Contionary:lir

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Indeyivroplu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Indeyivroplu) IPA: [liɾ]

Verb

lir (Cyrillic лир)

  1. to say, speak, tell, talk
    etdeni lar kone ma familsëju puňke ma šoglu.
    "Today I'm talking with my family members about my job."

Inflection

  1. lu
    "speech"
  2. la
    "heard" (adj.)

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.)

Derived terms

  1. puňklir
    to discuss
  2. ënderlu
    conversation
  3. možir
    to be able to speak
  4. e̋onbu
    accent
  5. fruda
    fluent

Related words

  1. lesir
    to hear
  2. eskrivir
    to write