lei

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Campidanese Sardinian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 Verb 4 Finnish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 4.1.2 Synonyms 4.1.3 See also 5 Hawaiian 5.1 Noun 5.2 Verb 6 Italian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronoun 6.2.1 Synonyms 6.3 References 7 Lojban 7.1 Cmavo 8 Mandarin 8.1 Pinyin 9 Portuguese 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Etymology 9.3 Noun 10 Romanian 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Noun 11 Scots 11.1 Verb

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: lā, IPA: /leɪ/, SAMPA: /leI/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

[edit] Homophones

• lay, ley

[edit] Etymology 1

Hawaiian lei

[edit] Noun

lei (plural leis)

1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Romanian lei

[edit] Noun

lei

1. Plural form of leu.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eil
• Eli
• ile
• lie, LIE

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[edit] Campidanese Sardinian

[edit] Etymology

From Spanish ley.

[edit] Noun

lei

1. law

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA: /lɛɪ/
• (Belgium) IPA: /lɛː/
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[edit] Noun

lei n. (no plural, no diminutive)

1. slate (material)

lei m. and f. (plural leien, diminutive leitje)

1. slate (object)

[edit] Derived terms

• leien
• leisteen
• met een schone lei herbeginnen

[edit] Verb

lei

1. (archaic) First-person singular indicative simple past form of leggen.
2. (archaic) Second-person singular indicative simple past form of leggen.
3. (archaic) Third-person singular indicative simple past form of leggen.

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[edit] Finnish

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lei

1. A lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers).
2. (nonstandard, obsolete) A leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova).

[edit] Declension

Declension of lei (type maa) singular plural nominative lei leit genitive lein leiden leitten partitive leitä leitä accusative lei lein leit inessive leissä leissä elative leistä leistä illative leihin leihin adessive leillä leillä ablative leiltä leiltä allative leille leille essive leinä leinä translative leiksi leiksi instructive – lein abessive leittä leittä comitative – leineen

[edit] Synonyms

• (unit of currency): leu

[edit] See also

• kukkaseppele

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[edit] Hawaiian

[edit] Noun

lei (ka)

1. lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
2. necklace
3. ( by extension ) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei

[edit] Verb

lei

1. to leap

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ĭllĕi, which is a Vulgar Latin form of illī (dative singular of illa). The Vulgar Latin form ĭllĕi is modelled under influence of Vulgar Latin illūi (see lui).^[1]

[edit] Pronoun

lei (plural loro)

1. she
2. her

[edit] Synonyms

• ella

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002). Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), p. 130, Bologna: il Mulino. ISBN 88-15-08638-2.

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

lei

1. short for lu'o le; a mass composed of

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin

lei (form of lei0 or lei5)

1. 嘞: final particle

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /leɪ̯/

[edit] Etymology

From Latin lex.

[edit] Noun

lei f. (plural leis)

1. law

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lej/

[edit] Noun

lei m. pl.

1. Plural form of leu.

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Verb

tae lei (third-person singular simple present leis, present participle leiin, simple past leid, past participle leid)

1. (South Scots) To tell a lie.

   Deh lei ti is!

tae lei (third-person singular simple present leis, present participle leiin, simple past lay, past participle laid)

1. (South Scots) To lie (down).

   Div ee wa’i lei doon?