See lu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "io",
"2": "ilu",
"gloss": "he, him"
},
"expansion": "Back-formation from ilu (“he, him”)",
"name": "back-form"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Back-formation from ilu (“he, him”), elu (“she, her”) and olu (“it”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "li",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "io",
"2": "pronoun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "li"
},
"expansion": "lu (plural li)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ido back-formations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ido entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ido pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 37 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "they, them",
"word": "li"
},
{
"word": "lua"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I don't know if he/she is a man or a woman.",
"text": "Me ne savas ka lu es viro o muliero.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Third-person singular pronoun for referents of any gender; he/him, she/her, it or that"
],
"id": "en-lu-io-pron-MN-ovWv5",
"links": [
[
"he",
"he"
],
[
"him",
"him"
],
[
"she",
"she"
],
[
"her",
"her"
],
[
"it",
"it"
],
[
"that",
"that"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "he, him",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ilu"
},
{
"english": "she, her",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "elu"
},
{
"english": "it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "olu"
},
{
"word": "me"
},
{
"word": "mea"
},
{
"word": "mei"
},
{
"word": "ni"
},
{
"word": "nia"
},
{
"word": "nii"
},
{
"word": "vu"
},
{
"word": "vua"
},
{
"word": "vui"
},
{
"word": "vi"
},
{
"word": "via"
},
{
"word": "vii"
},
{
"word": "tu"
},
{
"word": "tua"
},
{
"word": "tui"
},
{
"word": "ilu"
},
{
"word": "il"
},
{
"word": "ilua"
},
{
"word": "ilui"
},
{
"word": "ili"
},
{
"word": "ilia"
},
{
"word": "ilii"
},
{
"word": "elu"
},
{
"word": "el"
},
{
"word": "elua"
},
{
"word": "elui"
},
{
"word": "eli"
},
{
"word": "elia"
},
{
"word": "elii"
},
{
"word": "olu"
},
{
"word": "ol"
},
{
"word": "olua"
},
{
"word": "olui"
},
{
"word": "oli"
},
{
"word": "olia"
},
{
"word": "olii"
},
{
"word": "lua"
},
{
"word": "lui"
},
{
"word": "li"
},
{
"word": "lia"
},
{
"word": "lii"
},
{
"word": "su"
},
{
"word": "sua"
},
{
"word": "sui"
},
{
"word": "onu"
},
{
"word": "on"
},
{
"word": "onua"
},
{
"word": "onui"
},
{
"word": "The possessive plurals are seldom used"
},
{
"word": "The shortened forms are preferred"
},
{
"word": "The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered"
},
{
"word": "neuter forms in most scenarios"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lu/"
}
],
"word": "lu"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "they, them",
"word": "li"
},
{
"word": "lua"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "io",
"2": "ilu",
"gloss": "he, him"
},
"expansion": "Back-formation from ilu (“he, him”)",
"name": "back-form"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Back-formation from ilu (“he, him”), elu (“she, her”) and olu (“it”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "li",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "io",
"2": "pronoun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "li"
},
"expansion": "lu (plural li)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"english": "he, him",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ilu"
},
{
"english": "she, her",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "elu"
},
{
"english": "it",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "olu"
},
{
"word": "me"
},
{
"word": "mea"
},
{
"word": "mei"
},
{
"word": "ni"
},
{
"word": "nia"
},
{
"word": "nii"
},
{
"word": "vu"
},
{
"word": "vua"
},
{
"word": "vui"
},
{
"word": "vi"
},
{
"word": "via"
},
{
"word": "vii"
},
{
"word": "tu"
},
{
"word": "tua"
},
{
"word": "tui"
},
{
"word": "ilu"
},
{
"word": "il"
},
{
"word": "ilua"
},
{
"word": "ilui"
},
{
"word": "ili"
},
{
"word": "ilia"
},
{
"word": "ilii"
},
{
"word": "elu"
},
{
"word": "el"
},
{
"word": "elua"
},
{
"word": "elui"
},
{
"word": "eli"
},
{
"word": "elia"
},
{
"word": "elii"
},
{
"word": "olu"
},
{
"word": "ol"
},
{
"word": "olua"
},
{
"word": "olui"
},
{
"word": "oli"
},
{
"word": "olia"
},
{
"word": "olii"
},
{
"word": "lua"
},
{
"word": "lui"
},
{
"word": "li"
},
{
"word": "lia"
},
{
"word": "lii"
},
{
"word": "su"
},
{
"word": "sua"
},
{
"word": "sui"
},
{
"word": "onu"
},
{
"word": "on"
},
{
"word": "onua"
},
{
"word": "onui"
},
{
"word": "The possessive plurals are seldom used"
},
{
"word": "The shortened forms are preferred"
},
{
"word": "The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered"
},
{
"word": "neuter forms in most scenarios"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Ido back-formations",
"Ido entries with incorrect language header",
"Ido lemmas",
"Ido pronouns",
"Ido terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 37 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I don't know if he/she is a man or a woman.",
"text": "Me ne savas ka lu es viro o muliero.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Third-person singular pronoun for referents of any gender; he/him, she/her, it or that"
],
"links": [
[
"he",
"he"
],
[
"him",
"him"
],
[
"she",
"she"
],
[
"her",
"her"
],
[
"it",
"it"
],
[
"that",
"that"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lu/"
}
],
"word": "lu"
}
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