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 familsėju puňke ho.
    "Today I'm talking to my family members about it."

Inflection

  • lu
    "speech"
  • la
    "spoken" (adj.)
  • le
    "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. ėňga = "English" (adj.) -- ėňglu = "English language" (n.)

Derived terms

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

Related words

  1. lesir
    to hear
  2. eskrivir
    to write