"le" meaning in Yoruba

See le in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/ Forms: lé [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|preposition|head=lé|head2=}} lé, {{yo-pos|preposition|lé}} lé
  1. on, on top of, after Derived forms: gbẹ́kẹ̀lé (english: to trust)
    Sense id: en-le-yo-prep-rAVAJ2Wx Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba prepositions Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 15 9 10 12 6 5 3 5 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Verb

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/ Forms: lè [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=lè|head2=}} lè, {{yo-pos|verb|lè}} lè, {{yo-verb|lè}} lè
  1. (auxiliary, defective) to be able, can, to be possible Tags: auxiliary, defective Derived forms: ìlè (english: ability)
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-nYZfFGVO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=le|head2=}} le, {{yo-pos|verb|le}} le, {{yo-verb|le}} le
  1. to be hard in texture, to be difficult
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-2oBj8IPs Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 15 9 10 12 6 5 3 5 9 Disambiguation of Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters: 79 21
  2. (idiomatic) to be healthy, to be in good health Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: yá
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-TCcXtDux
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Yoruba Varieties and Languages - leview map (english: to be difficult, hard), le竨Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeni竨Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ni竨Ìkòròdúni竨Ṣágámùni竨Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupani竨 (Ùkálẹ̀), le竨OǹdóOǹdóni竨UsẹnUsẹnle竨ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹni竨OlùkùmiUgbódùni竨Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìle竨Òdè Èkìtìle竨Ìfàkì Èkìtìle竨Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́le竨Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàle竨ÈkóÈkóle竨ÌbàdànÌbàdànle竨ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràle竨Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbole竨ÌlọrinÌlọrinle竨OǹkóÒtùle竨Ìwéré Iléle竨Òkèhòle竨Ìsẹ́yìnle竨Ṣakíle竨Tedéle竨Ìgbẹ́tìle竨Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́le竨Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàle竨Bɛ̀nɛ̀le竨Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbale竨Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréle竨Atakpamɛle竨Est-Monole竨Tchettile竨Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties (Tsɛti, Cɛti), now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms (Funṣọ Akere, 1977), especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo Derived forms: eré-ìmárale [exercise, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], kára ó le (english: A Yoruba greeting meaning, may you always be in good health!), líle (english: to be hard)
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=le|head2=}} le, {{yo-pos|verb|le}} le, {{yo-verb|le}} le
  1. to have a strong taste Derived forms: ale, lekó
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-LQZBuoYz Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 15 9 10 12 6 5 3 5 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=le|head2=}} le, {{yo-pos|verb|le}} le, {{yo-verb|le}} le
  1. to have an erection (of the penis) Derived forms: ìle (english: erection)
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-duxV6GiF Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 15 9 10 12 6 5 3 5 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/ Forms: lé [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=lé|head2=}} lé, {{yo-pos|verb|lé}} lé, {{yo-verb|lé}} lé
  1. (transitive) to exceed in number Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-O03hXP68
  2. to yield interest
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-l7Osx59u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: èlé (english: interest)
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/ Forms: lé [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=lé|head2=}} lé, {{yo-pos|verb|lé}} lé, {{yo-verb|lé}} lé
  1. (intransitive) to appear distinctly Tags: intransitive Derived forms: Alébíoṣù (english: A Yoruba nickname meaning, "One that appears very distinctly like the moon."), léfòó
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-hKPf-XA0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Verb

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/ Forms: lé [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=lé|head2=}} lé, {{yo-pos|verb|lé}} lé, {{yo-verb|lé}} lé
  1. (transitive) to pursue, to chase Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-jpIqB2v7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ìlé
Etymology number: 8

Verb

IPA: /lè/, /lē/, /lé/ Forms: lé [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=lé|head2=}} lé, {{yo-pos|verb|lé}} lé, {{yo-verb|lé}} lé
  1. (transitive) to become swollen Tags: transitive Synonyms: ré, wú
    Sense id: en-le-yo-verb-6GbHQpBr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ìlé
Etymology number: 9
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lè",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "lè",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lè",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "lè"
      },
      "expansion": "lè",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lè"
      },
      "expansion": "lè",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "ability",
          "word": "ìlè"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She can understand Yoruba.",
          "text": "Ó lè gbọ́ Yorùbá.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able, can, to be possible"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-yo-verb-nYZfFGVO",
      "links": [
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "can",
          "can"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, defective) to be able, can, to be possible"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "defective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lè/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lē/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "topics": [
        "exercise",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "eré-ìmárale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "A Yoruba greeting meaning, may you always be in good health!",
      "word": "kára ó le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to be hard",
      "word": "líle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "le",
        "head2": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "le"
      },
      "expansion": "le",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "le"
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    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 7 15 9 10 12 6 5 3 5 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The work is as hard as a fish's eye.",
          "text": "Iṣẹ́ náà le bí ojú ẹja.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be hard in texture, to be difficult"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-yo-verb-2oBj8IPs",
      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Are you in good health?",
          "text": "ṣe ará le o?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be healthy, to be in good health"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-yo-verb-TCcXtDux",
      "links": [
        [
          "healthy",
          "healthy"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "health",
          "health"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to be healthy, to be in good health"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "yá"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lè/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lē/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to be difficult, hard",
      "word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - leview map"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Ùkálẹ̀",
      "word": "le竨Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeni竨Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ni竨Ìkòròdúni竨Ṣágámùni竨Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupani竨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Tsɛti, Cɛti",
      "word": "le竨OǹdóOǹdóni竨UsẹnUsẹnle竨ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹni竨OlùkùmiUgbódùni竨Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìle竨Òdè Èkìtìle竨Ìfàkì Èkìtìle竨Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́le竨Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàle竨ÈkóÈkóle竨ÌbàdànÌbàdànle竨ÌbàràpáIgbó Òràle竨Ìbọ̀lọ́Òṣogbole竨ÌlọrinÌlọrinle竨OǹkóÒtùle竨Ìwéré Iléle竨Òkèhòle竨Ìsẹ́yìnle竨Ṣakíle竨Tedéle竨Ìgbẹ́tìle竨Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́le竨Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàle竨Bɛ̀nɛ̀le竨Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbale竨Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréle竨Atakpamɛle竨Est-Monole竨Tchettile竨Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá",
      "word": "now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Funṣọ Akere, 1977",
      "word": "have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "le",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "le",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "le"
      },
      "expansion": "le",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "le"
      },
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    }
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        {
          "_dis": "18 7 15 9 10 12 6 5 3 5 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ale"
        },
        {
          "word": "lekó"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This beer is strong.",
          "text": "Ọtí yìí le.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have a strong taste"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-yo-verb-LQZBuoYz",
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lè/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lē/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "le",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "le",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "le"
      },
      "expansion": "le",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    }
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "erection",
          "word": "ìle"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have an erection (of the penis)"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-yo-verb-duxV6GiF",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "erection",
          "erection"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/lè/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lē/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "interest",
      "word": "èlé"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 5,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "lé"
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lé"
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to exceed in number"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-yo-verb-O03hXP68",
      "links": [
        [
          "exceed",
          "exceed"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to exceed in number"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to yield interest"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-yo-verb-l7Osx59u",
      "links": [
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lè/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lē/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 6,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "lé",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "lé"
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lé"
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "A Yoruba nickname meaning, \"One that appears very distinctly like the moon.\"",
          "word": "Alébíoṣù"
        },
        {
          "word": "léfòó"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to appear distinctly"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-yo-verb-hKPf-XA0",
      "links": [
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ],
        [
          "distinctly",
          "distinctly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to appear distinctly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lè/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lē/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 7,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "preposition",
        "head": "lé",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "preposition",
        "2": "lé"
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 7 15 9 10 12 6 5 3 5 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to trust",
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        "(transitive) to pursue, to chase"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lè/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lē/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

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    "Pages with 54 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yoruba lemmas",
    "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Yoruba verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ìlé"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 9,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "lé",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb",
        "2": "lé"
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lé"
      },
      "expansion": "lé",
      "name": "yo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become swollen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swollen",
          "swollen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to become swollen"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ré"
        },
        {
          "word": "wú"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lè/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lē/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

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