-”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *ni-.
Prefix
li-
- you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *ní-.
Prefix
li-
- you, you all; second-person plural object concord.
Etymology 3
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix
li-
- he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
- him, her, it; class 5 object concord.
Phuthi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *ni-.
Prefix
li-
- you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *ní-.
Prefix
li-
- you, you all; second-person plural object concord.
Etymology 3
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
li-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Etymology 4
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix
li-
- he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
- him, her, it; class 5 object concord.
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix
li-
- he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
- him, her, it; class 5 object concord.
Swazi
Etymology 1
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
li-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix
li-
- he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
- him, her, it; class 5 object concord.
Tocharian B
Verb
li-
- to wipe away
- ti cleanse oneself
Unami
Preverb
li-[1]
- In a certain manner; in a certain way; toward
References
- Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “li”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix
li-
- he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
- him, her, it; class 5 object concord.
Zulu
Etymology 1
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
li-
- Class 5 simple noun prefix.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.
Prefix
lí-
- he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
- him, her, it; class 5 object concord.
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “li-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “li-”