-li

-li

1. forms diminutives of nouns and adjectives

-li (class I first-person singular subject marker)

1. I (subject of an active transitive or active intransitive verb)

-li (transitive-forming verb suffix)

1. forms or indicates an active transitive verb

-li (verb-forming suffix)

1. forms or indicates an active transitive verb

-li (class I first-person singular)

1. the subject of an active transitive verb

   I

2. the subject of an active intransitive verb

   I

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl -lin

-li

1. a suffix that makes nouns.

-li

1. Alternative spelling of -lli.

-li (v-v^?, additive^?)

1. (intransitive, with stative verbs) [verb] more
2. (transitive, with stative verbs) cause to [verb] more

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”)

-li

1. but
   • "Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa", Atuagagdliutit

     Kalaallit Nunaanni efterskoleliortiternissaq piumassuseqarfigineqarpoq, aningaasassaqartinneqanngillalli

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 118-119, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014

• -ri (Owerri, Umuahia)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Rhymes: -iː

-li

1. Used to form simple past tenses of verbs.

   melili (as in Roger Federer melili Yoshihito Nishioka na US Open.)

-li

1. enclitic form of li; appended to present active infinitive verb forms to accusative dative forms when the object is third plural masculine person

   dare (“to give”) → darli (“to give them”)

   vendere (“to sell”) → venderli (“to sell them”)

   servire (“to serve”) → servirli (“to serve them”)

The final -e of the original infinitive is removed :

-are → -arli

-ere → -erli

-ire → -irli

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.

• il, il-

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1. nominative masculine plural of -lus
2. genitive masculine singular of -lus
3. genitive neuter singular of -lus
4. vocative masculine plural of -lus

• -lic

From Proto-Slavic *-li; cognate with Upper Sorbian -li, Polish -li, Czech -li.

• IPA^(key): /li/, [lʲi]

-li

1. 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?

-li

1. if

   Synonyms: joli, gaž, gaby

   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.

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “-li”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

-li

1. Alternative form of -ly (“adjectival suffix”)

-li

1. Alternative form of -ly (“adverbial suffix”)

-li

1. (diminutive) -ling, -let

• Hundli
• Wutzli

-li (first person dual nominative, bound form of ngali)

1. we two

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.

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-li

1. (dated) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question

   Synonym: czy

2. (dated) emphatic particle

   Synonyms: -że, -no, -ci, -to

• -lı, -lu, -lü

From Ottoman Turkish ـلو, from Proto-Turkic *-lig.

-li

1. 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”)

   Antonym: -siz

2. 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”)

3. Added to sports organizations to form names for their fans.

   ‎Ardahanspor (“a soccer team”) + ‎-li → ‎Ardahansporlu (“a person who supports this team”)

-li

1. used to form descriptive adjectives from nouns

• IPA^(key): [li]

From Mandarin 裡／里 (“inside”).

-li

1. Marks the locative case:
   1. in, at (location of an action)

      ggaiggan lhokang-li huaiqa kan-di-li.

      The teacher is reading a book in the classroom.

      (Quoted in Sandman, p. 52)

   2. to (direction of an action; optional for place names)

      ngu rongbo-li qhi-zhe.

      I am going to Longwu.

      (Quoted in Sandman, p. 52)

Janhunen et al. speculates that this is from Mandarin 來／来 (“to come”).

-li

1. An evidential suffix, marking that the subject has personally experienced the event/situation but that they were not personally responsible for instigating the event/situation, or did not have full control over the experience.

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN