lê
Afrikaans
Etymology
From a merger of Dutch leggen (“to lay”) and liggen (“to lie”). Formally, the forms with -ê- are from leggen, while the alternative present participle is from liggen (as is the lexicalised past participle geleë).
Pronunciation
Verb
lê (present lê, present participle liggende, past participle gelê)
- (intransitive) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
- Hy lê op die bed.
- He's lying on the bed.
- (transitive) to lay (to put into a horizontal position)
- Hy lê sy tas op die bed.
- He lays his bag on the bed.
Synonyms
- (to lay): neerlê (more common)
Related terms
Emilian
Etymology
From Latin illa (feminine of ille), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognates include French elle.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
lê (personal, disjunctive case)
Related terms
Number | Person | Gender | Disjunctive (tonic) |
Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Reflexive (-self) |
Comitative (with) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | mè | a | me | mêg | ||
Second | — | tè | et | te | têg | |||
Third | Masculine | ló | al | ge | se | sêg | ||
Feminine | lê | la | ||||||
Plural | First | Masculine | nuēter | a | se | nōsk | ||
Feminine | nuētri | |||||||
Second | Masculine | vuēter | a | ve | vōsk | |||
Feminine | vuētri | |||||||
Third | Masculine | lôr | i | ge | se | sêg | ||
Feminine | el | li |
Guerrero Amuzgo
Etymology
Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish ley
Noun
lê
Kurdish
Pronunciation
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Conjunction
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Ligurian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
lê
Usage notes
- Because the pronoun is not gender-specific, it is followed:
- by o if the gender is masculine
- lê o l'é bèllo ― he is handsome
- by a if the gender is feminine
- lê a l'é bèlla ― she is beautiful
- by o if the gender is masculine
See also
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Verb
lê
- Template:pt-verb-form-of
- Apocopic form of ler; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
- Eye dialect spelling of ler, representing Brazil Portuguese.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨.
Noun
(classifier cây, trái, quả) lê
Etymology 2
Verb
lê
- to drag (one's feet)
Derived terms
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans verbs
- Afrikaans intransitive verbs
- Afrikaans terms with usage examples
- Afrikaans transitive verbs
- Emilian terms inherited from Latin
- Emilian terms derived from Latin
- Emilian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Emilian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Emilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Emilian lemmas
- Emilian pronouns
- Guerrero Amuzgo terms derived from Spanish
- Guerrero Amuzgo lemmas
- Guerrero Amuzgo nouns
- Ligurian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ligurian lemmas
- Ligurian pronouns
- Ligurian terms with usage examples
- Portuguese 1-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Portuguese apocopic forms
- Portuguese eye dialect
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sino-Vietnamese words
- Vietnamese nouns classified by cây
- Vietnamese nouns classified by trái
- Vietnamese nouns classified by quả
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese verbs
- vi:Fruits