li-

li-

1. third person singular masculine agent marker

• 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

• IPA^(key): /li-/

li-

1. prone to, able to

li-^[1]

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

From Proto-Nguni *ni-.

li-

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

From Proto-Nguni *ní-.

li-

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

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

li-

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

From Proto-Nguni *ni-.

li-

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

From Proto-Nguni *ní-.

li-

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

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.

li-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

li-

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

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

li-

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

Other scripts
Ajami	لِـ

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

li-

1. it, ji class_(V) subject concord
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 11:

     مُيُ وَاغُ نِنِ هُزُدُكَانِ ، لِكُغُرِيِلُ هِيْلَ نِنْنِ ،

     Moyo wangu nini huzundukani, likughuriyelo hela ni-n'ni?

     Soul, why not awake? Hi! what is it that cheats you?

2. verb-initial form of -li- (“it, ji class_(V) object concord”)

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.

li-

1. Class 5 noun prefix.

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

li-

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

li-

1. to wipe away
2. to cleanse oneself

• (before vowels) ly-

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

• IPA^(key): /li-/

li-

1. class 5 pronominal concord

   ‎li- + ‎-nu (“this, these”) → ‎linu (“this (class 5)”)

2. it; class 5 subject concord

   ‎li- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎likora (“it (class 5) does”)

3. positive imperative form of -li- (“it; class 5 object concord”)

   ‎li- + ‎-ha (“to give”) → ‎liha (“give it (class 5)”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 414

li-^[1]

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

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

li-

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

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.

li-

1. Class 5 simple noun prefix.

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-.

lí-

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

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