lê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"
Afrikaans
Etymology
From a merger of Dutch leggen (“to lay”) and liggen (“to lie”). Formally, the forms with -ê- are from leggen, while the alternative present participle is from liggen (as is the lexicalised past participle geleë).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛː/, [lɛ̞ː]
Synonyms
- (to lay): neerlê (more common)
Emilian
Etymology
From Latin illa (feminine of ille), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognates include French elle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleː/
- Hyphenation: lê
Related terms
Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)
Number | Person | Gender | Disjunctive (tonic) |
Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Reflexive (-self) |
Comitative (with) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | mè | a | me | mêg | ||
Second | — | tè | et | te | têg | |||
Third | Masculine | ló | al | ge | se | sêg | ||
Feminine | lê | la | ||||||
Plural | First | Masculine | nuēter | a | se | nōsk | ||
Feminine | nuētri | |||||||
Second | Masculine | vuēter | a | ve | vōsk | |||
Feminine | vuētri | |||||||
Third | Masculine | lôr | i | ge | se | sêg | ||
Feminine | el | li |
Kurdish
Ligurian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leː/
Usage notes
- Because the pronoun is not gender-specific, it is followed:
- by o if the gender is masculine
- lê o l'é bèllo ― he is handsome
- by a if the gender is feminine
- lê a l'é bèlla ― she is beautiful
- by o if the gender is masculine
Portuguese
Verb
lê
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ler
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ler
- Apocopic form of ler; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
- Eye dialect spelling of ler, representing Brazilian Portuguese.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [le˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lej˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- lê lết
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