Lesung

See also: lesung

German

Etymology

Cognate with English leasing (“gathering”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

Noun

Lesung f (genitive Lesung, plural Lesungen)

1. reading (incl. poetry, prose, legislative, and liturgical)
2. (liturgy) reading, lection, lesson

Declension

Declension of Lesung [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lesung	die	Lesungen
genitive	einer	der	Lesung	der	Lesungen
dative	einer	der	Lesung	den	Lesungen
accusative	eine	die	Lesung	die	Lesungen

Related terms

• lesen

Further reading

• “Lesung” in Duden online
• “Lesung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Malay

Lesung and alu (Mortar and pestle).

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lesuŋ (“rice mortar”). Cognate with Tagalog lusong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləsuŋ/
• Rhymes: -əsuŋ, -suŋ, -uŋ

Noun

Lesung (Jawi spelling لسوڠ, plural Lesung-Lesung, informal 1st possessive Lesungku, 2nd possessive Lesungmu, 3rd possessive Lesungnya)

1. mortar

Further reading

• “Lesung” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *lesuŋ