lè

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French l’heure.

Noun

lè

  1. time, hour

Etymology 2

Conjunction

lè

  1. when
See also

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

lè (le4, Zhuyin ㄌㄜˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 乐
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 仂
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勒
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叻
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哷
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屰
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忇
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扐
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捋
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朵
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朸
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楽, 樂／乐
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氻
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泐
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玏
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砳
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竻
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簕
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肋
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脟
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艻
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阞
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韷
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頱
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰳／鳓
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔀

Rawang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

lè

  1. water buffalo.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Particle

lè

  1. contrastive marker.
  2. clause final particle.

Unami

Particle

lè

  1. it happened; it is true
    Ika le.
    Something is happening there.
    Kichi yu le?
    Did this really happen.

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “lè”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-lɛːl (“to stick out tongue”). Compare Proto-Khmuic *-lɛːl (“to lick, to taste”).

See also thè.

Alternative forms

Verb

lè • (𠻗, 摛)

  1. (transitive) to stick out
    lè lưỡi ― to stick out one's tongue
  2. (transitive) to spit out
    Biếng ăn, cứ lè cơm ra.
    Having lost his appetite, he keeps spitting out the food.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Adverb

lè • (离, 離, 囄)

  1. (in compounds) highly; greatly
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