different between loi vs devour

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loi/

Adjective

loi

1. good

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?loi?/, [?lo?i?]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: loi

Verb

loi

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of luoda.

Anagrams

• ilo, oli

French

Etymology

From Middle French loy, from Old French loi, lei, from Latin l?gem, accusative singular of l?x, from Proto-Italic *l?g-, from Proto-Indo-European *le?-s < *le?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwa/
• Homophones: lois, loua, louas, louât

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

Derived terms

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• lei (early Old French or northern dialects)

Etymology

From earlier lei, from Latin l?gem, accusative singular of l?x.

Noun

loi f (oblique plural lois, nominative singular loi, nominative plural lois)

1. law
2. rule; regulation

Descendants

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

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lo.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?^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 56

Zou

Noun

loi

1. buffalo

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman devourer, Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin d?vor?, from vor?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??va?(w)?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)
• Rhymes: -a?.?(?)

Verb

devour (third-person singular simple present devours, present participle devouring, simple past and past participle devoured)

1. To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
2. To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
3. To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.

   • Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

4. To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.

Synonyms

• gobble, gorge, consume, devastate, overwhelm, wolf

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