le-
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
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 alsoEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
Northern SothoEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PrefixEdit
le-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
PhuthiEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PrefixEdit
le-
- Class 4 relative concord.
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PrefixEdit
le-
- Class 9 relative concord.
Etymology 3Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PrefixEdit
le-
- Class 9 adjective concord.
SothoEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PrefixEdit
le-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
SwaziEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PrefixEdit
le-
- Class 4 relative concord.
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PrefixEdit
le-
- Class 9 relative concord.
TswanaEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PrefixEdit
le-
- Class 5 noun prefix.
VolapükEdit
PrefixEdit
le-
- An augmentative prefix.
- Used to denote a quality of greatness.
- For adjectives: an intensifier.
AntonymsEdit
- -il (a diminutive suffix)
- -ül (morpheme indicates young or offspring, e.g. pijunül, "squab", 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")