Q. -li suf. “partitive plural (suffix); many, some, a lot of” (Category: Noun Inflection)

Q. -li, suf. “partitive plural (suffix); many, some, a lot of” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ PE17/62, 127, 135; VT47/12

Glosses

• “many” ✧ PE17/127; PE17/135
• “partitive-plural” ✧ PE17/62
• “some, a lot of” ✧ PE17/135

Element In

• Q. i falmalinnar imbë met “on the foaming waves between us” ✧ PE17/127

Derivations

• < √LI “many”

ᴹQ. -li suf. “plural (suffix)” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ Ety/LI; PE21/15, 19; PE23/81, 100, 105-106

Glosses

• “(not) a few, several” ✧ PE23/106
• “pl. suffix” ✧ Ety/LI
• “plural” ✧ PE21/19 (-lī); PE23/105
• “second or ‘long’ plural, acts as the plural of an indefinite article” ✧ PE23/100

Variations

• -li ✧ Ety/LI; PE23/100; PE23/105; PE23/106; PE23/81 (li)
• -lī ✧ PE21/15; PE21/19

Related

• lia “(not) a few, several” is rare since this notion is expressed by -li “(not) a few, several” ✧ PE23/106

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶-lī “partitive”
  • < ᴹ√LI “many; large people”
• < ᴹ√LI “many; large people” ✧ Ety/LI; PE23/100 (lī̆-)
• < ᴹ✶lī “number” ✧ PE21/19
  • < ᴹ√LI “many; large people” ✧ Ety/LI

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√LI > -li	[-lī] > [-li]	✧ Ety/LI
ᴹ✶lī > -lī	[-lī] > [-li]	✧ PE21/19

ᴱQ. -li suf. “many, multiplicative suffix” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ GG/15; PE14/46; QL/53, 81

Glosses

• “many” ✧ PE14/46
• “multiplicative suffix” ✧ QL/53

Variations

• -li ✧ PE14/46; QL/53; QL/81
• -lī ✧ GG/15

Element In

• ᴱQ. saiwali “summer” ✧ QL/81

Cognates

• G. -lim “many” ✧ GG/15

Derivations

• < ᴱ√LĪ “*many” ✧ QL/53

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√LĪ > -li

[-lī] > [-li]

✧ QL/53