leh

See also: łeh and Leh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lah-, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-. Cognate to Ancient Greek λάσκω (láskō, “to cry, roar”). Present leh occurs almost exclusively in the 2nd and 3d person, the -a- of which has usually been subject to umlaut.

Verb

leh (first-person singular past tense lehu, participle lehë)

  1. to bark, yap

K'iche'

Noun

leh

  1. (Classical K'iche') corn tortilla

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of leh – see 咧 (“in the process of; currently; stretched mouth, grimace, grin”).
(This character, leh, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咧.)

Wagi

Noun

leh

  1. water

Further reading
  • J. Spencer, S. van Cott, B. MacKenzie, G. Muñoz, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Wagi [fad] Language
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