leja

Etymology
From earlier (19th-century), from , from , from , from the zero grade of , (whence also , q.v.) with a suffix -ey. The meaning probably evolved as follows: “bent inward” > “inwardly bent earth”, “valley” > “lower area.” Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (lower places are often humid).

Noun

 * 1) low area, low place, below place located below, with respect to something else
 * 2)  lower side, lower part, bottom (of something)
 * 3)  down, below, at the bottom, in a lower area (of some place)
 * 4)  valley
 * 5) depression in an area or terrain
 * 6)  mouth, estuary
 * 7)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically
 * 1)  down, below, at the bottom, in a lower area (of some place)
 * 2)  valley
 * 3) depression in an area or terrain
 * 4)  mouth, estuary
 * 5)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically
 * 1)  valley
 * 2) depression in an area or terrain
 * 3)  mouth, estuary
 * 4)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically
 * 1) depression in an area or terrain
 * 2)  mouth, estuary
 * 3)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically
 * 1)  mouth, estuary
 * 2)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically
 * 1)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically
 * 1)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically
 * 1)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically
 * 1)  down, downward, toward the earth also metaphorically

Alternative forms

 * lejā

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) flesh

Etymology 1
, from, from.

Etymology
, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) plot of land for sowing, a partition of agriculturally or horticulturally used earth, farming bed

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) ledger

Etymology
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1) to hire (on a temporary basis)

Usage notes
Often of illegal or questionable tasks.