lei

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See also Lei, lēi, léi, lěi, and lèi

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Hawaiian lei

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lei (plural leis)

  1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
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Romanian lei

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lei

  1. Plural form of leu.

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Latin lex

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lei f. (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lei, nominative plural lez)

  1. a law

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From Spanish ley, Latin lex.

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lei

  1. law

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lei n. (uncountable)

  1. slate (material)

lei f. (plural leien, diminutive leitje)

  1. slate (object)

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lei

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

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lei

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

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  • (unit of currency): leu

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[edit] Hawaiian

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lei (ka)

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

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lei

  1. to leap

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

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  • [lɛːi]

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lei (plural loro) f.

  1. she
  2. her, herself

lei (plural loro) m. and f.

  1. (normally capitalised as Lei) you (form of courtesy)

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

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lei

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

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  • A sumti phrase begun with lei ends with the elidable terminator ku unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided).

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lei (form of lei0 or lei5)

  1. : final particle

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lei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of léi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lèi.

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English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.


[edit] Portuguese

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  • IPA: /leɪ̯/

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From Latin lex, legis.

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lei f. (plural leis)

  1. law

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lei m. pl.

  1. Plural form of leu.

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

  1. (South Scots) Alternative form of lee.
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