le-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ]

Prefix

le-

(verbal prefix) Indicates actions with downward direction, either figuratively or literally.
esik (“to fall”) → leesik (“to fall down”)

ül (“to sit”) → leül (“to sit down”)

néz (“to look”) → lenéz (“to look down at (someone/something); to look down on (someone), to hold someone in contempt”)

vezet (“to drive”) → levezet (“to drive down to (a town, a destination); to deduce something”)

beszél (“to talk”) → lebeszél (“to dissuade”)
(verbal prefix) Indicates perfection.
zár (“to lock”) → lezár (“to lock up”)

fordít (“to translate”) → lefordít (“to (completely, thoroughly) translate”)

vezet (“to lead”) → levezet (“to conduct (a meeting, a trial, etc.)”)

fizet (“to pay”) → lefizet (“to pay off; to bribe”)
(verbal prefix) Indicates the repeated or continuous performance of an action until something's depleted, exhausted, etc.
beszél (“to talk”) → lebeszél (“to exhaust (something, usually one's phone credit) by talking”)

vásárol (“to buy”) → levásárol (“to claim (a coupon, etc.) and use up”)

dolgozik (“to work”) → ledolgoz (“to work off (extra pounds); to work until one has the necessary amount of work hours because of substitutions, shift changes, holidays, etc.”)

ül (“to sit”) → leül (“to convert financial penalty into time spent in jail instead of paying”)

References

Hungarian verb prefixes in the English Wikipedia

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lə/

Noun

le-

alternative form of le-; this is a common realization of the prefix, notably but not exclusively used when the classifier is word-initial

References

Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

le-

Class 5 noun prefix.

Phuthi

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

le-

Class 4 relative concord.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

le-

Class 9 relative concord.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

le-

Class 9 adjective concord.

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

le-

Class 5 noun prefix.

Swazi

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

le-

Class 4 relative concord.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

le-

Class 9 relative concord.

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dɪ́-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *ì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.

Prefix

le-

Class 5 noun prefix.

Volapük

Prefix

le-

An augmentative prefix.
Used to denote a quality of greatness.
fat (“father”) → lefat (“grandfather”)
For adjectives: an intensifier.
gudik (“good”) → legudik (“excellent”)