lui

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See also: Lui, lúi, luí, luì, -lui, lûi, lụi, ḷúi, and lùi

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

lui

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Luiseño.

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin illūi, which is a form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille). Compare Romanian lui.

Pronoun[edit]

lui m (genitive form of el, feminine equivalent ljei, plural lor)

  1. his

Pronoun[edit]

lui m ((long/stressed) dative form of el, feminine equivalent ljei, plural lor)

  1. to him

Usage notes[edit]

It is always preceded by 'a'- "a lui".

Related terms[edit]

  • ljei (feminine equivalent)
  • el/elu (masculine singular nominative and masculine singular accusative- long/stressed form)
  • ãlj/ilj/lji (masculine/feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)
  • ãl (masculine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
  • (a) lor (masculine/feminine plural genitive and masculine/feminine plural dative- long/stressed form)

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lœy̯/
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch loy, from Proto-Germanic *luja-. further etymology unsure. May be cognate with the Old Norse adjective lúinn (“exhausted”). Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, separate, free”), source of Proto-Germanic *lausaz, Albanian lirë.[1]

Adjective[edit]

lui (comparative luier, superlative luist)

  1. lazy
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of lui
uninflected lui
inflected luie
comparative luier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lui luier het luist
het luiste
indefinite m./f. sing. luie luiere luiste
n. sing. lui luier luiste
plural luie luiere luiste
definite luie luiere luiste
partitive luis luiers —
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: loi
  • Negerhollands: lui, loi, looje

Etymology 2[edit]

Short form of luiden, a variant of lieden.[2]

Noun[edit]

lui pl (plural only, diminutive luitjes n)

  1. Alternative form of lieden
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ P.A.F. van Veen en N. van der Sijs (1997), Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden, 2e druk, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen
  2. ^ de Vries / de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Utrecht 1986 (14de druk), →ISBN; article lieden

Anagrams[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French louer. Etymologically related to loko.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

lui (present luas, past luis, future luos, conditional luus, volitive luu)

  1. (transitive) to rent (something from someone)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of lui
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense luas luis luos
active participle luanta luantaj luinta luintaj luonta luontaj
acc. luantan luantajn luintan luintajn luontan luontajn
passive participle luata luataj luita luitaj luota luotaj
acc. luatan luatajn luitan luitajn luotan luotajn
nominal active participle luanto luantoj luinto luintoj luonto luontoj
acc. luanton luantojn luinton luintojn luonton luontojn
nominal passive participle luato luatoj luito luitoj luoto luotoj
acc. luaton luatojn luiton luitojn luoton luotojn
adverbial active participle luante luinte luonte
adverbial passive participle luate luite luote
infinitive lui imperative luu conditional luus

Derived terms[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Late Latin illūi, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille). The -ui ending in Vulgar Latin illui is due to the influence of cui.[1]

Cognate with Italian lui.

Pronoun[edit]

lui m

  1. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
    J’habitais avec lui.
    I was living with him.
    C’est lui qui a dit cela.
    It was him who said that.
    Lui, il n’en sait rien.
    He doesn't know anything about it.
    • 1873, Alphonse Daudet, Contes du Lundi, La Dernière Classe:
      Je crois aussi que je n’avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n’avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications.
      I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations.
  2. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
    Je lui ai donné le livre.
    I gave the book to him/her.
Synonyms[edit]
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French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Locative
(at) 		Genitive
(of) 		Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j’ me, m’ — — moi
Second — tu te, t’ — — toi
Third Masculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Indeterminate on1 — — — — —
Reflexive — se, s’4 — — soi4
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous2 vous2,3 — — vous2
Third Masculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
Feminine elles elles
1 Also used as the first person plural.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
Descendants[edit]
  • Haitian Creole: li

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), chapter IL, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

Etymology 2[edit]

see the verb luire

Participle[edit]

lui (intransitive, hence invariable)

  1. past participle of luire

Further reading[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin illūi, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille).

Pronoun[edit]

lui

  1. he
  2. you (formal)

See also[edit]

Friulian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person jo nô
2nd person familiar tu vô
polite lui, jê lôr
3rd person m lui, lôr
f jê lôr

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin illūi, a rare post-Augustan non-standard form of Latin illī m or f (dative singular), from ille. Formed after cui as a masculine equivalent to the Republican alternative feminine form illae. [1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

lui (plural loro, feminine lei)

  1. he
    Synonym: egli
  2. (disjunctive) him
  3. it
    • 1472, Giusto de’ Conti, La bella mano, Giannalberto Tumermani (1750), page 122:
      Il cor meco s’adira, ed io con lui.
      My heart gets angry with me, and I with it.
    • 2000, Gianfranco Liori, Come un fumetto giapponese, Giunti, published 2008, page 64:
      Cercai il mio portafogli dentro lo zaino, ma era sparito anche lui e tutti i soldi che c’erano dentro.
      I looked for my wallet in the backpack, but it had disappeared as well, along with all the money inside.

See also[edit]

Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Conjunctive Disjunctive Locative Partitive
Singular first — io mi, m', -mi me me —
second — tu ti, t', -ti te te
third m lui si2, s', -si lo, l', -lo gli, -gli glie, se2 lui, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f lei, Lei1 la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
Plural first — noi ci, c', -ci ce noi —
second — voi, Voi4 vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 ve voi, Voi4
third m loro, Loro1 si, s', -si li, Li1, -li, -Li1 gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1 		glie, se loro, Loro1, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1 Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2 Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3 Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4 Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 130

Anagrams[edit]

Kambera[edit]

Verb[edit]

lui

  1. (intransitive) to melt
  2. (intransitive) to dissolve

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 179

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

luī

  1. dative singular of luēs

Verb[edit]

luī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of luō

References[edit]

Mizo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *luuy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(y).

Noun[edit]

lui

  1. river

References[edit]

  • Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Late Latin illūi, which is a form of Latin illī (dative singular of ille).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

lui m (genitive form of el, feminine equivalent ei, plural lor)

  1. his
    Synonym: său
    Au ceasul lui?
    Do they have his watch?

Declension[edit]

declension of lui
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite lui lui lui lui
definite — — — —
genitive/
dative 		indefinite lui lui lui lui
definite — — — —

Pronoun[edit]

lui m (stressed dative form of el, feminine equivalent ei, plural lor)

  1. (indirect object, third-person singular) to him
    Synonym: (unstressed form) îi

Article[edit]

lui

  2. Genitive/dative article for proper names designating people that morphologically don't permit a suffix.
    Casa lui Carmen. ― Carmen's house.
    Asta nu-i place lui Bogdan. ― Bogdan doesn't like this.

Usage notes[edit]

Whereas singular masculine proper names always form the genitive and dative using the preposed lui, feminine ones only do so when the specific name doesn't have a genitive/dative form itself: casa lui Carmen but casa Mariei. This rule is ignored by many in informal situations and lui is used with feminine names either way.

Alternative forms[edit]

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Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

lui

  1. inflection of luir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative

Uneapa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Oceanic *ruyuŋ with irregular l, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lui

  1. dugong

Further reading[edit]

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*duyuŋ₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

lui • (𫩍 - 𨙝, 𬰉, 𨆢)

  1. to step back; to recede; to move backward; to retreat
  2. to (fall, look, think) back
  3. (of disease, anger, etc.) to abate; to decrease
  4. (rare) Synonym of lùi (“to postpone”)

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Derived terms
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