loi

loi

1. true

• 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
• Syllabification^(key): loi
• 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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɔj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɔj˧˧]

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

loi

1. dialectal form of thoi (“to punch”)

   loi cho một cái đau điếng ― to give a painful blow

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

loi

1. reduplicant of choi, only used in loi choi
2. reduplicant of lẻ, only used in lẻ loi
3. reduplicant of ngoi, only used in loi ngoi
4. reduplicant of nhoi, only used in loi nhoi
5. reduplicant of thoi, only used in loi thoi
6. construed with cá thoi loi
7. construed with đe loi

• “loi”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.

loi

1. buffalo

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