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==Indevroplu==

===Etymology===
Loaned from Modern Greek λέω (''léo'', "say")

===Pronunciation===
(''[[Indevroplu]]'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: [liɾ]

===Verb===
'''lir''' (''Cyrillic'' '''''лир''''')

# to say, speak, tell, talk
#: ''etdeni '''lar''' kone ma familsėju puňke nagšju.''
#:: "Today '''I'm talking''' to my family members about plans."

===Inflection===
* lu
*: "speech"
* la
*: "spoken" (''adj.'')
* le
*: "according to"

====Usage notes====
Append this to the word stem of a demonym or a people group to form the name of their language.

e.g. ''espaňa'' = "Spanish" (''adj.'') -- ''espaňlu'' = "Spanish language" (''n.'')

===Derived terms===
# puňk'''lir'''
#: to describe, discuss
# ėnder'''lu'''
#: conversation
# '''lė'''djir
#: to know a language
# '''lė'''pónebu
#: accent
# '''lė'''fruda
#: fluent

===Related words===
# [[Contionary:lesir|lesir]]
#: to hear
# ''eskrivir''
#: to write

[[Category:Indevroplu words]] [[Category:Contionary]]