Wiktionary

lele

See also: lelé and Le-Le

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *lele.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈle.le/, [ˈlɛ.lɛ]

Verb

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lele

  1. to jump, leap, hop, skip
  2. to fly
  3. to swing, bounce
  4. to burst forth, to rush out
  5. (of vehicles, horses, boats, etc.) to get off, dismount, disembark
  6. to attack
  7. (of pieces in a board game) to move

Indonesian

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Noun

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lele (first-person possessive leleku, second-person possessive lelemu, third-person possessive lelenya)

  1. catfish (a kind of fish)

Further reading

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Lindu

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Noun

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lele

  1. catfish

Niuean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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lele

  1. to fly

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic, from the sound of wailing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lêle/
  • Hyphenation: le‧le

Interjection

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lȅle (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ле)

  1. Used to express pain or woe, usually in the collocation kuku lele; ouch, alas

References

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  • “lele” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ternate

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Etymology

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Cognate with Tidore lele (“betel”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lele

  1. betel
    Synonym: bido

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈle.le]
  • Hyphenation: le‧le

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *lele. Cognates include Hawaiian lele and Samoan lele.

Verb

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lele (plural felelei)

  1. (intransitive) to fly

Etymology 2

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Particle

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lele

  1. Intensifies the preceding word; indeed, of course, very

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 183

Zulu

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Etymology

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Stative of -lala.

Verb

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-lele?

  1. to be asleep

Inflection

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