li-

Curripaco

Prefix

li-

1. 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;

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *ni-.

Prefix

li-

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *ní-.

Prefix

li-

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

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix

li-

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

Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *ni-.

Prefix

li-

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *ní-.

Prefix

li-

1. 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-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Etymology 4

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix

li-

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

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix

li-

1. he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
2. 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-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix

li-

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

Tocharian B

Verb

li-

1. to wipe away
2. ti cleanse oneself

Unami

Preverb

li-

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

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix

li-

1. he, she, it; class 5 subject concord.
2. 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-

1. Class 5 simple noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

Prefix

lí-

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

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “li-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “li-”