-li
See also: Appendix:Variations of "li"
Alemannic German
Suffix
-li
- forms diminutives of nouns and adjectives
Derived terms
Choctaw
Etymology 1
Suffix
-li (verb-forming suffix)
- forms or indicates an active transitive verb
Etymology 2
Suffix
-li (class I first-person singular)
Inflection
Choctaw Person Markers
class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
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+s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V | |||
first-person | singular | initial | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | n/a | ||||
medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- |
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology 1
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl -lin
Suffix
-li
- a suffix that makes nouns.
Etymology 2
Suffix
-li
- Alternative spelling of -lli.
Greenlandic
Affix
-li (v-v?, additive?)
- (intransitive, with stative verbs) [verb] more
- (transitive, with stative verbs) cause to [verb] more
Usage notes
Fusions with three verbs in the following manner:
- angivoq (“be large”) → allivoq (“become larger”), allivaa (“make larger, enlarge”)
- mikivoq (“be small”) → millivoq (“become smaller, shrink”), millivaa (“make smaller”)
- takivoq (“be long”) → tallivoq (“become longer”), tallivaa (“make longer”)
Derived terms
Enclitic
-li
Further reading
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 118-119, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
Igbo
Alternative forms
- -ri (Owerri, Umuahia)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iː
Etymology
Suffix
-li
- Used to form simple past tenses of verbs.
- melili (as in Roger Federer melili Yoshihito Nishioka na US Open.)
Italian
Pronoun
-li
- enclitic form of li; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to accusative dative forms when the object is third plural masculine person
Usage notes
The final -e of the original infinitive is removed :
Where the verb ends in -rre, the final re is removed, leaving behind just an -r:
- introdurre (“to introduce”) → introdurli (“to introduce them”)
In any case, after the suffixation, there is only a single r and no vowels immediately before -li.
Latin
Suffix
- nominative masculine plural of -lus
- genitive masculine singular of -lus
- genitive neuter singular of -lus
- vocative masculine plural of -lus
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Particle
-li
- used after a verb form to introduce a polar question
- Spiš-li?
- Are you sleeping?
- Sy-li Bóžy syn?
- Are you the Son of God?
- Wiźiš-li to?
- Do you see that?
Conjunction
-li
- if
- Coš-li, ga móžoš.
- If you want, then you may.
- Jo-li tam, ga jo derje.
- If he’s there, then it’s all right.
- Zmejoš-li pjeńeze, dosć změjoš pśijaśelow.
- If you have money, you’ll have plenty of friends.
- Maš-li to na mysli, ga cyń.
- If you’re thinking of it, do it.
Synonyms
Middle English
Suffix
-li
- Alternative form of -liche
Derived terms
Category Middle English terms suffixed with -li not found
References
- “-lī, suf.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
- “-lī, suf.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
Pennsylvania German
Suffix
-li
- (diminutive) -ling, -let
Derived terms
Pitjantjatjara
Pronoun
-li (first person dual nominative, bound form of ngali)
- we two
Usage notes
Bound pronouns can be used instead of the regular "long form" pronouns. They act as clitics that attach to the last word of the first noun phrase in the sentence, or the conjunctions ka or munu if present.
Related terms
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
First person | ngayulu (I) Bound form: -ṉa |
ngali (we two) Bound form: -li |
nganaṉa (we, more than two) Bound form: -la |
Second person | nyuntu (you) Bound form: -n |
nyupali (you two) | nyura (you, more than two) |
Third person | paluṟu (he/she/it) | pula (they two) | tjana (they, more than two) Bound form: -ya |
Turkish
Alternative forms
Suffix
-li
- with, containing; forms adjectives from nouns. This usage is treated as a "case suffix" and is separated from proper nouns by an apostrophe.
- kafein (“caffeine”) + -li → kafeinli (“caffeinated, containing caffeine”)
- İstanbul (“Istanbul”) + -li → İstanbul'lu (“with Istanbul”)
- of, from; of a nation or place. This usage is treated as a "word-forming suffix" and is not separated from proper nouns by an apostrophe. The demonym formed this way functions equally as an adjective and as a noun. It is commonly encountered in surnames derived from the names of towns and cities.
- İstanbul (“Istanbul”) + -li → İstanbullu (“[a person] from Istanbul”)
- Tokat (“a city in northern Anatolia”) + -li → Tokatlı (“[a person] from Tokat”)
Antonyms
- -siz (only for the first sense)
Derived terms
Uzbek
Suffix
-li
- used to form descriptive adjectives from nouns
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- Greenlandic intransitive verbs
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- Greenlandic enclitics
- Rhymes:English/iː
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- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
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