"lê" meaning in Afrikaans

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Verb

IPA: /lɛː/, [lɛ̞ː] Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-lê.wav Forms: [present], liggende [participle, present], gelê [participle, past]
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). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|leggen||to lay}} Dutch leggen (“to lay”) Head templates: {{af-verb|pres2=liggende}} lê (present lê, present participle liggende, past participle gelê)
  1. (intransitive) to lie (to be in a horizontal position) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-lê-af-verb-WGpuazzh Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. (transitive) to lay (to put into a horizontal position) Tags: transitive Synonyms (to lay): neerlê [common]
    Sense id: en-lê-af-verb-Vx4kes4x Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'to lay': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: geleë

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to lay",
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      "word": "neerlê"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Afrikaans dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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