lir

lir

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Liberian Kreyol.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Liberian Kreyol terms

Suffixed with -er (forms multiples of 10). The root is of course Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij (“four”), but in "forty" the initial lateral was not palatalized even though in pezü (“four”) palatalization has happened.

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /liɾ˩˧/, [liɾ˩˧]

lir

1. (Chungli) forty

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 64
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 45

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪr]
• Homophone: lyr

lir

1. genitive plural of lira

lir c

1. sexually arousing act
2. impressive showoff of an instrument or the like

Borrowed from Dutch lier,

• IPA^(key): [lir]

lir (plural lir-lir)

1. (nautical) capstan

• “lir”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

lir

1. genitive singular of lear

lir

1. present of li

Borrowed from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlir/

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• Rhymes: -ir
• Syllabification: lir

lir m animal

1. (historical) lira (former unit of currency of Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City)

• lir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Deverbal from lira (“play [colloquial]”).

lir n

1. (colloquial) playing (of a sport, instrument, or game)

   Bra/dåligt lir

   Good/bad playing

   Vilket lir!

   Great playing! ("What playing!")

2. (colloquial) a (video) game

   Jag spelar ett skoj lir

   I'm playing a fun video game

• finlir
• lira (“to play”)

• lir in Svensk ordbok (SO)

From French lyre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ

lir (definite accusative liri, plural lirler)

1. lyre