loi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "loi"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Lomakka with i as a placeholder.

Symbol

loi

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lomakka terms

Chewong

Noun

loi

1. true

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loi/

Adjective

loi

1. good

References

• Tryon, Darrell T. (1967), “loi”, in Dehu-English dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; C–6)‎^[1], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 77

Further reading

• Tryon, D. T.; Hackman, B. D. (1983), Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-72)‎^[2], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
• Leenhardt, Maurice (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mélanésie [Languages ​​and dialects of Austro-Melanesia] (Travaux et mémoires de l'Institut d'ethnologie; XLVI) (in French), Paris: Institut d'ethnologie

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloi̯/, [ˈlo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): loi
• Hyphenation^(key): loi

Verb

loi

1. third-person singular past indicative of luoda

Anagrams

• ilo, oli

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French loy, from Old French loi, lei, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: lois (general), loua, louas, louât (one pronunciation)

Noun

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

   • 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante‎^[3], page 1:

     Ils avaient, en un mot, la connaissance et le respect des deux lois qui président à toute bonne conception ornementale : l'étude approfondie du principe qui fournit le motif, et celle de la technique du métier qui devra réaliser celui-ci.

     In a word, they possessed a knowledge of—and respect for—the two laws that govern all sound ornamental design: the thorough study of the principle that yields the motif, and that of the craft technique required to execute it.

Hyponyms

• loi de Charles
• loi de conservation
• loi de conservation de l'énergie
• loi de la jungle
• loi de la nature
• loi des grands nombres
• loi du moindre effort
• loi du plus fort
• loi martiale
• loi normale
• loi phonétique

Derived terms

• avoir force de loi
• faire la loi
• homme de loi
• mettre devant la loi
• nécessité fait loi
• nul n'est censé ignorer la loi
• projet de loi
• sans foi ni loi

Related terms

• légal
• législatif
• législation
• légitime
• loyal

Descendants

• ⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa
• → Moore: laloa

See also

• juridique
• jury

Further reading

• “loi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

• lei (early Old French or northern dialects)

Etymology

From earlier lei, from Latin lēgem, accusative singular of lēx.

Noun

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

Descendants

• Middle French: loy
  • French: loi
• Norman: louai
• Walloon: lwè

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *roe. Cognates include Rapa Nui roe and Tokelauan loi.

Noun

loi

1. ant

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 110

Tokelauan

Te loi (1).

Te loi (2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlo.i]
• Hyphenation: lo‧i

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *roe. Cognates include Rapa Nui roe and Samoan loi.

Noun

loi

1. ant

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *loqi. Cognates include Tahitian roi and Tuvaluan loi.

Noun

loi

1. blue-spotted grouper (Cephalopholis argus)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 56

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Verb

loi

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

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Combining 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

References

• “loi”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation.