les(“to spy, peep, peek”) +-i(personal suffix)
lesi
FromDutchlesie,laesie(“lesion”), fromLatinlaesiō(“injury”).
lêsi (plurallesi-lesi)
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lesi
lesi
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lesi
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
lesi
Semi-learned borrowing fromFijianweleti, from the shipGeneral Wellesley named afterArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, which brought papayas fromPenang and landed inVanua Levu as part of the sandalwood trade in October 1808. Cognate withSamoanʻesi.[1]
lesi
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lesi
full form | lési | |
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locative | kulesi | |
copulative | yilesi | |
Possessive forms | ||
modifier | substantive | |
class 1 | walesi | owalesi |
class 2 | balesi | abalesi |
class 3 | walesi | owalesi |
class 4 | yalesi | eyalesi |
class 5 | lalesi | elalesi |
class 6 | alesi | awalesi |
class 7 | salesi | esalesi |
class 8 | zalesi | ezalesi |
class 9 | yalesi | eyalesi |
class 10 | zalesi | ezalesi |
class 11 | lwalesi | olwalesi |
class 14 | balesi | obalesi |
class 15 | kwalesi | okwalesi |
class 17 | kwalesi | okwalesi |