lesi

les (“to spy, peep, peek”) +‎ -i (personal suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛʃi]
• Hyphenation: le‧si
• Rhymes: -ʃi

lesi

1. third-person singular indicative present definite of les

From Dutch lesie, laesie (“lesion”), from Latin laesiō (“injury”).

• IPA^(key): [ləˈsi]
• Hyphenation: lê‧si

lêsi (plural lesi-lesi, first-person possessive lesiku, second-person possessive lesimu, third-person possessive lesinya)

1. lesion,
   1. (medicine) a wound or injury.
   2. (medicine) an infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part.

• belur (Standard Malay)
• lesi, lesion (Standard Malay)

• “lesi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.zi/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ezi
• Hyphenation: lé‧si

lesi m pl

1. masculine plural of leso

lesi m pl

1. masculine plural of leso

• Sile, lise

lesi

1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of lesa

lesi

1. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of lesen
2. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of lesen

lesi

1. dative/locative singular of leha

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

lesi

1. this; class 7 proximal demonstrative.

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

lesi

1. this; class 7 proximal demonstrative.

Semi-learned borrowing from Fijian weleti, from the ship General Wellesley named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, which brought papayas from Penang and landed in Vanua Levu as part of the sandalwood trade in October 1808. Cognate with Samoan ʻesi.^[1]

lesi

1. papaya.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlési/

lesi

1. this; class 7 proximal demonstrative.

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lesi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lesi (3.9)”