"-lee" meaning in All languages combined

See -lee on Wiktionary

Suffix [Antigua and Barbuda Creole English]

Head templates: {{head|aig|suffix}} -lee
  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--lee-aig-suffix-w3reghIp Categories (other): Antigua and Barbuda Creole English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Antigua and Barbuda Creole English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32
  2. Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--lee-aig-suffix-aig:adverb Categories (other): Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 54 46

Particle [Ingrian]

IPA: /-leː/ [Ala-Laukaa], [-lʲeː] [Ala-Laukaa], /-leː/ [Soikkola], [-le̝ː] [Soikkola] Forms: -le [alternative]
Etymology: From lee (“he/she/it would be”). Compare Russian -нибудь (-nibudʹ). Etymology templates: {{ncog|ru|-нибудь}} Russian -нибудь (-nibudʹ) Head templates: {{head|izh|particle|cat2=clitics}} -lee
  1. Used to make indefinite pronouns from interrogative pronouns.

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "aig",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-lee",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English",
  "lang_code": "aig",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of \"behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun\"."
      ],
      "id": "en--lee-aig-suffix-w3reghIp",
      "links": [
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "behaving",
          "behaving#English"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like#English"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature#English"
        ],
        [
          "typical",
          "typical#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--lee-aig-suffix-aig:adverb",
      "links": [
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lee"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "-нибудь"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian -нибудь (-nibudʹ)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lee (“he/she/it would be”). Compare Russian -нибудь (-nibudʹ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-le",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "particle",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "izh",
  "pos": "particle",
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    {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ingrian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to make indefinite pronouns from interrogative pronouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--lee-izh-particle-ysgdVDrZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "indefinite pronoun",
          "indefinite pronoun#English"
        ],
        [
          "interrogative pronoun",
          "interrogative pronoun#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-leː/",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-lʲeː]",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-leː/",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-le̝ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lee"
}
{
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    "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English lemmas",
    "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English suffixes",
    "Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-lee",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English",
  "lang_code": "aig",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
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        "Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of \"behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun\"."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "behaving",
          "behaving#English"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like#English"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature#English"
        ],
        [
          "typical",
          "typical#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "-нибудь"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian -нибудь (-nibudʹ)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lee (“he/she/it would be”). Compare Russian -нибудь (-nibudʹ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-le",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "particle",
        "cat2": "clitics"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ingrian",
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        "Ingrian entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "Used to make indefinite pronouns from interrogative pronouns."
      ],
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        [
          "indefinite pronoun",
          "indefinite pronoun#English"
        ],
        [
          "interrogative pronoun",
          "interrogative pronoun#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-leː/",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-lʲeː]",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-leː/",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-le̝ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lee"
}

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