le-
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
le-
- (verbal prefix) Indicates actions with downward direction, either figuratively or literally.
- esik (“to fall”) → leesik (“to fall down”)
- ül (“to sit”) → leül (“to sit down”)
- néz (“to look”) → lenéz (“to look down at (someone/something); to look down on (someone), to hold someone in contempt”)
- vezet (“to drive”) → levezet (“to drive down to (a town, a destination); to deduce something”)
- beszél (“to talk”) → lebeszél (“to dissuade”)
- (verbal prefix) Indicates perfection.
- (verbal prefix) Indicates the repeated or continuous performance of an action until something's depleted, exhausted, etc.
- beszél (“to talk”) → lebeszél (“to exhaust (something, usually one's phone credit) by talking”)
- vásárol (“to buy”) → levásárol (“to claim (a coupon, etc.) and use up”)
- dolgozik (“to work”) → ledolgoz (“to work off (extra pounds); to work until one has the necessary amount of work hours because of substitutions, shift changes, holidays, etc.”)
- ül (“to sit”) → leül (“to convert financial penalty into time spent in jail instead of paying”)
See also edit
See also edit
References edit
Northern Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix edit
le-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Phuthi edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
le-
- Class 4 relative concord.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
le-
- Class 9 relative concord.
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
le-
- Class 9 adjective concord.
Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix edit
le-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Swazi edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
le-
- Class 4 relative concord.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
le-
- Class 9 relative concord.
Tswana edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix edit
le-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
Volapük edit
Prefix edit
le-
- An augmentative prefix.
- Used to denote a quality of greatness.
- For adjectives: an intensifier.
Antonyms edit
- -il (a diminutive suffix)
- -ül (morpheme indicates young or offspring, e.g. kvilül, "eaglet", berül, "bear cub" ; suffix that can show endearment or affection (often combining the idea of diminutiveness), e.g. fatül, "dad, daddy", lemotül, "grandma", cilül, "kid, kiddie", Samül, "Sam, Sammy", diabül, "imp, demon", gladül, "ice cube", vamül "lukewarmness")