leh

See also: łeh and Leh

English

Etymology

From Min Nan 咧 (--leh).

Pronunciation
  • (Singapore, Malaysia)
    • IPA(key): (Sense 1) /lɛ˦/, /le˦/
    • IPA(key): (Sense 2) /lɛ˨/, /lɛ˦˨/
    • IPA(key): (Sense 3) /lɛ˦/, /lɛ˨/

Particle

leh (Manglish, Singlish)

  1. Expresses uncertainty.
    Our appointment leh? ― What about our appointment?
    I didn't receive it leh. ― But I didn't receive it.
    No leh, it's right here. ― No? It's right here.
    • 2002 May 14, Niamh O’Leary, The Straits Times, Singapore, page L2:
      OK, this one, leh?
    • 2010 August 22, Fiona Chan, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 13:
      You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.
  2. Highlights new or overlooked information.
    It's next week leh. ― It's next week!
    • 2005 April 22, Lee Kin Mun, Today, Singapore, page 30:
      Thirty-five thousand jobs, leh. Not something to sneeze at.
  3. Marks a tentative request or reminder, sometimes to show slight frustration
    Close the door leh. ― Why don't you close the door?
    • 1994, C.S. Chong, NS: An Air-Level Story, page 29:
      Sing us a song, leh.
    Don't liddat leh. ― Don't be so annoying/frustrating/hard to deal with.
    You hor, always liddis one leh. ― You always act this way!/Why do you have to act this way?

See also

References
  • Low, Ee Ling; Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction‎

Albanian

Etymology

earlier attested as ljeh, cognate with Romanian lehăi, supported as Dacian, or substrate[1]. Alternatively, From Proto-Albanian *laja, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-. Cognate to Ancient Greek λάσκω (láskō, “to cry, roar”). Present leh occurs almost exclusively in the 2nd and 3rd person, the -a- of which has usually been subject to umlaut.

Verb

leh (first-person singular past tense lehu, participle lehë)

  1. to bark, yap

References
  1. Katičić, R. Ancient Languages of the Balkans. 1975. p. 152

Czech

Etymology

From lehnout, ležet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛx]
  • Hyphenation: leh

Noun

leh m inan

  1. lying position

Declension
Declension of leh
singular plural
nominative leh lehy
genitive lehu lehů
dative lehu lehům
accusative leh lehy
vocative lehu lehy
locative lehu lezích
instrumental lehem lehy

Further reading
  • leh in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • leh in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

K'iche'

Noun

leh

  1. (Classical K'iche') corn tortilla

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of leh – see 咧 (“in the process of; currently”).
(This character, leh, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 咧.)

Slovene

Noun

leh

  1. genitive dual/plural of leha

Wagi

Noun

leh

  1. water

Further reading
  • J. Spencer, S. van Cott, B. MacKenzie, G. Muñoz, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Wagi [fad] Language
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