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STEDT #7183

*s-li

OLD (of things)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-li¹ ‘OLD (of things)’DB-PLolo: 537B

Reflexes & cognates60 reflexes · 15 subgroups

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Tiddimluːi² vi‘old’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1028

Tiddimluːi² ‘old’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Ngmüünšɹɨ ‘old-aged’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 257

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]hlui ‘old (of persons)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]hlui vi‘old’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2392

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungʔəprefix◦lʉ́ʉ ‘old’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Verbs.185

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Sangtamaprefix◦tri ‘old (of persons)’Marrison 67 Naga

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]lhjwi ‘old’Li 97 Tangut: 1145

Tangut [Xixia]ljwij ‘old, aged’Li 97 Tangut: 0769

3.2Qiangic8

Ersulɛ⁵⁵ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.18

Guiqionglu̵³⁵ ba⁵⁵morpheme v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.16

Lyuzuphæ³³morphemelæ⁵³ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.18

Xumiliɑ³³mi³⁵morpheme ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.20

Xumiluɛ⁵⁵luɛ⁵⁵ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.17

Xumilyɛ³³lyɛ⁵⁵ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.20

Xumilɛ³³me⁵⁵morpheme v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.17

Xumilɛ³³mɪ⁵⁵morpheme ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.17

4Nungic4

Nungŋˌ³¹morphemeḷɿ⁵⁵ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.21

Rawangɑŋ³¹prefix li⁵³ ‘old’LaPolla 03: 1365

Dulongɑŋ⁵⁵prefixli⁵⁵ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.20

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɑŋ³¹prefixli⁵⁵ ‘old (thing)’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloishʔ-li¹ ‘old (thing)’Bradley 79 PLo: 537B

*Loloishʔ-li¹ ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 338

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish13

Yi (Dafang)ɬɯ⁴⁴ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.22

Yi (Liangshan)a³⁴#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’li³³ ‘old (not new)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)ɬɿ³³ ‘old (not new)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)ɬɿ̱³⁴du̱³³morpheme ‘old (cloth)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)ʑi³⁴#1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m ‘HOUSE’PKC *ʔim ‘HOUSE’PCN *a-jam ‘HOUSE / VILLAGE’PTk *ʃim ‘HOUSE’TGTM *ᴮdim ‘HOUSE’PLB *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PL *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PKar *hyi[m] ‘HOUSE’li³³ ‘house, old’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Mile)(i³³prefix)lɯ³³ (mo³³morpheme) ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.25

Yi (Nanhua)li³³ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.37

Yi (Nanhua)li⁵⁵ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.24

Yi (Nanjian)u³³prefixl̩(ɿ)⁵⁵ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.23

Yi (Weishan)ʔl̩⁵⁵ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.36

Yi (Wuding)ɬɯ³³ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.38

Yi (Xide)a⁴⁴prefixli³³ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.21

Yi (Xide)ɑ³⁴prefixli³³ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish13

Jinuoa³³prefixɬi³³ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.34

Jinuoa³³prefixɬi³³ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.34

Jinuoa³³prefixɬi⁴⁴ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.44

Jinuotsə⁴⁴morphemeɬi⁴⁴ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.44

Jinuo (Buyuan)ɑ³³prefixɕe³¹morphemeli³¹ ‘old (inanimate)’Gai 86

Jinuo (Youle)ɑ⁴⁴prefixɬi⁴⁴ ‘old (thing)’Gai 86

Lisu (Northern)hĩ³³#1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m ‘HOUSE’PKC *ʔim ‘HOUSE’PCN *a-jam ‘HOUSE / VILLAGE’PTk *ʃim ‘HOUSE’TGTM *ᴮdim ‘HOUSE’PLB *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PL *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PKar *hyi[m] ‘HOUSE’ly³³ ‘old house’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisulu̱³³ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.40

Lisu (Northern)ly³³ N‘old (of things)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ma²¹morphemeʃɿʔ²¹morpheme ma²¹morphemely³³ ‘half new half old’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)wa²¹#3554 PTB *s-pʷal ‘SNOW / ICE / FROST / HAIL’ly³³ ‘old snow’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)zø²¹morphemely³³ ‘old utensil; former utensil’Bradley 94 Lisu

Yi (Sani)ɬz̩⁴⁴qɑ²morpheme ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Mpili⁵ ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 338

Mpili⁵ ‘old (of things)’Srinuan 76

Silaa21prefix li55 ‘old’Kato 08 Lao: 255

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

Azhaly⁴⁴ ‘old (thing)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 969

Southern Mujiɪ²¹prefixɬi³³ ‘old (thing)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 969

Pholali⁵⁵ ‘old (thing)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 969

Hlepho Phowaɬɯ³³ ‘old (thing)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 969

Phuzaɬɯ³³ ‘old (thing)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 969

6.2Naxi2

Naxilv̩²¹ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.45

Naxi (Lijiang)lv³¹ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.28

7Karenic4

*Karenlì' ‘old (nonhuman)’Jones 61: 119

Karena³¹prefixlɔ³¹morphemeli³³ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.50

Kayan (Pekon)lɨ̤̀ ADJ‘old’Manson 10 Kayan

Pa-Oʔəprefix◦lī ‘old, worn (things) (2)’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7183, *s-li ‘OLD (of things)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7183

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-7183,
  title  = {{*s-li 'OLD (of things)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7183},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7183}
}