Contionary:lir

Indevroplu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Indevroplu) IPA: [liɾ]

Verb

lir (Cyrillic лир)

1. 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

1. puňklir

   to describe, discuss

2. ėnderlu

   conversation

3. lėdjir

   to know a language

4. lėpónebu

   accent

5. lėfruda

   fluent

Related words

1. lesir

   to hear

2. eskrivir

   to write