leta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "leta"

Gothic

Romanization

lēta

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English letter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leta/

Noun

leta (plural leta dem, quantified leta)

1. letter
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:

     Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.

     This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.

Further reading

• leta at majstro.com

Keley-I Kallahan

Noun

leta

1. tree sap

Kongo

Etymology

From French l'état.

Noun

leta

1. state (sovereign polity)

Latin

Verb

lētā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lētō

References

• "leta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo leta.

Noun

leta

1. state (sovereign country)

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lentädäk.

Verb

leta

1. to fly

Conjugation

Conjugation of leta (type II-6/kebdeta, no gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	lendan	en lenda	1st singular	olen lenu	en ole lenu
2nd singular	lendad	ed lenda	2nd singular	oled lenu	ed ole lenu
3rd singular	lendau	ei lenda	3rd singular	on lenu	ei ole lenu
1st plural	lendamme	emme lekoi	1st plural	olemme lenu	emme olgoi lenu
2nd plural	lendatte	ette lekoi	2nd plural	olette lenu	ette olgoi lenu
3rd plural	ledah	ei leda	3rd plural	oldah ledu	ei olda ledu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	lendžin	en lenu	1st singular	olin lenu	en olnu lenu
2nd singular	lendžid	ed lenu	2nd singular	olid lenu	ed olnu lenu
3rd singular	lendži	ei lenu	3rd singular	oli lenu	ei olnu lenu
1st plural	lendžimme	emme ledu	1st plural	olimme lenu	emme olnu lenu
2nd plural	lendžitte	ette ledu	2nd plural	olitte lenu	ette olnu lenu
3rd plural	ledih	ei ledu	3rd plural	oldih ledu	ei oldu ledu
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	lendaižin	en lendaiž	1st singular	oližin lenu	en oliž lenu
2nd singular	lendaižid	ed lendaiž	2nd singular	oližid lenu	ed oliž lenu
3rd singular	lendaiž	ei lendaiž	3rd singular	oliž lenu	ei oliž lenu
1st plural	lendaižimme	emme lendaiž	1st plural	oližimme lenu	emme oliž lenu
2nd plural	lendaižitte	ette lendaiž	2nd plural	oližitte lenu	ette oliž lenu
3rd plural	ledaiž	ei ledaiž	3rd plural	oldaiž ledu	ei oldaiž ledu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	lenuižin	en lenuiž	1st singular	olnuižin lenu	en olnuiž lenu
2nd singular	lenuižid	ed lenuiž	2nd singular	olnuižid lenu	ed olnuiž lenu
3rd singular	lenuiž	ei lenuiž	3rd singular	olnuiž lenu	ei olnuiž lenu
1st plural	lenuižimme	emme lenuiž	1st plural	olnuižimme lenu	emme olnuiž lenu
2nd plural	lenuižitte	ette lenuiž	2nd plural	olnuižitte lenu	ette olnuiž lenu
3rd plural	ledanuiž	ei ledanuiž	3rd plural	oldanuiž ledu	ei oldanuiž ledu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	lenda	ala lenda
3rd singular	lekah	algah lekoi
1st plural	lekam	algam lekoi
2nd plural	lekat	algat lekoi
3rd plural	ledakkah	aldagah lekoi
Potential
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	lenen	en lene	1st singular	lienen lenu	en liene lenu
2nd singular	lened	ed lene	2nd singular	liened lenu	ed liene lenu
3rd singular	lenou	ei lene	3rd singular	lienou lenu	ei liene lenu
1st plural	lenemme	emme lene	1st plural	lienemme lenu	emme liekoi lenu
2nd plural	lenette	ette lene	2nd plural	lienette lenu	ette liekoi lenu
3rd plural	ledaneh	ei ledane	3rd plural	lietah ledu	ei liekoi ledu
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
I		leta	present	lendaj	ledav
II	inessive	letes	past	lenu	ledu
	essive	leten
III	illative	lendamah
	inessive	lendamas
	elative	lendamaspiä
	adessive	lendamal
	abessive	lendamata

References

• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[1], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN

Moore

Etymology

from French l'état (“the state”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lé.ta/

Noun

leta

1. the state (sovereign polity)

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

Verb

lēta

1. to look around
2. to look for
3. to examine

Conjugation

Conjugation of lēta (weak)

	present				past
infinitive	lēta				—
participle	lētandi, -e				lētaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	lētar	lēti, -e	—		lētaþi, -e	lētaþi, -e
þū	lētar	lēti, -e	lēta		lētaþi, -e	lētaþi, -e
han	lētar	lēti, -e	—		lētaþi, -e	lētaþi, -e
vīr	lētum, -om	lētum, -om	lētum, -om		lētaþum, -om	lētaþum, -om
īr	lētin	lētin	lētin		lētaþin	lētaþin
þēr	lēta	lētin	—		lētaþu, -o	lētaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	lētas	lētis, -es	—		lētaþis, -es	lētaþis, -es
þū	lētas	lētis, -es	—		lētaþis, -es	lētaþis, -es
han	lētas	lētis, -es	—		lētaþis, -es	lētaþis, -es
vīr	lētums, -oms	lētums, -oms	—		lētaþums, -oms	lētaþums, -oms
īr	lētins	lētins	—		lētaþins	lētaþins
þēr	lētas	lētins	—		lētaþus, -os	lētaþins

Descendants

• Swedish: leta

Portuguese

Adjective

leta

1. feminine singular of leto

Noun

leta f (plural letas)

1. female equivalent of leto

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From French l'état.

Noun

lēta class 9 (plural zā lēta class 10)

1. government

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

leta (Cyrillic spelling лета)

1. inflection of leto:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Noun

leta

1. genitive singular of leto

Slovene

Noun

leta n

1. inflection of leto:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-déeta.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-leta (infinitive kuleta)

1. to bring

Conjugation

Conjugation of -leta
Positive present -naleta Subjunctive -lete Negative -leti Imperative singular lete
Infinitives
Positive kuleta Negative kutoleta
Imperatives
Singular lete Plural leteni
Tensed forms
Habitual huleta Positive past positive subject concord + -lileta Negative past negative subject concord + -kuleta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naleta) Singular Plural 1st person ninaleta/naleta tunaleta 2nd person unaleta mnaleta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analeta wanaleta other classes positive subject concord + -naleta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -leti) Singular Plural 1st person sileti hatuleti 2nd person huleti hamleti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haleti hawaleti other classes negative subject concord + -leti
Positive future positive subject concord + -taleta Negative future negative subject concord + -taleta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lete) Singular Plural 1st person nilete tulete 2nd person ulete mlete 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alete walete other classes positive subject concord + -lete
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silete Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeleta Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeleta Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalileta Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalileta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aleta) Singular Plural 1st person naleta twaleta 2nd person waleta mwaleta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aleta waleta m-mi(III/IV) waleta yaleta ji-ma(V/VI) laleta yaleta ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaleta vyaleta n(IX/X) yaleta zaleta u(XI) waleta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaleta pa(XVI) paleta mu(XVIII) mwaleta
Perfect positive subject concord + -meleta "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaleta "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaleta "If/When" positive subject concord + -kileta "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoleta Consecutive kaleta / positive subject concord + -kaleta Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalete
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nileta -tuleta 2nd person -kuleta -waleta/-kuleteni/-waleteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mleta -waleta m-mi(III/IV) -uleta -ileta ji-ma(V/VI) -lileta -yaleta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kileta -vileta n(IX/X) -ileta -zileta u(XI) -uleta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuleta pa(XVI) -paleta mu(XVIII) -muleta Reflexive -jileta
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -leta- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -letaye -letao m-mi(III/IV) -letao -letayo ji-ma(V/VI) -letalo -letayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -letacho -letavyo n(IX/X) -letayo -letazo u(XI) -letao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -letako pa(XVI) -letapo mu(XVIII) -letamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -leta) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeleta -oleta m-mi(III/IV) -oleta -yoleta ji-ma(V/VI) -loleta -yoleta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choleta -vyoleta n(IX/X) -yoleta -zoleta u(XI) -oleta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koleta pa(XVI) -poleta mu(XVIII) -moleta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -letea
  • Passive: -letwa

Swazi

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

leta

1. those over there, yonder; class 8 remote demonstrative.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

leta

1. those over there, yonder; class 10 remote demonstrative.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lēta, from Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

leta (present letar, preterite letade, supine letat, imperative leta)

1. (with efter) search; look throughout (a place) for something

   Vad letar du efter?

   What are you searching for?

Conjugation

Conjugation of leta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	leta		letas
supine	letat		letats
imperative	leta		—
imper. plural1	leten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	letar	letade	letas	letades
ind. plural1	leta	letade	letas	letades
subjunctive2	lete	letade	letes	letades
present participle		letande
past participle		letad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• söka

Anagrams

• late

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English letter.

Noun

leta

1. letter (symbol in an alphabet)
2. letter (written or printed communication)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lentädäk.

Verb

leta

1. to fly
2. to raise
3. to build, to build up

Inflection

Inflection of leta (inflection type 11/käta)
1st infinitive	leta
present indic.	lendab
past indic.	lendi
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	lendan	lendin	—
2nd singular	lendad	lendid	lenda
3rd singular	lendab	lendi	lekaha
1st plural	lendam	lendim	lekam
2nd plural	lendat	lendit	lekat
3rd plural	letas lendaba	lendiba	lekaha
sing. conneg.1	lenda	lendand	lenda
plur. conneg.	lekoi	lenugoi	lekoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	lendaižin	lenuižin	lendanen
2nd singular	lendaižid	lenuižid	lendaned
3rd singular	lendaiži	lenuiži	lendaneb
1st plural	lendaižim	lenuižim	lendanem
2nd plural	lendaižit	lenuižit	lendanet
3rd plural	lendaižiba	lenuižiba	lendaneba
connegative	lendaiži	lenuiži	lendane
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	leta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	letes	inessive	lendamas
instructive	leten	illative	lendamaha
participles		elative	lendamaspäi
present active	lendai	adessive	lendamal
past active	lenu	abessive	lendamat
past passive	letud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

Derived terms

• lendai

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “выдержать, летать, освоить, повысить, поднимать, построить, строить, улетать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika