lewi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑vъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vi/
• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Syllabification: le‧wi

lewi (not comparable, derived adverb lewò)

1. left (located on the side where the heart is normally located)

   Coordinate term: prawi

2. dirty (illegal, unlawful, false, counterfeit)
3. (of a voice) low; bassy
4. (of a door) left-handed (opened with one's left hand)
5. inside (being the underside, inner side of fabric, material, or clothing; on the side pointing towards one's body)

lewi m pers (female equivalent lewô)

1. (nominalized) leftie (left-handed person)

lewi m animal

1. (nominalized) leftie (horse harnessed to the left of the shaft)

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “lewi”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Sychta, Bernard (1968), “levi”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 363
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “lewy”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “lewy”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “lewi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• lewe (Föhr-Amrum)
• lawe (Goesharde)
• lewwe (Heligoland)
• laawe (Mooring)
• lääwe (Wiedingharde)

From Old Frisian leva, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”).

lewi

1. (Sylt) to live

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vi/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Syllabification: le‧wi

lewi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of lewy