Contionary:lir: Difference between revisions

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Loaned from Modern Greek λέω (léo, "say")

lir (Cyrillic лир)

to say, speak, tell, talk
etdeni lar kone ma familsėju puňke ho.
"Today I'm talking to my family members about it."

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

e.g. ėňga = "English" (adj.) -- ėňglu = "English language" (n.)

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 # to say, speak, tell, talk
-#: ''etdeni '''lar''' kone ma familsëju puňke tšo.''
+#: ''etdeni '''lar''' kone ma familsėju puňke ho.''
 #:: "Today '''I'm talking''' to my family members about it."
 ===Inflection===
-# lu
+* lu
-#: "speech"
+*: "speech"
-# la
+* la
-#: "spoken" (''adj.'')
+*: "spoken" (''adj.'')
-# le
+* le
-#: "according to" (''pre.'')
+*: "according to" (''pre.'')
 ====Usage notes====
 Append this to the word stem of a demonym or a people group to form the name of their language.
-e.g. ''ëňga'' = "English" (''adj.'') -- ''ëňglu'' = "English language" (''n.'')
+e.g. ''ėňga'' = "English" (''adj.'') -- ''ėňglu'' = "English language" (''n.'')
 ===Derived terms===
 # puňk'''lir'''
 #: to discuss
-# ënder'''lu'''
+# ėnder'''lu'''
 #: conversation
-# '''lë'''možir
+# '''lė'''možir
 #: to be able to speak
-# '''lë'''e̋onbu
+# '''lė'''ėonbu
 #: accent
-# '''lë'''fruda
+# '''lė'''fruda
 #: fluent