lè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French l’heure.

Noun

lè

1. hour

Etymology 2

Conjunction

lè

1. when

See also

• kilè

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

• le — nonstandard

Romanization

lè (le⁴, Zhuyin ㄌㄜˋ)

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Rawang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ˧˩/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• vlè

Noun

lè

1. water buffalo.

Synonyms

• lò / vlò

Etymology 2

Particle

lè

1. contrastive marker.
2. clause final particle.

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Unami

Particle

lè

1. it happened; it is true

   Ika le.

   Something is happening there.

   Kichi yu le?

   Did this really happen.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “lè”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *t-lɛːl (“to stick out tongue”). Compare Proto-Khmuic *-lɛːl (“to lick, to taste”).

See also thè.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɛ˨˩]

Verb

lè • (𠻗, 摛)

1. (transitive) to stick out

   lè lưỡi ― to stick out one's tongue

2. (transitive) to spit out

   Biếng ăn, cứ lè cơm ra.

   Having lost his appetite, he keeps spitting out the food.

Synonyms

• (to stick out): thè
• (to spit out): nhả

Compounds

• lè tè

References

• "lè" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)