See also: lío, Lió, li'o, and li0

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Suggested by Schütz to be a shortening of ʻīlio "dog" extended to any quadruped,[1][2] thus from Tuamotuan kurio, a variant of kuri from Proto-Polynesian *kuli.[3][1]

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Noun

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lio

  1. horse

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 99, 207
  2. ^ Elbert, Samuel (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, →ISBN
  3. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kulii”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek λειόω (leióō, make smooth) (see λεῖος (leîos)).

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līō (present infinitive līāre, perfect active līāvī, supine līātum); first conjugation

  1. to smooth
  2. to plaster over

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  • līo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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lio m (plural lios)

  1. sheaf; bundle (collection of things bound together)
    Synonym: feixe

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lio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of liar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈljo/ [ˈljo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: lio

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lio

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of liar

Volapük

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Adverb

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lio

  1. how
    • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
      Lio stom binon-li?
      What is the weather like? [lit. How is the weather?]
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