lẹ

Possibly an archaic non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 易 (SV: dị).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɛ˨˩˨]

lẹ • (𫑐, 珥) (diminutive reduplication lè lẹ)

1. (Southern Vietnam) fast; quick; swift

   Synonyms: nhanh, mau

   Lẹ lên! ― Hurry up!

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̀/

lẹ̀

1. (transitive) to glue, gum, paste

• lẹ before a direct object

• ìlẹ̀
• alẹ̀

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̀/

lẹ̀

1. to be flexible or elastic

• lẹ before a direct object

• ìlẹ̀
• alẹ̀
• ẹ̀lẹ̀

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̀/

lẹ̀

1. (transitive or intransitive, biology) to reproduce

   ohun-ọ̀sìn náà lẹ̀ ― The domesticated animals reproduced

• lẹ before a direct object

• ìlẹ̀
• alẹ̀
• ọlẹ̀ (“embryo”)
• ẹ̀lẹ̀ (“vagina”)

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̄/

lẹ

1. to be lazy or indolent

• ìlẹ
• alẹ
• ọ̀lẹ (“lazy person, laziness”)

• IPA^(key): /lɛ́/

lẹ́

1. (transitive) to transplant a plant or seedling

   Synonym: lọ́

   ó lẹ́ obì ― He transplanted the kolanut plant

• ìlẹ́
• alẹ́ (“transplant”)