tieli sibling, of either sex: irregular form of tilio* for [...]

Part of Speech	noun, kinship
Phonetic Form	ʧeli
Proto-Form	POc: *taci 'younger same-sex sibling'
Tanema Equivalent	e
Paradigm Form	1s: tili' one ; 2s: tilio ; 3s: tieli

• • sibling, of either sex: irregular form of tilio* for 3sg (‘his/her sibling’) and when followed by a noun (‘sibling of X’)
  • • Kin

  Encyclopedic Info

  Morph.: This is one of the only forms where the sound [ʧ] appears regularly.

  • • Example 2457:
      

      Tilio, we tieli?

      Is he your brother, or his/her brother?

      Example Comment

      anaphoric 3s possessor

    • Example 2458:
      

      tieli mwalkote

      [his/her sibling male] his/her brother

    • Example 2459:
      

      tieli emele

      [his/her sibling female] his/her sister

    • Example 2460:
      

      tieli ete

      your mother's sibling

      Example Comment

      NP possessor

    • Example 2461:
      

      tieli Stanley

      Stanley's sibling

    • Example 2462:
      

      Emele iote i-ve ini, ka emele iote i-ve ene, da tieli.

      The woman who gave birth to him, and the one who gave birth to me, they were sisters.

      Example Comment

      reciprocal predicate

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• See also:
  • menuko² friend, companion / boyfriend or girlfriend, in a romantic sense
  • mule affine of same generation (vs. uku) / sibling-in-law, whether male or female: spouse of o.'s sibling (ZH, BW), or sibling of o.'s spouse (WB, WZ, HB, HZ) / spouse of o.'s cross-cousin, cousin by marriage (MBDH, MBSW; FZDH, FZSW; HFZC, WFZC…)