lemo

Esperanto

Etymology

From English lemma, Italian lemma, Latin lemma, etc., ultimately from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlemo]
• Rhymes: -emo
• Hyphenation: le‧mo

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.mo/
• Hyphenation: le‧mo

Noun

lemo (accusative singular lemon, plural lemoj, accusative plural lemojn)

1. (mathematics) lemma
   • 1961, Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku, The Yokohama Mathematical Journal

     Jena sistemo donas plej simplan ekzempleron,^[sic] kiu plenumas la hipotezojn faritajn en lemo 8: ...

     This system gives a very simple examplar^[sic] which satisfies the hypotheses made in lemma 8: ...

   • 1949, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyūsyū University: Kyūshū Daigaku Rigakubu Kiyō. Mathematics

     Laŭ la lemo 2, C estas fermita kaj kompakta, ...

     Per lemma 2, C is closed and compact, ...

   • 1995, Congrès international de Cybernétique, Actes: Proceedings →ISBN

     Teoremoj, lemoj, korolarioj, difinoj, propozicioj diversaj estas kutime metitaj, ajnalingve, komence de paragrafo, sekvataj aŭ antaŭataj de numeroj, sen ia ajn artikolo.

     Theorems, lemmata, corrolaries, definitions, various propositions are usually put, in any language, at the beginning of a paragraph, followed or preceded by numbers, without any article.

2. lemming

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Hausa

Etymology

Apparently from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), although Blench notes that the fruit itself may well have been introduced from the south.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lèː.móː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [lèː.móː]

Noun

lḕmō m (plural lēmunā̀, possessed form lḕmon)

1. orange (fruit)
2. soft drink

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto lemo, Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma), English lemma, French lemme, German Lemma, Italian lemma, Russian ле́мма (lémma), Spanish lema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlemo/

Noun

lemo (plural lemi)

1. (linguistics) lemma

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Lindu

Noun

lemo

1. tangerine; citrus

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

lemo

1. lemon.