Lei

See also: lei, lēi, léi, lěi, lèi, and leí

Hawaiian

lei (“wreath; child”). Also a short form of numerous compound names containing the word lei.

Lei

Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Lei occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 woman and 3 men.

Lei (plural Loro)

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			—		me
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			—		te
	third	m	lui	si², s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lui, sé
	third	f	lei, Lei¹	si², s', -si	la, La¹, l', L'¹, -la, -La¹	le³, Le¹, -le³, -Le¹	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lei, Lei¹, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			—		noi
	second	—	voi, Voi⁴	vi, Vi⁴, v', V'⁴, -vi, -Vi⁴			—		voi, Voi⁴
	third	m	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	li, Li¹, -li, -Li¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro¹, sé
	third	f	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	le, Le¹, -le, -Le¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro¹, sé
¹	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
²	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
³	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
⁴	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Lei

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