lè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French l’heure

Noun

lè

1. hour

Etymology 2

Conjunction

lè

1. when

See also

• kilè

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Mandarin

Romanization

lè (le⁴, Zhuyin ㄌㄜˋ)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *t-lɛːl (“to stick out tongue”). 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)