leh
Albanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *lah-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-. Cognate to Ancient Greek λάσκω (láskō, “to cry, roar”). Present leh occurs almost exclusively in the 2nd and 3d person, the -a- of which has usually been subject to umlaut.
Verb
leh (aorist lehu, participle lehë)
K'iche'
Noun
leh
Min Nan
| For pronunciation and definitions of leh – see 咧 (“To grimace; to draw back the corners of one's mouth; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咧). |
Wagi
Noun
leh
Further reading
- J. Spencer, S. van Cott, B. MacKenzie, G. Muñoz, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Wagi [fad] Language