liô

Laefevian

Alternative forms

• ljô (non-standard)

Etymology

From Proto-Laenkean *læhaws, from Proto-Laenkean *læh-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liɔ/ [ˈʎɔ]

Preposition

liô

1. (spatial) next to

   liô kaulau

   next to the tree

   Hynnja liô ambatau.

   I'm sitting next to the window.

2. (spatial) beside

   Hynjis liô janun.

   She was sitting beside him.

3. (spatial) along

   Liô hwêltul torwas tyrwan.

   There's a stream along the wall.

4. (spatial) against

   liô skaene

   against the wall

5. (relational) to lose (always preceded by alad (“to be”))

   Synonym: wilad

   Kwihñônt as liô nuode.

   The rug has lost its colour.

6. (relational) at

   liô soltul hêskere

   at the thought of that

7. (temporal) indicates the beginning of an event or activity upon

   Synonym: maeǧ

   liô endôske

   upon the beginning of winter

See also

Laefevian spatial prepositions
space	position	goal	source	transit
interior	ɪɴᴇssɪᴠᴇ (-ulle) in	ɪʟʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-ele) in, into	ᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-ôtan) out (of), from	ᴘʀᴏʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-ekwe) through, by
immersion	dôn [with locative] between, amidst, among	dôn [with accusative] between, among	tandôn* [with genitive] from between, from among	dyn [with genitive] through, via, across, by
surface	sᴜᴘᴇʀᴇssɪᴠᴇ (-unere) on	sᴜʙʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-ere) on, onto	ᴅᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-ôka) off (of), from	ᴘᴇʀʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-uffêl) across, (all) over, along
proximity	ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-ul) at, in, on	ᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-umas) to, up to	ᴀʙʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-aôn) from	wanwa [with genitive] past, by, along
adjacency	liô [with locative] at, by, beside, against	liô [with accusative] against		baddoe [with genitive] along
boundary	liô [with genitive] next to	ʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ (-unši) to, towards
		šin [with dative] towards, against
superior surface	lis [with genitive] on top of	lis [with dative] on(to) (the) top of	tanlis* [with genitive] from/off (the) top of	fêl [with accusative] over, across
absolute exterior	nokwaj [with genitive] outside	nokwel [with genitive] outside	nokwaôn [with genitive] from (the) outside	irvo [with genitive] around
centre	udiul [with genitive] in the middle of	udier [with genitive] into the middle of	udian [with genitive] from the middle of
absolute interior	lihwaj [with genitive] inside, within	lihwel [with genitive] inside	lihwaôn [with genitive] from (the)inside/within
anterior	hlêm [with locative] in front of, before	hlêm [with accusative] in front of, before	tanhlêm* [with genitive] from in front of
posterior	sun [with locative] behind, after	sun [with accusative] behind, after	tansun* [with genitive] from behind
superior	žên [with locative] above	žên [with accusative] above	tanžên* [with genitive] from above
inferior	lôn [with locative] below	lôn [with accusative] below	tanlôn* [with genitive] from below
*Note: These forms have a synonymous construction consisting of the corresponding base preposition + ᴀʙʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, e.g. tansun hrikau = sun hrikaôn “from behind the house”.