lui

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See also: Lui, lúi, luí, luì, -lui, lûi, lụi, ḷúi, and lùi

Translingual

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Symbol

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lui

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Luiseño.

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin illūi, which is a form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille). Compare Romanian lui.

Pronoun

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lui m (genitive form of el, feminine equivalent ljei, plural lor)

  1. his

Pronoun

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lui m ((long/stressed) dative form of el, feminine equivalent ljei, plural lor)

  1. to him

Usage notes

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It is always preceded by 'a'- "a lui".

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  • ljei (feminine equivalent)
  • el/elu (masculine singular nominative and masculine singular accusative- long/stressed form)
  • ãlj/ilj/lji (masculine/feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)
  • ãl (masculine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
  • (a) lor (masculine/feminine plural genitive and masculine/feminine plural dative- long/stressed form)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lœy̯/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch loy, from Proto-Germanic *luja-. further etymology unsure. May be cognate with the Old Norse adjective lúinn (exhausted). Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (to cut off, separate, free), source of Proto-Germanic *lausaz, Albanian lirë.[1]

Adjective

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lui (comparative luier, superlative luist)

  1. lazy
Declension
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Declension of lui
uninflected lui
inflected luie
comparative luier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lui luier het luist
het luiste
indefinite m./f. sing. luie luiere luiste
n. sing. lui luier luiste
plural luie luiere luiste
definite luie luiere luiste
partitive luis luiers
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: loi
  • Negerhollands: lui, loi, looje

Etymology 2

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Short form of luiden, a variant of lieden.[2]

Noun

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lui pl (plural only, diminutive luitjes n)

  1. Alternative form of lieden
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Descendants
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References

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  1. ^ P.A.F. van Veen en N. van der Sijs (1997), Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden, 2e druk, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen
  2. ^ de Vries / de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Utrecht 1986 (14de druk), →ISBN; article lieden

Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French louer. Etymologically related to loko.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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lui (present luas, past luis, future luos, conditional luus, volitive luu)

  1. (transitive) to rent (something from someone)

Conjugation

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Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin illui.

Pronoun

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lui m (ORB, broad)

  1. him (third-person singular masculine dative or tonic)

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References

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  • lui in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Late Latin illui.

Pronoun

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lui m

  1. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
    J’habitais avec lui.
    I was living with him.
    C’est lui qui a dit cela.
    It was him who said that.
    Lui, il n’en sait rien.
    He doesn't know anything about it.
    • 1873, Alphonse Daudet, Contes du Lundi, La Dernière Classe:
      Je crois aussi que je n’avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n’avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications.
      I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations.
  2. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
    Je lui ai donné le livre.
    I gave the book to him/her.
Synonyms
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Descendants
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  • Haitian Creole: li

Etymology 2

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see the verb luire

Participle

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lui (intransitive, hence invariable)

  1. past participle of luire

References

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Friulian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin illui.

Pronoun

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lui

  1. he
  2. you (formal)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin illui.

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Pronoun

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lui (plural loro, feminine lei)

  1. he
    Synonym: egli
  2. (disjunctive) him
  3. it
    • 1472, Giusto de’ Conti, La bella mano, Giannalberto Tumermani (1750), page 122:
      Il cor meco s’adira, ed io con lui.
      My heart gets angry with me, and I with it.
    • 2000, Gianfranco Liori, Come un fumetto giapponese, Giunti, published 2008, page 64:
      Cercai il mio portafogli dentro lo zaino, ma era sparito anche lui e tutti i soldi che c’erano dentro.
      I looked for my wallet in the backpack, but it had disappeared as well, along with all the money inside.

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References

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  • lui in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Kambera

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Verb

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lui

  1. (intransitive) to melt
  2. (intransitive) to dissolve

Derived terms

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References

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  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 179

Latin

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Noun

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luī

  1. dative singular of luēs

Pronoun

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lui (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. Alternative form of illui

Verb

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luī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of luō

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Mizo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(y).

Noun

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lui

  1. river

References

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  • Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin illūi.

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Pronoun

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lui m (genitive form of el, feminine equivalent ei, plural lor)

  1. his
    Synonym: său
    Au ceasul lui?
    Do they have his watch?

Declension

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Pronoun

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lui m (stressed dative form of el, feminine equivalent ei, plural lor)

  1. (indirect object, third-person singular) to him
    Synonym: (unstressed form) îi

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lui

  1. genitive/dative article for proper names designating people that morphologically don't permit a suffix
    Casa lui Carmen.
    Carmen's house.
    Asta nu-i place lui Bogdan.
    Bogdan doesn't like this.

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Whereas singular masculine proper names always form the genitive and dative using the preposed lui, feminine ones only do so when the specific name doesn't have a genitive/dative form itself: casa lui Carmen but casa Mariei. This rule is ignored by many in informal situations and lui is used with feminine names either way.

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Spanish

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Verb

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lui

  1. inflection of luir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative

Uneapa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *ruyuŋ with irregular l, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.

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Noun

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lui

  1. dugong

Further reading

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duyuŋ₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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lui (𫩍 - 𨙝, 𬰉, 𨆢)

  1. to step back; to recede; to move backward; to retreat
  2. to (fall, look, think) back
  3. (of disease, anger, etc.) to abate; to decrease
  4. (rare) Synonym of lùi (to postpone)
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