lialia

Samoan

Etymology

From lialiaʻi reduplication of liaʻi “to twirl, to whirl” from Proto-Polynesian *liaki (compare with Tongan lialiaki and liaki)[1]

Noun

lialia

  1. any form of noodle esp. vermicelli used to cook sapasui

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “liaki”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Swahili

Etymology

Reduplication of -lia (to cry).[1]

Verb

-lialia (infinitive kulialia)

  1. to whimper, moan

Conjugation

Conjugation of -lialia
Positive present -nalialia
Subjunctive -lialie
Negative -lialii
Imperative singular lialia
Infinitives
Positive kulialia
Negative kutolialia
Imperatives
Singular lialia
Plural lialieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulialia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lilialia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kulialia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalialia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninalialia/nalialia tunalialia
2nd person unalialia mnalialia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analialia wanalialia
other classes positive subject concord + -nalialia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lialii)
Singular Plural
1st person silialii hatulialii
2nd person hulialii hamlialii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) halialii hawalialii
other classes negative subject concord + -lialii
Positive future positive subject concord + -talialia
Negative future negative subject concord + -talialia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lialie)
Singular Plural
1st person nilialie tulialie
2nd person ulialie mlialie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alialie walialie
other classes positive subject concord + -lialie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silialie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelialia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelialia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilialia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilialia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alialia)
Singular Plural
1st person nalialia twalialia
2nd person walialia mwalialia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alialia walialia
m-mi(III/IV) walialia yalialia
ji-ma(V/VI) lalialia yalialia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalialia vyalialia
n(IX/X) yalialia zalialia
u(XI) walialia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwalialia
pa(XVI) palialia
mu(XVIII) mwalialia
Perfect positive subject concord + -melialia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshalialia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalialia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kilialia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipolialia
Consecutive kalialia / positive subject concord + -kalialia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalialie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nilialia -tulialia
2nd person -kulialia -walialia/-kulialieni/-walialieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlialia -walialia
m-mi(III/IV) -ulialia -ilialia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilialia -yalialia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilialia -vilialia
n(IX/X) -ilialia -zilialia
u(XI) -ulialia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kulialia
pa(XVI) -palialia
mu(XVIII) -mulialia
Reflexive -jilialia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lialia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -lialiaye -lialiao
m-mi(III/IV) -lialiao -lialiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -lialialo -lialiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lialiacho -lialiavyo
n(IX/X) -lialiayo -lialiazo
u(XI) -lialiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -lialiako
pa(XVI) -lialiapo
mu(XVIII) -lialiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lialia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yelialia -olialia
m-mi(III/IV) -olialia -yolialia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lolialia -yolialia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholialia -vyolialia
n(IX/X) -yolialia -zolialia
u(XI) -olialia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kolialia
pa(XVI) -polialia
mu(XVIII) -molialia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

References

  1. ^ Gibson, Hannah; Yoneda, Nobuko (2018), “Functions of Verb Reduplication and Verb Doubling in Swahili”, in Journal of Asian and African Studies[1], number 96, →DOI, page 14-15 of 5-27