lesi
Hungarian
Etymology
les (“to spy, peep, peek”) + -i (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛʃi]
- Hyphenation: le‧si
Verb
lesi
- 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)
- lesion,
- (medicine) a wound or injury.
- (medicine) an infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part.
Further reading
- “lesi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈle.zi/[1]
- Rhymes: -ezi
- Hyphenation: lé‧si
Participle
lesi m pl
- masculine plural of leso
Adjective
lesi m pl
- masculine plural of leso
References
- leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- Sile, lise
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
lesi
- (non-standard since 2012) supine of lesa
Participle
lesi
- (non-standard since 2012) neuter of lesen
- (non-standard since 2012) feminine of lesen
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
lesi
- dative/locative singular of leha
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
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Pronoun
lesi
- 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
- 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.[1]
Noun
lesi
- papaya.
References
- Langdon, Robert (April 1989), “The Secret History of the Papaw in the South Pacific: An Essay in Reconstruction”, in The Journal of Pacific History, volume 24, issue 1, pages 3-20
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
- 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)”