# leta
## Gothic
### Romanization

lēta
* Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English letter.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /leta/

### Noun

leta (plural leta dem, quantified leta)
* letter
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.

### Further reading

* leta at majstro.com

## Keley-I Kallahan
### Noun

leta
* tree sap

## Kongo
### Etymology

From French l’état.

### Noun

leta
* state (sovereign polity)

## Latin
### Verb

lētā
* second-person singular present active imperative of lētō

### References

* "leta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lentädäk.

### Verb

leta
* fly

## Moore
### Etymology

from French l’état (“the state”)

### Pronunciation

IPA: /lé.ta/

### Noun

leta
* the state (sovereign polity)

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

### Verb

lēta
* to look around
* to look for
* to examine

#### Descendants

* Swedish: leta

## Portuguese
### Adjective

leta
* feminine singular of leto

### Noun

leta f (plural letas)
* female equivalent of leto

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Etymology

From French l’état.

### Noun

lēta class 9 (plural zā lēta class 10)
* government

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

leta (Cyrillic spelling лета)
* inflection of leto:
** genitive singular
** nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

## Slovak
### Noun

leta
* genitive singular of leto

## Slovene
### Noun

leta n
* inflection of leto:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-déeta.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-leta (infinitive kuleta)
* to bring

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -leta :
| Positive present | -naleta |
| Subjunctive | -lete |
| Negative | -leti |
| Imperative singular | lete |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuleta |
| Negative | kutoleta |
Imperatives :
| Singular | lete |
| Plural | leteni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huleta |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lileta |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuleta |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taleta |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taleta |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -silete |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeleta |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeleta |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalileta |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalileta |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meleta |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaleta |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaleta |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kileta |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoleta |
| Consecutive | kaleta / positive subject concord + -kaleta |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kalete |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -letea
** Passive: -letwa

## Swazi
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

leta
* those over there, yonder; class 8 remote demonstrative.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronoun

leta
* those over there, yonder; class 10 remote demonstrative.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish lēta, from Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

leta (present letar, preterite letade, supine letat, imperative leta)
* (with efter) search; look throughout (a place) for something
    Vad letar du efter?What are you searching for?

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Synonyms

* söka

### Anagrams

* late

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English letter.

### Noun

leta
* letter (symbol in an alphabet)
* letter (written or printed communication)

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lentädäk.

### Verb

leta
* to fly
* to raise
* to build, to build up

#### Derived terms

* lendai

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “выдержать, летать, освоить, повысить, поднимать, построить, строить, улетать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika