lele

From Proto-Polynesian *lele.

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.le/, [ˈlɛ.lɛ]

lele

1. to jump, leap, hop, skip
2. to fly
3. to swing, bounce
4. to burst forth, to rush out
5. (of vehicles, horses, boats, etc.) to get off, dismount, disembark
6. to attack
7. (of pieces in a board game) to move

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlele/ [ˈle.le]
• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification: le‧le

lele (plural lele-lele)

1. catfish (a kind of fish)

   Synonym: keli (Standard Malay)

• “lele” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

lele

1. catfish

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lele

1. to fly

• vakalele

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of wailing.

• IPA^(key): /lêle/
• Hyphenation: le‧le

lȅle (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ле)

1. Used to express pain or woe, usually in the collocation kuku lele; ouch, alas

• “lele”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Cognate with Tidore lele (“betel”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈle.le]

lele

1. betel

   Synonym: bido

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): [ˈle.le]
• Hyphenation: le‧le

From Proto-Polynesian *lele. Cognates include Hawaiian lele and Samoan lele.

lele (plural felelei)

1. (intransitive) to fly

lele

1. Intensifies the preceding word; indeed, of course, very

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 183

Stative of -lala.

-lele^?

1. to be asleep

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