lete

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lete"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛtɛ]

Noun

lete

1. vocative singular of let

Latvian

Noun

lete f (5th declension)

1. counter (in shop)
2. bar (in refreshment room)

Declension

Declension of lete (5th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	lete	letes
genitive	letes	lešu
dative	letei	letēm
accusative	leti	letes
instrumental	leti	letēm
locative	letē	letēs
vocative	lete	letes

Macanese

Alternative forms

• lête

Etymology

From Portuguese leite.

Noun

lete

1. milk

   bebinca di lete ― milk pudding

   café co lête ― coffee with milk

   china di lête ― milkman (literally, “milk Chinese”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Middle English

Alternative forms

• let, late

Etymology

From Old English ġelǣte, ġelēte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːt(ə)/, /ˈleːt(ə)/

Noun

lete (plural letes)

1. crossroads

Descendants

• English: leat, leet
• Yola: leet

References

• “lēte, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Nafaanra

Noun

lete

1. street

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• leite

Etymology

From Old Norse leita.

Verb

lete (imperative let, present tense leter, simple past lette, past participle lett)

1. to look (etter / for)
2. to search (etter / for)

Derived terms

• leting

References

• “lete” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the adjective lat.

• (noun): From Old Norse leti f.
• (verb): An umlauted factitive, possibly influenced by the noun.

Noun

lete f (definite singular leta, uncountable)

1. laziness

   Synonym: latskap

Verb

lete (present tense letar, past tense leta, past participle leta, passive infinitive letast, present participle letande, imperative lete/let)

1. (reflexive) to laze

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lita.

Verb

lete (present tense letar, past tense leta, past participle leta, passive infinitive letast, present participle letande, imperative lete/let)

1. (transitive) to colour

   Synonyms: farge, fargelegge

Alternative forms

• leta (a- and split infinitives)
• léte, léta (alternative spelling with either infinitives)
• lita (obsolete spelling (Aasen))

Related terms

• let m (“colour”)

References

• “lete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• elet, elte, etle, leet, lete, léte, tele, tele-

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.te/

Verb

lēte

1. inflection of lǣtan:
   1. second-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive

Slovak

Noun

lete

1. locative singular of leto

Swahili

Verb

lete

1. imperative singular of -leta

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 內底 / 内底 (lāi-té, “insole”) as per Chan-Yap (1980).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlete/ [ˈlɛː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: le‧te

Noun

lete (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜒ)

1. insole of footwear

   Synonym: sobresuwelas

Derived terms

• letehan
• maglete

Further reading

• “lete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 143
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 36

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leet'ek. Cognates include Finnish liete, Karelian lieto (“sand”).

Noun

lete

1. sand

Declension

Inflection of lete (inflection type 36/kaste)
nominative sing.	lete
genitive sing.	letken
partitive sing.	letet
partitive plur.	letkid
	singular	plural
nominative	lete	letked
accusative	letken	letked
genitive	letken	letkiden
partitive	letet	letkid
essive-instructive	letken	letkin
translative	letkeks	letkikš
inessive	letkes	letkiš
elative	letkespäi	letkišpäi
illative	letkehe	letkihe
adessive	letkel	letkil
ablative	letkelpäi	letkilpäi
allative	letkele	letkile
abessive	letketa	letkita
comitative	letkenke	letkidenke
prolative	letetme	letkidme
approximative I	letkenno	letkidenno
approximative II	letkennoks	letkidennoks
egressive	letkennopäi	letkidennopäi
terminative I	letkehesai	letkihesai
terminative II	letkelesai	letkilesai
terminative III	letkessai	—
additive I	letkehepäi	letkihepäi
additive II	letkelepäi	letkilepäi