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Lisu
Etymology 1
Cognate to Nuosu ꏂ (shy, “gold; yellow”).
Noun
ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱)
- gold
- yellow
Etymology 2
From Proto-Loloish *ʃe² (“to die”), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *səj¹ (“to die”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“to die”).
Verb
ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱)
- (Northern) to die
- Synonym: (Central, Southern) ꓫꓵꓻ (ʃɨ)
Etymology 3
Adjective
ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱)
- long
Etymology 4
Particle
ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱)
- (Southern) direction marker
- ꓔꓺ ꓔꓺ ꓫꓵꓺ ― tɑ̱ tɑ̱ ʃɨ̱ ― upward
- ꓗꓸ ꓠꓬꓸ ꓫꓵꓺ ― kɑ́ ɲɑ́ ʃɨ̱ ― behind
References
- Xu, Lin (徐琳), Mu, Yuzhang (木玉璋), etc. (1984) 傈汉辞典 [Lisu-Chinese Dictionary], Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House, page 365
- Mu, Yuzhang (木玉璋), Sun, Hongkai (孙宏开) (2012) 傈僳语方言研究 [A Study of Lisu Dialects], Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House, →ISBN, page 208
- Bradley, David (1994) A Dictionary of the Northern Dialect of Lisu (China and Southeast Asia), Department of Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →DOI, page 171
- Bradley, David, Hope, Edward Reginald, Fish, James, Bradley, Maya (2006) Southern Lisu Dictionary, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, pages 310-311