lie

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Verb

1. To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
2. To be placed or situated.
3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
4. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
5. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
6. Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
7. To lodge; to sleep.
8. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
9. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Noun

1. The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
2. The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
3. The position of a fetus in the womb.
4. A manner of lying; relative position.
5. An animal's lair.

Noun

1. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
2. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
3. Anything that misleads or disappoints.

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/laɪ̯/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge, Swedish ligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk liggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luí, Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ), Albanian lag (“troop, band, encampment”).
As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.