# lê
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From a merger of Dutch leggen (“to lay”) and liggen (“to lie”). Formally, the forms with -ê- are from leggen, while the alternative present participle is from liggen (as is the lexicalised past participle geleë).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛː/, [lɛ̞ː]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

lê (present lê, present participle liggende, past participle gelê)
* (intransitive) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
    Hy lê op die bed.He's lying on the bed.
* (transitive) to lay (to put into a horizontal position)
    Hy lê sy tas op die bed.He lays his bag on the bed.

#### Synonyms

* (to lay): neerlê (more common)

#### Related terms

* geleë

## Emilian
### Etymology

From Latin illa (feminine of ille), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognates include French elle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleː/
* Hyphenation: lê

### Pronoun

lê (personal, disjunctive case)
* she, her (emphatic form)

#### Related terms

| Number | Person | Gender | Disjunctive (tonic) | Nominative (subject) | Accusative (direct complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Reflexive (-self) | Comitative (with) |
| Singular | First | — | mè | a | me | me | me | mêg |
| Singular | Second | — | tè | et | te | te | te | têg |
| Singular | Third | Masculine | ló | al | al | ge | se | sêg |
| Singular | Third | Feminine | lê | la | la | | ge | se | sêg |
| Plural | First | Masculine | nuēter | a | se | se | se | nōsk |
| Plural | First | Feminine | nuētri | a | se | se | se | nōsk |
| Plural | Second | Masculine | vuēter | a | ve | ve | ve | vōsk |
| Plural | Second | Feminine | vuētri | a | ve | ve | ve | vōsk |
| Plural | Third | Masculine | lôr | i | i | ge | se | sêg |
| Plural | Third | Feminine | lôr | el | li | ge | se | sêg |

## Galician
### Verb

lê
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ler:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Guerrero Amuzgo
### Etymology

Probably from Spanish ley.

### Noun

lê
* law

## Ligurian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leː/

### Pronoun

lê
* he, him
* she, her (accusative)
* it

#### Usage notes

* Because the pronoun is not gender-specific, it is followed:
** by o if the gender is masculine
    lê o l'é bèllo ― he is handsome
** by a if the gender is feminine
    lê a l'é bèlla ― she is beautiful

### See also

* mi
* ti
* noî, niâtri
* voî, viâtri
* lô, liâtri

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese ler.

### Verb

lê
* to read
    tâ lê ― he is reading
    Si cava lê, pegá dá, nadi assi consumido.To give it back after reading, it won't be as annoying.

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eː

### Conjunction

lê
* but

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈle/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈle/
* Homophone: ler (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: lê

### Verb

lê
* inflection of ler:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* Apocopic form of ler; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
* Eye dialect spelling of ler, representing Brazil Portuguese.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [le˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [lej˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [lej˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨.

#### Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) lê
* pear

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

lê • (黎)
* to drag something

##### Derived terms

* kéo lê
* lê lết