leaf: folio; -let: -eto; petalo (of flower); to turn over the l.s (of a book): foli-umar; to grow, produce l.s: -ifar; to cover with l.s: -izar; to make into l. shape: -igar; to turn down a l.: faldar angulo di pagino; turn over a new l.: (fig.) plu-bon-igar konduto; kondutar plu bone; -age: foli-aro; -less: sen-foli-a; sen-foli-ig-ita; -y: foli-oza.
league: ligo, feder-uro, asociuro; (covenant) pakto; (distance) (English) tri-mili-i; -d: (inter-)feder-ata, -ita.
leak: (tr., intr.) lik-ar; -(ad)o, -ajo, -eyo; l. out: (of news) divulgesar (cf. difuzar); -y: lik-anta, -ema.
lean: (incline) (tr., intr.) inklinar; (for support) apogar (sur, ad, an); (rest) (intr.) repozar; l. one’s back: adosar su; l. to: tendencar, inklinar; favorar.
lean: (lanky, spare, meagre) magra (cf. tenua); (of meat) sen-grasa.
lean-to: shirmo-tekto; hangar-tekto; hangaro.
leap: (intr.) saltar; l. across: trans-saltar; by l.s and bounds: salt-ope; play l.-frog: ludar per dorso-salto; l.-year: bisextila yaro.
learn: (gain knowledge by study) lernar (ulo) (cf. studiar; instruktar); (become informed) sav-eskar ulo, de ulu.
learned: cienc-oza (pri); erudita; l. man: cienc-ist-(ul)o, erudit-(ul)o; l. in the law: erudita pri yuro-cienco.
lease: (from someone) lokacar (ulo, de ulu); (to someone) lugar (ulo, ad ulu); (land) farmo-lokacar, -lugar; (n.); lugo-, lokaco-kontrato.
leash: ligo-rimeno; teno-kord-eto.
least: minim, -e, -a, -o, -ajo; at l.: ad-minime; not in the l.: tote ne, absolute ne.
leather: ledr-o (made of l.) -a; Russian l.: yufto; -y: ledr-atra.
leave: (depart) livar, for-irar; departar; for-lasar; abandonar; (discontinue) cesar; (bequeath) legacar; (permit, let) permisar, lasar; (start) departar, ek-irar (ek, de); I l. that to you: me fidas a vua decido (od, arbitrio, od, selekto); l. him alone: lasez lu tranquila, lasez lu repozar; ne-iritar o torment(et)ar lu; to give l. (furlough) to: konjedar (cf. vakancar); l. out: omisar; to be left: restar; l. off: cesar; on l.: en konjed-eso; konjede; give l. to: (permission) permisar; (furlough) konjedar; take l. of: adiar.
leaven: hefo; (fig.) fermento; to l.: (pr. and fig.) fermentacar (intr.); (fig.) impregnar; influar; unleavened: azima (pano) (cf. oblato).
leavings: rest-ajo, -i; reziduo; refuz-ajo; for-jet-ajo; (rubbish) eskombro; (lees) lizo.
lecherous: laciva, deboch-anta, -ema.
lecithin: lecitino.
lectern: kirko-pupitro (cf. ambono).
lector: lektoro.
lecture: diskursar (pri); donar leciono; (admonish) reprimandar.
lecture: (professors) leciono; (discourse) diskurso; course of l.s: kurso, (publika) lecion-kurso; (admonition) reprimando.
lecturer: (university, professional) lektoro; (gen.) diskurs-anto, -ero, -isto.
ledger: chefa kont-libro, chef-registro.
leech: (worm) sanguisugo.
leek: porelo.
leer: ogl-achar, -ach-(ad)o.
lees: (dregs) lizo.
leeward: kun-venta.
leeway: later-ala drift-ado.
left: sinistra; l.-handed (person): sinistr-uz-anta, -ema; -uz-ero, -uz-emo.
leg: gambo; (of furniture) pedo; l. of mutton: muton-kruro, -gambo; boot-l.: gamb-alo.
legacy: legac-ajo; to bequeath a l.: -ar (ulo, ad ulu).
legal: leg-ala, segun-lega; yur-iz-ita; -ality: leg-al-eso, lego-konform-eso; -ize: legal-igar, -eskar; autentik-igar, legitim-igar.
legate: legato.
legatee: legac-ario.
legation: (place) ambasad-eyo; legat-eyo; (personnel) ofic-ist-aro di ambasado; (function) -eso.
legend: (story) legendo; (inscription) sur-skrib-uro (see inscription); -ary: legend-ala, -atra.
legerdemain: eskamot-(ad)o (v.) -ar.
legging: getr-o, (spat) -eto.
leg-guard: gamb-armo.
legibility: lekt-ebl-eso.
legion: (also fig.) legion-o, -ary: -ano.
legislate: leg-ifar.
legislation: leg-if-ado, (result) -if-uro.
legislative: (relative to legislators) leg-if-anta; (relative to legislation) leg-if-ala.
legislator: leg-if-anto, -ero, -isto.