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lei

See also: Lei, lēi, léi, lěi, lèi, and leí

English

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Etymology 1

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From Hawaiian lei.

Noun

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lei (plural leis)

  1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
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Etymology 2

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From Romanian lei.

Noun

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lei

  1. plural of leu

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch leiden, from Middle Dutch leiden, from Old Dutch leiden, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Verb

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lei (present lei, present participle leidende or leiende, past participle gelei)

  1. to lead
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch lei, from Middle Dutch leye, probably from Celtic and ultimately from a substrate language.

Noun

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lei (uncountable)

  1. slate (stone)

Basque

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Noun

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lei inan

  1. ice, frost

Declension

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Declension of lei (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lei leia leiak
ergative leik leiak leiek
dative leiri leiari leiei
genitive leiren leiaren leien
comitative leirekin leiarekin leiekin
causative leirengatik leiarengatik leiengatik
benefactive leirentzat leiarentzat leientzat
instrumental leiez leiaz leiez
inessive leitan leian leietan
locative leitako leiko leietako
allative leitara leira leietara
terminative leitaraino leiraino leietaraino
directive leitarantz leirantz leietarantz
destinative leitarako leirako leietarako
ablative leitatik leitik leietatik
partitive leirik — —
prolative leitzat — —

Further reading

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  • “lei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “lei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Adverb

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lei

  1. (Austria, Tyrol) only, just

Bourguignon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin locus.

Noun

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lei m (plural leis)

  1. place

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).

Noun

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lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)

  1. (uncountable) slate (material)
  2. (countable) slate (object)
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  • → Papiamentu: lei (dated)
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch leide, with the same development as in zeggen > zei.

Verb

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lei

  1. (archaic) singular past indicative of leggen

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlei̯/, [ˈle̞i̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Syllabification(key): lei

Etymology 1

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From Hawaiian lei.

Noun

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lei

  1. lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers)
Declension
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Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative lei leit
genitive lein leiden
leitten
partitive leitä leitä
illative leihin leihin
singular plural
nominative lei leit
accusative nom. lei leit
gen. lein
genitive lein leiden
leitten
partitive leitä leitä
inessive leissä leissä
elative leistä leistä
illative leihin leihin
adessive leillä leillä
ablative leiltä leiltä
allative leille leille
essive leinä leinä
translative leiksi leiksi
abessive leittä leittä
instructive — lein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leini leini
accusative nom. leini leini
gen. leini
genitive leini leideni
leitteni
partitive leitäni leitäni
inessive leissäni leissäni
elative leistäni leistäni
illative leihini leihini
adessive leilläni leilläni
ablative leiltäni leiltäni
allative leilleni leilleni
essive leinäni leinäni
translative leikseni leikseni
abessive leittäni leittäni
instructive — —
comitative — leineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leisi leisi
accusative nom. leisi leisi
gen. leisi
genitive leisi leidesi
leittesi
partitive leitäsi leitäsi
inessive leissäsi leissäsi
elative leistäsi leistäsi
illative leihisi leihisi
adessive leilläsi leilläsi
ablative leiltäsi leiltäsi
allative leillesi leillesi
essive leinäsi leinäsi
translative leiksesi leiksesi
abessive leittäsi leittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — leinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leimme leimme
accusative nom. leimme leimme
gen. leimme
genitive leimme leidemme
leittemme
partitive leitämme leitämme
inessive leissämme leissämme
elative leistämme leistämme
illative leihimme leihimme
adessive leillämme leillämme
ablative leiltämme leiltämme
allative leillemme leillemme
essive leinämme leinämme
translative leiksemme leiksemme
abessive leittämme leittämme
instructive — —
comitative — leinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leinne leinne
accusative nom. leinne leinne
gen. leinne
genitive leinne leidenne
leittenne
partitive leitänne leitänne
inessive leissänne leissänne
elative leistänne leistänne
illative leihinne leihinne
adessive leillänne leillänne
ablative leiltänne leiltänne
allative leillenne leillenne
essive leinänne leinänne
translative leiksenne leiksenne
abessive leittänne leittänne
instructive — —
comitative — leinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative leinsä leinsä
accusative nom. leinsä leinsä
gen. leinsä
genitive leinsä leidensä
leittensä
partitive leitään
leitänsä 		leitään
leitänsä
inessive leissään
leissänsä 		leissään
leissänsä
elative leistään
leistänsä 		leistään
leistänsä
illative leihinsä leihinsä
adessive leillään
leillänsä 		leillään
leillänsä
ablative leiltään
leiltänsä 		leiltään
leiltänsä
allative leilleen
leillensä 		leilleen
leillensä
essive leinään
leinänsä 		leinään
leinänsä
translative leikseen
leiksensä 		leikseen
leiksensä
abessive leittään
leittänsä 		leittään
leittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — leineen
leinensä

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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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From Romanian lei.

Noun

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lei (nonstandard, obsolete)

  1. leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova)
Declension
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Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative lei leit
genitive lein leiden
leitten
partitive leitä leitä
illative leihin leihin
singular plural
nominative lei leit
accusative nom. lei leit
gen. lein
genitive lein leiden
leitten
partitive leitä leitä
inessive leissä leissä
elative leistä leistä
illative leihin leihin
adessive leillä leillä
ablative leiltä leiltä
allative leille leille
essive leinä leinä
translative leiksi leiksi
abessive leittä leittä
instructive — lein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leini leini
accusative nom. leini leini
gen. leini
genitive leini leideni
leitteni
partitive leitäni leitäni
inessive leissäni leissäni
elative leistäni leistäni
illative leihini leihini
adessive leilläni leilläni
ablative leiltäni leiltäni
allative leilleni leilleni
essive leinäni leinäni
translative leikseni leikseni
abessive leittäni leittäni
instructive — —
comitative — leineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leisi leisi
accusative nom. leisi leisi
gen. leisi
genitive leisi leidesi
leittesi
partitive leitäsi leitäsi
inessive leissäsi leissäsi
elative leistäsi leistäsi
illative leihisi leihisi
adessive leilläsi leilläsi
ablative leiltäsi leiltäsi
allative leillesi leillesi
essive leinäsi leinäsi
translative leiksesi leiksesi
abessive leittäsi leittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — leinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leimme leimme
accusative nom. leimme leimme
gen. leimme
genitive leimme leidemme
leittemme
partitive leitämme leitämme
inessive leissämme leissämme
elative leistämme leistämme
illative leihimme leihimme
adessive leillämme leillämme
ablative leiltämme leiltämme
allative leillemme leillemme
essive leinämme leinämme
translative leiksemme leiksemme
abessive leittämme leittämme
instructive — —
comitative — leinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leinne leinne
accusative nom. leinne leinne
gen. leinne
genitive leinne leidenne
leittenne
partitive leitänne leitänne
inessive leissänne leissänne
elative leistänne leistänne
illative leihinne leihinne
adessive leillänne leillänne
ablative leiltänne leiltänne
allative leillenne leillenne
essive leinänne leinänne
translative leiksenne leiksenne
abessive leittänne leittänne
instructive — —
comitative — leinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative leinsä leinsä
accusative nom. leinsä leinsä
gen. leinsä
genitive leinsä leidensä
leittensä
partitive leitään
leitänsä 		leitään
leitänsä
inessive leissään
leissänsä 		leissään
leissänsä
elative leistään
leistänsä 		leistään
leistänsä
illative leihinsä leihinsä
adessive leillään
leillänsä 		leillään
leillänsä
ablative leiltään
leiltänsä 		leiltään
leiltänsä
allative leilleen
leillensä 		leilleen
leillensä
essive leinään
leinänsä 		leinään
leinänsä
translative leikseen
leiksensä 		leikseen
leiksensä
abessive leittään
leittänsä 		leittään
leittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — leineen
leinensä
Synonyms
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  • (unit of currency): leu

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

Verb

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lei (past participle let)

  1. to read
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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

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lei f (plural leis)

  1. law (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. religion, credence, worship of a god
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Hawaiian

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Noun

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lei (ka)

  1. lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
  2. necklace
  3. (by extension) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei

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lei

  1. to leap

Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin illaei.

The formal address Lei appears in the 16th century in connection with Signoria (“Lordship”), Eccellenza (“Excellency”), Santità (“Holiness”) and Magnificenza,[1] alongside Voi.

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lei f (plural loro, masculine lui)

  1. she
  2. her
  3. it
    • 1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161:
      La pioggia cadde, e a’ foſſati venne / Di lei ciò che la terra non ſofferſe
      The rain fell and into the channels ran / Whatever of it was not absorbed by the ground
    • ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 228:
      […] videro il drappo, et in quello la testa, non ancor sì consumata, che essi alla capellatura crespa non conoscessero lei esser quella di Lorenzo.
      […] they saw the cloth and the head wrapped inside it, which was not yet sufficiently decomposed that they could not help but identify it, from the curly hair, as being Lorenzo’s.
    • ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 512:
      […] Filomena in ciò che dell’amistà dice, racconta il vero, e con ragione nel fine delle sue parole si dolse lei oggi così poco da’ mortali esser gradita.
      […] Philomena is in the right as to what she has said upon friendship; and it was with reason she complained, last of all, of its being in such little esteem with mankind […]
    • 1984, Stefano Benni, Stranalandia, Feltrinelli, published 2015, page 76:
      La banana di Stranalandia è alla base dell’economia dell’isola. Senza di lei la vita qui sarebbe molto dura.
      The banana of Strangeland forms the basis of the island’s economy. Without it, life here would be very tough.

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Pronoun

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lei m (plural voi)

  1. (formal) you
    Synonym: (uncommon) voi

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Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Combined 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).

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  1. ^ Stefano Lanuzza (1994) Storia della lingua italiana, Roma: Newton Compton, →ISBN, page 48

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Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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lei

  1. second-person singular imperative of leien

Mandarin

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Romanization

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lei (lei5／lei0, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄟ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘞

lei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of léi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lèi.

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlej/

Verb

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lei

  1. third-person singular past indicative of leat

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse leiðr.

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lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leit, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiere, indefinite superlative leiest, definite superlative leieste)

  1. uncomfortable, bothersome
  2. bored, tired
  3. sad, unfortunate

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse leið.

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lei f or m (definite singular leia or leien, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. direction
  2. distance

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Verb

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lei

  1. simple past of lide
  2. imperative of leie

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse leið.

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lei f (definite singular leia, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. (maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)
  2. direction

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse leiðr.

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lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leitt, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiare, indefinite superlative leiast, definite superlative leiaste)

  1. tired, fed up, bored
  2. awkward, uncomfortable
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Declension of lei
comparative leiare
superlative leiast
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative-accusative lei, leier1 lei leitt
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative-accusative leie leie, leia1 leie
1: Pre-1901 or dialectal.

lei seg

  1. sad

Etymology 3

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Verb

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lei

  1. imperative of leie

Etymology 4

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Verb

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lei

  1. past of li

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Occitan

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Article

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lei m pl or f pl

  1. (Provençal) plural of lo

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

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lei oblique singular, f (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lei, nominative plural lez)

  1. a law
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege.

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  • Hyphenation: lei

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lei f (plural leis)

  1. law
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Romanian

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Noun

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lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Sardinian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.

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lei

  1. (Campidanese) law

Scots

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lei (third-person singular simple present leis, present participle leiin, simple past leid, past participle leid)

  1. (Southern Scots) Alternative form of lee.

Spanish

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lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Zou

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lay. Cognates include Burmese လျှာ (hlya) and Tibetan ལྕེ (lce).

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  • IPA(key): /lə̄j/
  • Hyphenation: lei

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lei

  1. tongue

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lis. Cognates include Burmese မြေ (mre) and Tibetan གལྱི (glyi).

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  • IPA(key): /lə́j/
  • Hyphenation: lei

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léi

  1. earth
    • 1992, Holy Bible In Zou, Siemchilbu 1:1:
      Achiil in Paisan Lei leh Van asiem.
      In the beginning God created the Earth and Heaven.
  2. land
  3. ground, soil

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lay. Cognates include Burmese လှေကား (hleka:, “ladder”) and Chinese 梯 (tī, “ladder”).

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  • IPA(key): /lə̀j/
  • Hyphenation: lei

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lèi

  1. bridge

References

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  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62
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