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# to say, speak, tell, talk | # to say, speak, tell, talk | ||
#: ''etdeni '''lar''' | #: ''etdeni '''lar''' konė ma familsėju puňkė ho.'' | ||
#:: "Today '''I'm talking''' to my family members about it." | #:: "Today '''I'm talking''' to my family members about it." | ||
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* la | * la | ||
*: "spoken" (''adj.'') | *: "spoken" (''adj.'') | ||
* | * lė | ||
*: "according to" (''pre.'') | *: "according to" (''pre.'') | ||
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# '''lė'''možir | # '''lė'''možir | ||
#: to be able to speak | #: to be able to speak | ||
# '''lė''' | # '''lė'''spósebu | ||
#: accent | #: accent | ||
# '''lė'''fruda | # '''lė'''fruda | ||
Revision as of 20:39, 14 March 2025
Indeyivroplu
Etymology
Loaned from Modern Greek λέω (léo, "say")
Pronunciation
(Indeyivroplu) IPA: [liɾ]
Verb
lir (Cyrillic лир)
- to say, speak, tell, talk
- etdeni lar konė ma familsėju puňkė ho.
- "Today I'm talking to my family members about it."
- etdeni lar konė ma familsėju puňkė ho.
Inflection
- lu
- "speech"
- la
- "spoken" (adj.)
- lė
- "according to" (pre.)
Usage notes
Append this to the word stem of a demonym or a people group to form the name of their language.
e.g. ėňga = "English" (adj.) -- ėňglu = "English language" (n.)
Derived terms
- puňklir
- to discuss
- ėnderlu
- conversation
- lėmožir
- to be able to speak
- lėspósebu
- accent
- lėfruda
- fluent
Related words
- lesir
- to hear
- eskrivir
- to write