loi

• IPA^(key): /loi/

loi

1. good

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloi̯/, [ˈlo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Hyphenation^(key): loi

loi

1. third-person singular past indicative of luoda

• ilo, oli

Inherited from Middle French loy, from Old French loi, lei, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

• IPA^(key): /lwa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: lois (general), loua, louas, louât (one pronunciation)

loi f (plural lois)

1. law (legal code)

   la loi de la France ― the law in France, French law

2. law (scientific principle)

   la loi de Boyle ― Boyle's law

• légal
• législatif
• législation
• légitime
• loyal

• ⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa
• → Moore: laloa

• juridique
• jury

• “loi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• lei (early Old French or northern dialects)

From earlier lei, from Latin lēgem, accusative singular of lēx.

loi oblique singular, f (oblique plural lois, nominative singular loi, nominative plural lois)

1. law
2. rule; regulation
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, De sainte Esglise:

     La loi que tu nous as aprise

     the law that you taught to us

• Middle French: loy
  • French: loi
• Norman: louai
• Walloon: lwè

• IPA^(key): [ˈlo.i]
• Hyphenation: lo‧i

From Proto-Polynesian *roe. Cognates include Rapa Nui roe and Samoan loi.

loi

1. ant

From Proto-Polynesian *loqi. Cognates include Tahitian roi and Tuvaluan loi.

loi

1. blue-spotted grouper (Cephalopholis argus)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 56

loi

1. buffalo

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf