Handbook of the Lisu (Yawyin) language - Cryptm.org

( 42 )With ; together with = (a)-bye 3 or (a)-bye 3 -ta'-h s (Ch.)— usuallyindicatingstate ;(a)-bye 3 -hti s -lye 3 implies motion vas a rule, andmay also mean " the same as " :ngwa*(a)-bye 3 hti« chi 3 tya 1 nya 3 = if (you) will be with mefor a while.ngwa*-nu s (a) bye 3 ta'-ho s tya 1 la* = come and live with us.yi*-wa s (a) bye 3 hti s -lye 3 jye 1 == go with them.yi'-waS(a) bye 3 htiMye 3 nga* law 3 = (he) is the same as them.Then ; then only = si'-lye 5 (= Cb. ts'ai).„nu* ba 3 grgh* la* si 1 lye s srghe^a) law 3 = you tell (me) then(I) will know, i.e. you must tell, me before I can possiblyknow.yi'-wa= ta 1 sye 6 gu 3 si'-lye 5 ji*(a) law 3 = the only good (thingto do) is to kill them ail (lit. kill them all, then onlygood).Because = nyi 3 after thejverb :—a'-nga 6 ma s jaw* nyi 3 , dye 3 -mi 3 ma 5 re s = because (we) have nobuffaloes (we) do not cultivate paddy fields.yi 1 na*^a) ma 3 nya 3 , rii s hkaw 6 nyi 3 nga* law = 3 his sickness isbecause of nats biting (him).This nyi* should be carefully distinguished from nya*, which is amere expletive and has no causal force. An exception to this rule has,however, to be made when nyi* follows any of the three particles si 1"and—see above § (8), byn* (and, with), and lye* instrumental, for inthese three instances nyi* drops its causal force and becomes acolourless expletive ; e.g.—hte* hti s raw 3 ma 3 bye 3 -nyi 3 gaw* htis raw 3 ma 5 nya 3 , fcghe*-h'a*-sye 6 ku'(a) ma 3 las-htsaw* nga* law 3 = this personand that person are men who are able to bewitch (lit.able to kill souls).yi'-wa 5 lye 3 -nyi 3 ngwa*-nu s bu*-htsl s hku s ta 2 jye* gu 3 (a) law 1 =they stole all our clothes.gaw*-le 3 gWa 3 -dzye* si'-nyi 3 a 5 -ma* h'i* kwa 3 a 5 -ma* lye 6 jye*(a)law 3 = (they) thus discussed, and then each one returnedto his own home.Therefore = gaw*-le 3 -nyi 3 (lit. thus because) :—yi 1 nya 3 na'-htsi 6 a*-hkrgh' daw*(a) law 3 gaw*-le J -nyi 3 da*;ye*law 3 -shi'-nga*-law = 3 (he) drank a lot of medicine ;thatis why he got better (I suppose).gaw*-le 3 -nyi 3 nga* law 3 = that is why it is (so).Quotation.— In quoting a saying or a thought, the conjunctionbye' may be irte"d in the place where final inverted commas would beused in English writing ; e.g.—hte*-kwa* tya 1 ma s da* (bye 3 ) ba 3 la* nya 3 = if (they) say wemust not live here (lit. " here must not live "say come if).