Lisun.adj.

1896 Geogr. Jrnl. 7 301 The Lissus and Lamajen on the Mekong are very timid... [Note] Generally the travellers were well received; sometimes the Lissu bards..sang impromptu songs in honour of the ‘great men’ come from afar.

1909 H. R. Davies Yün-nan 391 The name by which these people call themselves is Li-su. This the Chinese have corrupted into Li-so.

1909 Geogr. Jrnl. 34 610 The travellers' first experience was in the territory of the ‘white’ or tame Liso, whose country extends as far north as..lat. 26°25′.., whilst beyond this point lie the villages of the ‘black’ or wild Liso.

1948 G. H. Johnson Death takes Small Bites i. 26 A moon-faced Lisu began again to pluck spasmodically at the strings of a guitar.

1977 Yin Ming United & Equal 4 There is hardly any place along China's long border without its communities of minority nationalities. Among them are..the Lisu, Tulung, Nu, Chingpo, Wa, Tai and Yi in Yunnan.

1992 Cultural Survival Q. Fall 25/2 Patrilineal groups such as Akha, Hmong, and Lisu, place great emphasis on male children.

1909 H. R. Davies Yün-nan 351 Amongst the Lo-lo I have classed the La-hu, the Li-so and the Wo-ni, all three of which can scarcely be considered as more than dialects of some original Lo-lo tongue.

1983 Word 34 63 There are sentences in Lisu that are synonyms with different surface forms.