-ли

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See also: ли and Appendix:Variations of "li"

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate with Mandarin 了 (le).

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Pronunciation

Suffix

-ли • (-li)

  1. Marks the perfective aspect.
    Alternative form: 哩

Nogai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-lig.[1] Cognates with Turkish -li, Uyghur ـلىك (-lik).

Verb

-ли • (-li)

  1. Forms adjectives denoting possession of a thing, containing a thing, with a thing etc.
    ‎кир (kir, “dirt”) + ‎-ли (-li) → ‎кирли (kirli, “dirty”)
    ‎бала (bala, “child”) + ‎-лы (-lı) → ‎балалы (balalı, “that who has a child”)

Derived terms

Nogai terms suffixed with -ли

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-liğ/-lig/-luğ/-lüg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli
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