'ali

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ali"

Amis

Noun

'ali

  1. sister-in-law

References

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Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[2] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

O'odham

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *ʼarii (little one),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *aLi (little).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaɭi/

Noun

'ali (plural 'a'al, possessive 'aliga, instrumental 'ali-kaj)

  1. child, kid, baby

Derived terms

  • 'ali-vepoḍag (to act like a child)
  • 'alicu (youngest child)
  • 'alicud (to become a child)
  • 'alidag (child (of a man))
  • 'alidt (to beget a child)
  • 'aliḍag (to be childish)
  • 'uvĭ 'ali (daughter)
  • cioj 'ali (son)
  • ge'ecu 'ali (older child)

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “300. *ˀaˈrii 'little one,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 155
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1356. *aLi ‘little’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 237
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary[3], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 405–7
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “ali”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 2