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*li

SEED
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

initiallrhymeicoverL · V

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*li ‘SEED’JS-HCST: 150

Reflexes & cognates62 reflexes · 15 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

1.1.1.1Western Tani28

Apataniàprefix-lí ‘seed’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniemorpheme-li ‘paddy seed’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengniaprefix-li ‘seed’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengniaprefix-li ‘seed’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarummorpheme liː n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.24
Bokarummorpheme-liː ‘seed’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarummorpheme-liː ‘seed’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobaummorpheme liː ‘seed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 220.51
Galoaprefix◦li ‘clan’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galoaprefix◦li ‘seed’lii appears in the words for various breeding animals in Galo: ho◦lii ‘breeding mithun’, rog◦lii ‘breeding fowl’, rəg◦lii ‘breeding pig’, bin◦lii ‘breeding goat’, jab◦lii ‘breeding duck’, and ə◦lii ‘breeding cow’. It also appears in a◦lii, which has a number of apparently related glosses: “heritage”, “clan”, “seed (heirloom)”, “seed”, “lineage”, and “breeder”. lii also appears in the compounds lii◦luk “reborn”, lii◦nam “fruit (v.i.)”, lii◦nam “propagate”. -lii is glossed as “new (adj.)”; this may be related to the morpheme that appears in the words for breeding animals. lii also appears in various words for easily spread diseases: ci◦lii-ram◦lii “epidemic”, “virus”, hi◦lii “plague”,buu◦lii “plague (of rats)”, rɨ◦lii “plague”, “communicable disease”, “epidemic” ; this may be related to the “propagate” sense of lii. [Liberty Lidz]Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galoaprefix◦lii n.‘breeder’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦lii n.‘clan’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦lii n.‘heritage’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦lii n.‘lineage’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦lii n.‘seed’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦lii n.‘seed (heirloom)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦lii n.‘stud’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦lii-aprefix◦nəmorpheme n.‘seeds’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefix◦lii-aprefix◦ŋoomorpheme n.‘generation’GLDC 09 Galo
Galohomorpheme◦lii n.‘breeding mithun’GLDC 09 Galo
Galopəmorpheme◦lii n.‘seed corn/maize’GLDC 09 Galo
Galorummorpheme◦tummorpheme-aprefix◦lii n.‘clan’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoəmorpheme◦lii n.‘breeding cow’GLDC 09 Galo

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Padam [Abor]aprefix-li~ amprefix-li ‘seed’Sun J 93 HCST
Damuʔaprefix-reː ‘seed’Sun J 93 Tani
Milangaprefix◦li ‘seed’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.1.2Deng3

Kaman [Miju]xɑ³¹prefixlɯi³⁵ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.23
Kaman [Miju]xɑ³¹prefixlɯi³⁵ ‘seed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 220.48
Idulĩ ‘seed’Anonymous 62 Idu

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Zemehemorpheme◦lai n‘seed’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemehemorpheme◦leu n‘seed’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]chimorpheme◦li n‘seed’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingpholi³³~n̩³³morphemeli³³ ‘seed’Liu 84

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchathámmorpheme◦lí n.‘seed’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

5Tujia1

Tujia (Southern)ʔa³³prefixle³³ ‘seed’Tian 86

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Yi (Liangshan)mu²¹morphemelɿ³³ ‘hemp seed’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)tʂhɯ³³morphemelɿ³⁴ ‘rice seed’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Xide)dzɑ³³morphemel̩³⁴ n‘seed’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0405.35

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3560, *li ‘SEED’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3560
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3560,
  title  = {{*li 'SEED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3560},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3560}
}