lesi

See also: lesi-, leśi, leşi, leşî, and le si

Hungarian

Etymology

les (“to spy, peep, peek”) +‎ -i (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛʃi]
• Hyphenation: le‧si
• Rhymes: -ʃi

Verb

lesi

1. third-person singular indicative present definite of les

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lesie, laesie (“lesion”), from Latin laesiō (“injury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ləˈsi]
• Hyphenation: lê‧si

Noun

lêsi (plural lesi-lesi, first-person possessive lesiku, second-person possessive lesimu, third-person possessive lesinya)

1. lesion,
   1. (medicine) a wound or injury.
   2. (medicine) an infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part.

Synonyms

• belur (Standard Malay)
• lesi, lesion (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “lesi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.zi/
• Rhymes: -ezi
• Hyphenation: lé‧si

Participle

lesi m pl

1. masculine plural of leso

Adjective

lesi m pl

1. masculine plural of leso

Anagrams

• Sile, lise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lesi

1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of lesa

Participle

lesi

1. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of lesen
2. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of lesen

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lesi

1. dative/locative singular of leha

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

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

Pronoun

lesi

1. this; class 7 proximal demonstrative.

Swazi

Etymology

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

Pronoun

lesi

1. this; class 7 proximal demonstrative.

Tongan

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Fijian weleti, from the ship General Wellesley named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, which brought papayas from Penang and landed in Vanua Levu as part of the sandalwood trade in October 1808. Cognate with Samoan ʻesi.

Noun

lesi

1. papaya.

Zulu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlési/

Pronoun

lesi

1. this; class 7 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem -lési
Full form	lési
Locative	kulesi
Full form	lési
Locative	kulesi
Copulative	yilesi
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	walesi	owalesi
Class 2	balesi	abalesi
Class 3	walesi	owalesi
Class 4	yalesi	eyalesi
Class 5	lalesi	elalesi
Class 6	alesi	awalesi
Class 7	salesi	esalesi
Class 8	zalesi	ezalesi
Class 9	yalesi	eyalesi
Class 10	zalesi	ezalesi
Class 11	lwalesi	olwalesi
Class 14	balesi	obalesi
Class 15	kwalesi	okwalesi
Class 17	kwalesi	okwalesi

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lesi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lesi (3.9)”