lemo

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From English lemma, Italian lemma, Latin lemma, etc., ultimately from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlemo]
  • Rhymes: -emo
  • Hyphenation: le‧mo

Noun

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lemo (accusative singular lemon, plural lemoj, accusative plural lemojn)

  1. (mathematics) lemma
    • 1961, Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku, The Yokohama Mathematical Journal:
      Jena sistemo donas plej simplan ekzempleron,[sic] kiu plenumas la hipotezojn faritajn en lemo 8: ...
      This system gives a very simple examplar[sic] which satisfies the hypotheses made in lemma 8: ...
    • 1949, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyūsyū University: Kyūshū Daigaku Rigakubu Kiyō. Mathematics:
      Laŭ la lemo 2, C estas fermita kaj kompakta, ...
      Per lemma 2, C is closed and compact, ...
    • 1995, Congrès international de Cybernétique, Actes: Proceedings, →ISBN:
      Teoremoj, lemoj, korolarioj, difinoj, propozicioj diversaj estas kutime metitaj, ajnalingve, komence de paragrafo, sekvataj aŭ antaŭataj de numeroj, sen ia ajn artikolo.
      Theorems, lemmata, corrolaries, definitions, various propositions are usually put, in any language, at the beginning of a paragraph, followed or preceded by numbers, without any article.

Hausa

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Etymology

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Apparently from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), although Blench notes that the fruit itself may well have been introduced from the south.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lèː.móː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [lèː.móː]

Noun

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lḕmō m (plural lēmunā̀, possessed form lḕmon)

  1. orange (fruit)
  2. soft drink

Descendants

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  • Nupe: lèmú

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto lemoAncient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma)English lemmaFrench lemmeGerman LemmaItalian lemmaRussian ле́мма (lémma)Spanish lema.

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Noun

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lemo (plural lemi)

  1. (linguistics) lemma

Lindu

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Noun

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lemo

  1. tangerine; citrus

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Noun

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lemo

  1. lemon.