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From Norwegian Lie.

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legh-. Cognates Cognate with Yola lee, lidge (“to lie”), leigh, leiough (“to idle”), North Frisian lade, lai, laie, lei, lii, läde, läie (“to lie; to lay”), Saterland Frisian lääse (“to lie; to lay”), West Frisian lizze (“to lie”), Alemannic German ligge (“to lie”), Central Franconian lijje (“to lie”), Dutch and Dutch Low Saxon liggen (“to lie”), German liegen (“to lie”), German Low German ligge, liggen (“to lie”), Luxembourgish leien (“to lie”), Yiddish ליגן (lign, “to lie”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge (“to lie”), Faroese and Icelandic liggja (“to lie”), Norwegian Nynorsk ligge, liggja, liggje (“to lie”), Swedish ligga (“to lie”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan, “to lie, to rest”); and with Irish laigh, luigh (“to lie”), Manx lhie (“lie; lay”), Scottish Gaelic laigh (“lie; lay”), Faliscan 𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌕 (lecet, “he lies down”), Latin lectus (“bed”), South Picene 𐌅𐌄𐌉𐌀𐌕 (veiat, “to lie”), Ancient Greek λέχομαι (lékhomai, “to lie down”), Albanian lag (“band, encampment, troop”), Belarusian ляжа́ць (ljažácʹ, “to lie”), Bulgarian лежа́ (ležá, “to lie”), Czech ležet (“to lie”), Macedonian лежи (leži, “to lie”), Polish leżeć (“to lie”), Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ, “to lie”), Serbo-Croatian лѐжати, lèžati (“to lie”), Slovene ležáti (“to lie”), Ukrainian лежа́ти (ležáty, “to lie”), Tocharian B lyäk- (“to lie”). As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.

From Middle English lie, from Old English lyġe (“lie”), from Proto-Germanic *lugiz (“lie”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgh- (“to announce, tell publicly”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Löägene (“a lie”), Dutch leugen, logen, loogen (“a lie”), German Lug, Lüge, Lügen (“a lie”), German Low German Lögen (“a lie”), Luxembourgish Ligen (“a lie”), Yiddish ליגן (lign, “a lie”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løgn (“a lie”), Icelandic lygi, lygn (“a lie”), Norwegian Nynorsk lygn, løgn (“a lie”), Swedish lögn (“a lie”); also Bulgarian лъжа́ (lǎžá, “а lie”), Czech lež (“a lie”), Russian ложь (ložʹ, “а lie”), Polish łeż (“a lie”), Serbo-Croatian ла̑ж, laž (“a lie”), Slovak lož (“a lie”), Slovene lȃž (“a lie”).

From Middle English lien (“to lie, tell a falsehood”), from Old English lēogan (“to lie”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (“to lie”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgh- (“to announce, tell publicly”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lee (“to lie”), North Frisian jooge, leeg, löög (“to lie”), Saterland Frisian ljooge (“to lie”), West Frisian lige (“to lie”), Bavarian liagn (“to lie”), Dutch liegen (“to lie”), German lügen (“to lie”), Luxembourgish léien (“to lie”), Danish lyve (“to lie”), Faroese lúgva (“to lie”), Icelandic ljúga (“to lie”), Norwegian Bokmål juge, lyge, lyve (“to lie”), Norwegian Nynorsk ljuga, ljuge, lyga, lyge (“to lie”), Scanian ljuğa (“to lie”), Swedish ljuga (“to lie”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (liugan, “to lie”); also Breton le (“vow”), Cornish li (“oath”), Welsh llw (“oath, pledge, vow; curse, swear word”), Latvian lùgt (“to ask; to request; to seek; to plead; to solicit; to invoke; to desire”), Belarusian ілга́ць (ilhácʹ), лга́ць (lhácʹ, “to lie”), Bulgarian лъжа (lǎža, “to lie”), Czech lhát (“to lie”), Kashubian łżec (“to lie”), Macedonian ла́же (láže, “to lie”), Polish łgać (“to lie”), Russian лгать (lgatʹ, “to lie”), Serbo-Croatian ла̀гати, làgati (“to lie”), Slovak luhať (“to lie”), Slovene lagáti (“to lie”).

693 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: situació — golf term
• Dutch: ligging — golf term
• Dutch: terreinligging — golf term
• Japanese: ライ (rai) — golf term
• Bulgarian: положение (položenie) — position of fetus
• Dutch: ligging — position of fetus
• German: Kindslage — position of fetus
• Norwegian: leie — position of fetus
• Bulgarian: леговище (legovište) — An animal's lair
• Polish: legowisko — An animal's lair
• Polish: leże — An animal's lair
• Polish: nora — An animal's lair
• Tamil: குகை (kukai) — An animal's lair
• Tamil: குடவு (kuṭavu) — An animal's lair
• Tamil: வளை (vaḷai) — An animal's lair
• Tamil: பொந்து (pontu) — An animal's lair
• Afrikaans: leuen — intentionally false statement
• Albanian: gënjeshtër — intentionally false statement
• Gheg Albanian: rren — intentionally false statement
• Southern Altai: тӧгӱн (tögün) — intentionally false statement
• Amharic: ውሸት (wəšät) — intentionally false statement
• Arabic: كَذْبَة (kaḏba) — intentionally false statement
• Arabic: كِذْبَة (kiḏba) — intentionally false statement
• Arabic: كِذْب (kiḏb) — intentionally false statement
• Arabic: كدبة (kədba) — intentionally false statement
• Armenian: սուտ (sut) — intentionally false statement
• Aromanian: minciunã — intentionally false statement
• Assamese: মিছা কথা (misa kotha) — intentionally false statement
• Assamese: ফাঁকি (phãki) — intentionally false statement
• Assamese: মিছা (misa) — intentionally false statement
• Asturian: mentira — intentionally false statement
• Aymara: k'ari — intentionally false statement
• Azerbaijani: yalan — intentionally false statement
• Baluchi: دروگ (darog) — intentionally false statement
• Bangi: lokuta — intentionally false statement
• Bashkir: ялған (yalğan) — intentionally false statement
• Basque: gezur — intentionally false statement
• Belarusian: хлусня́ (xlusnjá) — intentionally false statement
• Belarusian: няпра́ўда (njapráwda) — intentionally false statement
• Belarusian: брахня́ (braxnjá) — intentionally false statement
• Bengali: মিথ্যা (mittha) — intentionally false statement
• Bengali: মিছা (micha) — intentionally false statement
• Breton: gaou — intentionally false statement
• Bulgarian: лъжа́ (lǎžá) — intentionally false statement
• Burmese: မုသား (mu.sa:) — intentionally false statement
• Burmese: အလှိုင်း (a.hluing:) — intentionally false statement
• Catalan: mentida — intentionally false statement
• Cebuano: bakak — intentionally false statement
• Chechen: аьшпаш (äšpaš) — intentionally false statement
• Chechen: пуьчаш (püčaš) — intentionally false statement
• Chichewa: bodza — intentionally false statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 謊言 /谎言 (huǎngyán) — intentionally false statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 假話 /假话 (jiǎhuà) — intentionally false statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 謊話 /谎话 (huǎnghuà) — intentionally false statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 誑言 /诳言 (kuángyán) — intentionally false statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 誑語 /诳语 (kuángyǔ) — intentionally false statement
• East Circassian: пцӏы (pcʼə) — intentionally false statement
• West Circassian: пцӏы (pcʼə) — intentionally false statement
• Ngazidja Comorian: ndrabo — intentionally false statement
• Cornish: gow — intentionally false statement
• Crimean Tatar: yalan — intentionally false statement
• Czech: lež — intentionally false statement
• Dalmatian: bosca — intentionally false statement
• Danish: løgn — intentionally false statement
• Dongxiang: ghudan — intentionally false statement
• Dutch: leugen — intentionally false statement
• East Yugur: ghudal — intentionally false statement
• Egyptian: g:r-grg-A2 (grg) — intentionally false statement
• Esperanto: mensogo — intentionally false statement
• Esperanto: malvero — intentionally false statement
• Estonian: vale — intentionally false statement
• Estonian: väär — intentionally false statement
• Evenki: улэк (ulək) — intentionally false statement
• Ewe: alakpadada — intentionally false statement
• Ewe: aʋatsokaka — intentionally false statement
• Faroese: lygn — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: vale — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: valhe — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: potaska — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: pöty — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: lööperi — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: palturi — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: puppu — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: luikuri — intentionally false statement
• Finnish: fuula — intentionally false statement
• French: mensonge — intentionally false statement
• Friulian: bausìe — intentionally false statement
• Friulian: bùzare — intentionally false statement
• Friulian: gàbule — intentionally false statement
• Friulian: bausie — intentionally false statement
• Gagauz: yalan — intentionally false statement
• Galician: mintira — intentionally false statement
• Galician: loia — intentionally false statement
• Galician: bouba — intentionally false statement
• Galician: caroca — intentionally false statement
• Galician: grilla — intentionally false statement
• Galician: alburgada — intentionally false statement
• Galician: broza — intentionally false statement
• Galician: drola — intentionally false statement
• Galician: menzoña — intentionally false statement
• Galician: escocha — intentionally false statement
• Galician: mentira — intentionally false statement
• Georgian: სიცრუე (sicrue) — intentionally false statement
• German: Lüge — intentionally false statement
• Swabian: Luag — intentionally false statement
• Swabian: Liag — intentionally false statement
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲 (galiug) — intentionally false statement
• Greek: ψέμα (pséma) — intentionally false statement
• Ancient Greek: ψεῦδος (pseûdos) — intentionally false statement
• Greenlandic: sallu — intentionally false statement
• Gujarati: જૂઠું (jūṭhũ) — intentionally false statement
• Haitian Creole: manti — intentionally false statement
• Hawaiian: punipuni — intentionally false statement
• Hawaiian: wahaheʻe — intentionally false statement
• Hebrew: שֶׁקֶר (shéker) — intentionally false statement
• Hebrew: כָּזָב (kazáv) — intentionally false statement
• Hindi: झूठ (jhūṭh) — intentionally false statement
• Hindi: मिथ्या (mithyā) — intentionally false statement
• Hindi: अबद्ध (abaddh) — intentionally false statement
• Hindi: असत्य (asatya) — intentionally false statement
• Hindi: दरोग़ (daroġ) — intentionally false statement
• Hungarian: hazugság — intentionally false statement
• Icelandic: lygi — intentionally false statement
• Ido: mentio — intentionally false statement
• Ilocano: ulbod — intentionally false statement
• Indonesian: bohong — intentionally false statement
• Indonesian: kebohongan — intentionally false statement
• Interlingua: mendacio — intentionally false statement
• Interlingua: mentita — intentionally false statement
• Irish: bréag — intentionally false statement
• Old Irish: bréc — intentionally false statement
• Old Irish: gáu — intentionally false statement
• Italian: bugia — intentionally false statement
• Italian: menzogna — intentionally false statement
• Italian: frottola — intentionally false statement
• Italian: baggianata — intentionally false statement
• Italian: fola — intentionally false statement
• Italian: balla — intentionally false statement
• Italian: fandonia — intentionally false statement
• Japanese: 嘘 (uso) — intentionally false statement
• Japanese: 虚言 (kyogen) — intentionally false statement
• Javanese: goroh — intentionally false statement
• Kalmyk: худл (xudl) — intentionally false statement
• Kapampangan: kalaraman — intentionally false statement
• Kapampangan: kelaraman — intentionally false statement
• Karachay-Balkar: ётюрюк (yotürük) — intentionally false statement
• Karachay-Balkar: жалгъан (jalğan) — intentionally false statement
• Karachay-Balkar: джалгъан (calğan) — intentionally false statement
• Kazakh: жалған (jalğan) — intentionally false statement
• Kazakh: өтірік (ötırık) — intentionally false statement
• Khakas: чой (çoy) — intentionally false statement
• Khakas: тайма (tayma) — intentionally false statement
• Khmer: កុហក (kohɑk) — intentionally false statement
• Kikuyu: iheeni — intentionally false statement
• Korean: 거짓말 (geojinmal) — intentionally false statement
• Kumyk: ялгъан (yalğan) — intentionally false statement
• Central Kurdish: درۆ (dro) — intentionally false statement
• Northern Kurdish: derew — intentionally false statement
• Northern Kurdish: virr — intentionally false statement
• Kyrgyz: жалган (jalgan) — intentionally false statement
• Kyrgyz: калп (kalp) — intentionally false statement
• Kyrgyz: төгүн (tögün) — intentionally false statement
• Lao: ມຸສາ (mu sā) — intentionally false statement
• Latin: mendācium — intentionally false statement
• Latvian: meli — intentionally false statement
• Lingala: lokuta — intentionally false statement
• Lithuanian: melas — intentionally false statement
• Low German: Löög — intentionally false statement
• Luxembourgish: Ligen — intentionally false statement
• Macedonian: лага (laga) — intentionally false statement
• Malay: penipuan — intentionally false statement
• Māori: kōpeka — intentionally false statement
• Marathi: खोटे (khoṭe) — intentionally false statement
• Mauritian Creole: mansonz — intentionally false statement
• Mauritian Creole: foste — intentionally false statement
• Mongolian: худал (xudal) — intentionally false statement
• Khiamniungan Naga: yâng — intentionally false statement
• Navajo: yoochʼííd — intentionally false statement
• Norwegian Bokmål: løgn — intentionally false statement
• Norwegian Bokmål: usannhet — intentionally false statement
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løgn — intentionally false statement
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lygn — intentionally false statement
• Occitan: messorga — intentionally false statement
• Occitan: messonja — intentionally false statement
• Occitan: mensònja — intentionally false statement
• Occitan: mensònega — intentionally false statement
• Occitan: mentida — intentionally false statement
• Occitan: mentit — intentionally false statement
• Old Occitan: menzonga — intentionally false statement
• Odia: ମିଛ (micha) — intentionally false statement
• Oromo: kijiba — intentionally false statement
• Oromo: soba — intentionally false statement
• Papiamentu: mentira — intentionally false statement
• Pashto: درواغ (darwãǧ) — intentionally false statement
• Pashto: دروغ (droǧ) — intentionally false statement
• Dari: دُروغ (durōġ) — intentionally false statement
• Iranian Persian: دُروغ (doruġ) — intentionally false statement
• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭣𐭡𐭠 — intentionally false statement
• Old Persian: 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 — intentionally false statement
• Plautdietsch: Lieej — intentionally false statement
• Polish: kłamstwo — intentionally false statement
• Portuguese: mentira — intentionally false statement
• Quechua: llulla — intentionally false statement
• Romanian: minciună — intentionally false statement
• Romansh: manzegna — intentionally false statement
• Romansh: manzigna — intentionally false statement
• Romansh: manzögna — intentionally false statement
• Russian: ложь (ložʹ) — intentionally false statement
• Russian: непра́вда (neprávda) — intentionally false statement
• Russian: враньё (vranʹjó) — intentionally false statement
• Russian: обма́н (obmán) — intentionally false statement
• Russian: вра́ки (vráki) — intentionally false statement
• Russian: брехня́ (brexnjá) — intentionally false statement
• Northern Sami: gielis — intentionally false statement
• Sanskrit: मिथ्या (mithyā) — intentionally false statement
• Sanskrit: असत्य (asatya) — intentionally false statement
• Sardinian: fàba — intentionally false statement
• Sardinian: fàbula — intentionally false statement
• Sardinian: fàula — intentionally false statement
• Sardinian: catòcia — intentionally false statement
• Scottish Gaelic: breug — intentionally false statement
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̑ж — intentionally false statement
• Serbo-Croatian: нѐистина — intentionally false statement
• Serbo-Croatian: lȃž — intentionally false statement
• Serbo-Croatian: nèistina — intentionally false statement
• Shor: тайба (tayba) — intentionally false statement
• Shor: чой (çoy) — intentionally false statement
• Sicilian: minzonga — intentionally false statement
• Sicilian: buggìa — intentionally false statement
• Sicilian: bugìa — intentionally false statement
• Sicilian: fandonia — intentionally false statement
• Sicilian: fanfonia — intentionally false statement
• Sicilian: nfanfonia — intentionally false statement
• Slovak: klamstvo — intentionally false statement
• Slovak: lož — intentionally false statement
• Slovene: laž — intentionally false statement
• Lower Sorbian: łdganje — intentionally false statement
• Lower Sorbian: łdža — intentionally false statement
• Sotho: leshano — intentionally false statement
• Spanish: mentira — intentionally false statement
• Spanish: embuste — intentionally false statement
• Spanish: cáshpira — intentionally false statement
• Spanish: ñanga — intentionally false statement
• Spanish: chaira — intentionally false statement
• Spanish: guashca — intentionally false statement
• Spanish: guáshpira — intentionally false statement
• Spanish: guashpira — intentionally false statement
• Swedish: lögn — intentionally false statement
• Sylheti: ꠝꠤꠍꠣ (misá) — intentionally false statement
• Sylheti: ꠝꠤꠍꠣ ꠝꠣꠔ (misá mat) — intentionally false statement
• Tagalog: kasinungalingan — intentionally false statement
• Tajik: дурӯғ (durüġ) — intentionally false statement
• Tamil: பொய் (poy) — intentionally false statement
• Tatar: ялган (yalğan) — intentionally false statement
• Tatar: ялганлык (yalğanlıq) — intentionally false statement
• Tatar: алдак (aldaq) — intentionally false statement
• Telugu: అబద్ధం (abaddhaṁ) — intentionally false statement
• Tewa: hôeyó — intentionally false statement
• Thai: คําโกหก (kam-goh-hòk) — intentionally false statement
• Thai: โกหก (goo-hòk) — intentionally false statement
• Thai: กุ (gù) — intentionally false statement
• Tocharian B: waike — intentionally false statement
• Turkish: yalan — intentionally false statement
• Turkish: martaval — intentionally false statement
• Turkish: palavra — intentionally false statement
• Ottoman Turkish: یالان (yalan) — intentionally false statement
• Turkmen: ýalan — intentionally false statement
• Tuvan: меге (mege) — intentionally false statement
• Ukrainian: брехня́ (brexnjá) — intentionally false statement
• Ukrainian: непра́вда (neprávda) — intentionally false statement
• Urdu: جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) — intentionally false statement
• Urdu: مِتْھیا (mithyā) — intentionally false statement
• Urdu: دَروغ (daroġ) — intentionally false statement
• Uyghur: يالغان (yalghan) — intentionally false statement
• Uyghur: يالغانچىلىق (yalghanchiliq) — intentionally false statement
• Uzbek: yolgʻon — intentionally false statement
• Vietnamese: lời nói dối — intentionally false statement
• Volapük: lug — intentionally false statement
• Volapük: lug e cüt — intentionally false statement
• Walloon: minte — intentionally false statement
• Walloon: boude — intentionally false statement
• Walloon: mintreye — intentionally false statement
• Warray: kaga' — intentionally false statement
• Welsh: celwydd — intentionally false statement
• Welsh: anwiredd — intentionally false statement
• Yakut: сымыйа (sïmïya) — intentionally false statement
• Yiddish: ליגן (lign) — intentionally false statement
• Yiddish: שקר (sheker) — intentionally false statement
• Yiddish: כּזבֿ (kozev) — intentionally false statement
• Zhuang: byangz — intentionally false statement
• Zhuang: vahbyangz — intentionally false statement
• Afrikaans: lê — be in horizontal position
• Albanian: shtrihem — be in horizontal position
• Northern Altai: чадарга (čadarga) — be in horizontal position
• Southern Altai: јадар (ǰadar) — be in horizontal position
• Arabic: ضَجَعَ (ḍajaʕa) — be in horizontal position
• Arabic: تَمَدَّدَ (tamaddada) — be in horizontal position
• Arabic: اِضْطَجَعَ (iḍṭajaʕa) — be in horizontal position
• Armenian: պառկել (paṙkel) — be in horizontal position
• Azerbaijani: uzanmaq — be in horizontal position
• Bashkir: ятыу (yatıw) — be in horizontal position
• Belarusian: ляжа́ць (ljažácʹ) — be in horizontal position
• Belarusian: ле́гчы (ljéhčy) — be in horizontal position
• Bengali: শোয়া (śōẇa) — be in horizontal position
• Bulgarian: лежа́ (ležá) — be in horizontal position
• Burmese: လှဲ (hlai:) — be in horizontal position
• Catalan: jeure — be in horizontal position
• Chinese Cantonese: 瞓 /𰥛 (fan3) — be in horizontal position
• Chinese: тон (ton) — be in horizontal position
• Chinese: 䖙 (the) — be in horizontal position
• Chinese Mandarin: 躺 (tǎng) — be in horizontal position
• Czech: ležet — be in horizontal position
• Danish: ligge — be in horizontal position
• Dutch: liggen — be in horizontal position
• Esperanto: kuŝi — be in horizontal position
• Estonian: lebama — be in horizontal position
• Estonian: lesima — be in horizontal position
• Estonian: lasuma — be in horizontal position
• Ewe: mlɔ anyi — be in horizontal position
• Faroese: liggja — be in horizontal position
• Finnish: maata — be in horizontal position
• Finnish: loikoa — be in horizontal position
• Finnish: lojua — be in horizontal position
• French: être étendu — be in horizontal position
• French: gésir — be in horizontal position
• French: être couché — be in horizontal position
• Galician: estar deitado — be in horizontal position
• Georgian: წოლა (c̣ola) — be in horizontal position
• German: liegen — be in horizontal position
• German: ligge — be in horizontal position
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan) — be in horizontal position
• Greek: κείτομαι (keítomai) — be in horizontal position
• Ancient Greek: κεῖμαι (keîmai) — be in horizontal position
• Hebrew: שָׁכַב (shakháv) — be in horizontal position
• Hindi: पड़ना (paṛnā) — be in horizontal position
• Hindi: पड़ा होना (paṛā honā) — be in horizontal position
• Hindi: लेटना (leṭnā) — be in horizontal position
• Hindi: लेटा होना (leṭā honā) — be in horizontal position
• Hungarian: fekszik — be in horizontal position
• Icelandic: liggja — be in horizontal position
• Ido: jacar — be in horizontal position
• Indonesian: berbaring — be in horizontal position
• Indonesian: membaringkan — be in horizontal position
• Ingrian: ležžiä — be in horizontal position
• Interlingua: jacer — be in horizontal position
• Irish: luigh — be in horizontal position
• Italian: essere sdraiato — be in horizontal position
• Italian: essere disteso — be in horizontal position
• Italian: giacere — be in horizontal position
• Japanese: 臥す (fusu) — be in horizontal position
• Japanese: 横になる (yoko ni naru) — be in horizontal position
• Japanese: 横たわる (yokotawaru) — be in horizontal position
• Kazakh: жату (jatu) — be in horizontal position
• Khmer: ដេក (deek) — be in horizontal position
• Korean: 놓이다 (noida) — be in horizontal position
• Kyrgyz: жатуу (jatuu) — be in horizontal position
• Lao: ສະຍະ (sa nya) — be in horizontal position
• Latin: iaceō — be in horizontal position
• Latin: cubō — be in horizontal position
• Latvian: gulēt — be in horizontal position
• Lithuanian: gulėti — be in horizontal position
• Low German: liggen — be in horizontal position
• Luxembourgish: leien — be in horizontal position
• Macedonian: лежи (leži) — be in horizontal position
• Malay: baring — be in horizontal position
• Malayalam: കിടക്കുക (kiṭakkuka) — be in horizontal position
• Māori: tāeki — be in horizontal position
• Māori: takoto — be in horizontal position
• Māori: whakamaho — be in horizontal position
• Māori: tangita — be in horizontal position
• Māori: whāriki — be in horizontal position
• Mongolian: хэвтэх (xevtex) — be in horizontal position
• Navajo: sitą́ — be in horizontal position
• Nepali: तेर्सिनु (tersinu) — be in horizontal position
• Norwegian Bokmål: ligge — be in horizontal position
• Norwegian Nynorsk: liggja — be in horizontal position
• Norwegian Nynorsk: liggje — be in horizontal position
• Occitan: jàser — be in horizontal position
• Church Slavic: лежати (ležati) — be in horizontal position
• Old English: liċġan — be in horizontal position
• Persian: دراز کشیدن (derâz kešidan) — be in horizontal position
• Polish: leżeć — be in horizontal position
• Portuguese: estar deitado — be in horizontal position
• Portuguese: jazer — be in horizontal position
• Quechua: siriy — be in horizontal position
• Rade: đih — be in horizontal position
• Romanian: sta culcat — be in horizontal position
• Romanian: zăcea — be in horizontal position
• Romanian: sta întins — be in horizontal position
• Romanian: sta orizontal — be in horizontal position
• Romansh: giaschair — be in horizontal position
• Romansh: scher — be in horizontal position
• Romansh: star starnia — be in horizontal position
• Romansh: star taro — be in horizontal position
• Russian: лежа́ть (ležátʹ) — be in horizontal position
• Russian: полежа́ть (poležátʹ) — be in horizontal position
• Russian: лечь (lečʹ) — be in horizontal position
• Scottish Gaelic: laigh — be in horizontal position
• Serbo-Croatian: лѐжати — be in horizontal position
• Serbo-Croatian: lèžati — be in horizontal position
• Slovak: ležať — be in horizontal position
• Slovene: ležati — be in horizontal position
• Lower Sorbian: lažaś — be in horizontal position
• Sotho: lala — be in horizontal position
• Spanish: estar acostado — be in horizontal position
• Spanish: estar echado — be in horizontal position
• Spanish: yacer — be in horizontal position
• Spanish: estar tumbado — be in horizontal position
• Spanish: estar alebrado — be in horizontal position
• Spanish: reposar — be in horizontal position
• Sundanese: kedeng — be in horizontal position
• Swedish: ligga — be in horizontal position
• Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠔꠣ (huta) — be in horizontal position
• Tagalog: humiga — be in horizontal position
• Tajik: дароз кашидан (daroz kašidan) — be in horizontal position
• Tamil: கிட (kiṭa) — be in horizontal position
• Tamil: படு (paṭu) — be in horizontal position
• Tatar: ятарга (yatarğa) — be in horizontal position
• Thai: ทอดตัว — be in horizontal position
• Tocharian B: lyäk- — be in horizontal position
• Tooro: -byama — be in horizontal position
• Turkish: uzanmak — be in horizontal position
• Turkish: yatmak — be in horizontal position
• Turkmen: uzanmak — be in horizontal position
• Turkmen: ýatmak — be in horizontal position
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎋𐎁 (škb) — be in horizontal position
• Ukrainian: лежа́ти (ležáty) — be in horizontal position
• Ukrainian: лягти́ (ljahtý) — be in horizontal position
• Urdu: پڑنا (paṛnā) — be in horizontal position
• Urdu: پڑا ہونا (paṛā honā) — be in horizontal position
• Urdu: لیٹنا (leṭnā) — be in horizontal position
• Urdu: لیٹا ہونا (leṭā honā) — be in horizontal position
• Uzbek: yotmoq — be in horizontal position
• Vietnamese: nằm — be in horizontal position
• Walloon: ripoizer — be in horizontal position
• Walloon: esse coûtchî — be in horizontal position
• Welsh: gorwedd — be in horizontal position
• Yiddish: ליגן (lign) — be in horizontal position
• Zazaki: derg biyen — be in horizontal position
• Zealandic: leie — be in horizontal position
• Zealandic: ligge — be in horizontal position
• Zealandic: legge — be in horizontal position
• Albanian: shtrihet — be situated
• Armenian: գտնվել (gtnvel) — be situated
• Bashkir: урынлашыу (urınlaşıw) — be situated
• Bashkir: ятыу (yatıw) — be situated
• Catalan: trobar-se — be situated
• Chinese Mandarin: 位於 /位于 (wèiyú) — be situated
• Chinese Mandarin: 地處 /地处 (dìchǔ) — be situated
• Chinese Mandarin: 坐落 (zuòluò) — be situated
• Czech: ležet — be situated
• Danish: ligge — be situated
• Dutch: liggen — be situated
• Dutch: gelegen zijn — be situated
• Estonian: asuma — be situated
• Estonian: asetsema — be situated
• Estonian: paiknema — be situated
• Finnish: olla — be situated
• Finnish: sijaita — be situated
• French: se trouver — be situated
• German: liegen — be situated
• Irish: luigh — be situated
• Italian: trovarsi — be situated
• Italian: risiedere — be situated
• Italian: essere posto — be situated
• Macedonian: се простира (se prostira) — be situated
• Macedonian: се протега (se protega) — be situated
• Māori: tanewha — be situated
• Māori: tāeki — be situated
• Norwegian: ligge — be situated
• Old English: liċġan — be situated
• Polish: leżeć — be situated
• Portuguese: jazer — be situated
• Portuguese: ficar — be situated
• Portuguese: localizar-se — be situated
• Romanian: fi situat — be situated
• Romanian: se găsi — be situated
• Russian: располага́ться (raspolagátʹsja) — be situated
• Russian: лежа́ть (ležátʹ) — be situated
• Russian: находи́ться (naxodítʹsja) — be situated
• Lower Sorbian: lažaś — be situated
• Spanish: estar ubicado — be situated
• Spanish: yacer — be situated
• Spanish: estribar — be situated
• Spanish: entibar — be situated
• Spanish: radicar — be situated
• Swedish: ligga — be situated
• Tamil: இரு (iru) — be situated
• Tamil: உள்ளது (uḷḷatu) — be situated
• Walloon: esse metou — be situated
• Abkhaz: амцҳәара (amcḥwara) — tell an intentional untruth
• Afrikaans: lieg — tell an intentional untruth
• Afrikaans: jok — tell an intentional untruth
• Albanian: gënjej — tell an intentional untruth
• Gheg Albanian: rre — tell an intentional untruth
• Northern Altai: тӧгӱндеерге (tögündeerge) — tell an intentional untruth
• Southern Altai: тӧгӱн айдар (tögün aydar) — tell an intentional untruth
• Amharic: መዋሸት (mäwašät) — tell an intentional untruth
• Arabic: كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) — tell an intentional untruth
• Arabic: كدب (kdəb) — tell an intentional untruth
• Arabic: كذّب (kazzab) — tell an intentional untruth
• 'Are'are: 'eno — tell an intentional untruth
• Armenian: խաբել (xabel) — tell an intentional untruth
• Armenian: ստել (stel) — tell an intentional untruth
• Aromanian: minciunedz — tell an intentional untruth
• Aromanian: minciunedzu — tell an intentional untruth
• Asturian: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• Avar: гьереси бицине (heresi bicine) — tell an intentional untruth
• Azerbaijani: yalançılıq etmək — tell an intentional untruth
• Azerbaijani: yalan danışmaq — tell an intentional untruth
• Bashkir: алдау (aldaw) — tell an intentional untruth
• Bashkir: алдатыу (aldatıw) — tell an intentional untruth
• Bashkir: алдашыу (aldaşıw) — tell an intentional untruth
• Basque: gezur(ra)(k) esan — tell an intentional untruth
• Belarusian: ілга́ць (ilhácʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Belarusian: лгаць (lhacʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Belarusian: салга́ць (salhácʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Belarusian: хлусі́ць (xlusícʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Belarusian: схлусі́ць (sxlusícʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Belarusian: браха́ць (braxácʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Bengali: মিথ্যা বলা (mittha bola) — tell an intentional untruth
• Bengali: মিছা বলা (micha bola) — tell an intentional untruth
• Breton: lavared gevier — tell an intentional untruth
• Bulgarian: лъжа́ (lǎžá) — tell an intentional untruth
• Burmese: ညာ (nya) — tell an intentional untruth
• Carpathian Rusyn: брехати (brexaty) — tell an intentional untruth
• Carpathian Rusyn: забрехати (zabrexaty) — tell an intentional untruth
• Catalan: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• Chichewa: -nama — tell an intentional untruth
• Chinese Cantonese: 講大話 /讲大话 (gong2 daai6 waa6) — tell an intentional untruth
• Chinese: чә хуон (čə huon) — tell an intentional untruth
• Chinese: чуй (čuy) — tell an intentional untruth
• Chinese: 白賊 /白贼 (pe̍h-chha̍t) — tell an intentional untruth
• Chinese Mandarin: 說謊 /说谎 (shuōhuǎng) — tell an intentional untruth
• Chinese Mandarin: 撒謊 /撒谎 (sāhuǎng) — tell an intentional untruth
• Chuukese: mwaken — tell an intentional untruth
• Czech: lhát — tell an intentional untruth
• Danish: lyve — tell an intentional untruth
• Dutch: liegen — tell an intentional untruth
• Elfdalian: liuoga — tell an intentional untruth
• Esperanto: mensogi — tell an intentional untruth
• Estonian: valetama — tell an intentional untruth
• Ewe: da alakpa — tell an intentional untruth
• Ewe: ka aʋatso — tell an intentional untruth
• Faroese: lúgva — tell an intentional untruth
• Finnish: valehdella — tell an intentional untruth
• Finnish: puhua puppua — tell an intentional untruth
• Finnish: syöttää pajunköyttä — tell an intentional untruth
• Finnish: puhua palturia — tell an intentional untruth
• Finnish: narrata — tell an intentional untruth
• Finnish: laskea luikuria — tell an intentional untruth
• French: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• French: mythonner — tell an intentional untruth
• Old French: mançonge — tell an intentional untruth
• North Frisian: jooge — tell an intentional untruth
• West-Frisian: lige — tell an intentional untruth
• Friulian: mintî — tell an intentional untruth
• Galician: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• Georgian: ტყუილი (ṭq̇uili) — tell an intentional untruth
• German: lügen — tell an intentional untruth
• German: täuschen — tell an intentional untruth
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (liugan) — tell an intentional untruth
• Greek: ψεύδομαι (psévdomai) — tell an intentional untruth
• Ancient Greek: ψεύδομαι (pseúdomai) — tell an intentional untruth
• Gujarati: ખોટું બોલવું (khōṭuṁ bōlavuṁ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Gutnish: liauga — tell an intentional untruth
• Haitian Creole: manti — tell an intentional untruth
• Hawaiian: wahaheʻe — tell an intentional untruth
• Hawaiian: punipuni — tell an intentional untruth
• Hebrew: שיקר \ שִׁקֵּר (shikér) — tell an intentional untruth
• Hindi: झूठ बोलना (jhūṭh bolnā) — tell an intentional untruth
• Hungarian: hazudik — tell an intentional untruth
• Icelandic: ljúga — tell an intentional untruth
• Icelandic: skrökva — tell an intentional untruth
• Ido: mentiar — tell an intentional untruth
• Indonesian: bohong — tell an intentional untruth
• Indonesian: berbohong — tell an intentional untruth
• Indonesian: membohongi — tell an intentional untruth
• Indonesian: dusta — tell an intentional untruth
• Indonesian: berdusta — tell an intentional untruth
• Indonesian: mendustai — tell an intentional untruth
• Ingrian: petellä — tell an intentional untruth
• Ingrian: vallaa — tell an intentional untruth
• Ingrian: valehella — tell an intentional untruth
• Ingrian: klejata — tell an intentional untruth
• Ingrian: kedrätä — tell an intentional untruth
• Interlingua: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• Italian: mentire — tell an intentional untruth
• Japanese: 嘘を吐く (uso o tsuku) — tell an intentional untruth
• Kapampangan: maglaram — tell an intentional untruth
• Kazakh: жалған сөйлеу (jalğan söileu) — tell an intentional untruth
• Kazakh: өтірік айту (ötırık aitu) — tell an intentional untruth
• Khmer: កុហក (kohɑk) — tell an intentional untruth
• Khmer: ភរ (phɔɔ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Khmer: ភូត (phuut) — tell an intentional untruth
• Khmer: ភរភូត (phɔɔ phuut) — tell an intentional untruth
• Khmer: ភូតភរ (phuut phɔɔ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Korean: 거짓말하다 (geojinmalhada) — tell an intentional untruth
• Central Kurdish: درۆ کردن (dro kirdin) — tell an intentional untruth
• Central Kurdish: درۆ گوتن (dro gutin) — tell an intentional untruth
• Northern Kurdish: derew kirin — tell an intentional untruth
• Northern Kurdish: virr kirin — tell an intentional untruth
• Kyrgyz: калп айтуу (kalp aytuu) — tell an intentional untruth
• Kyrgyz: жалган айтуу (jalgan aytuu) — tell an intentional untruth
• Lao: ຕົວະ (to wa) — tell an intentional untruth
• Lao: ຕໍແຫລ (tǭ lǣ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Latgalian: maluot — tell an intentional untruth
• Latin: mentior — tell an intentional untruth
• Latvian: melot — tell an intentional untruth
• Lithuanian: meluoti — tell an intentional untruth
• Low German: legen — tell an intentional untruth
• Low German: lögen — tell an intentional untruth
• Luxembourgish: léien — tell an intentional untruth
• Macedonian: лаже (laže) — tell an intentional untruth
• Malay: tipu — tell an intentional untruth
• Malay: bohong — tell an intentional untruth
• Malay: kelakar (Sarawak) — tell an intentional untruth
• Brunei Malay: kelakar — tell an intentional untruth
• Maltese: gideb — tell an intentional untruth
• Māori: ki te teka — tell an intentional untruth
• Marathi: खोटे बोलणे (khoṭe bolṇe) — tell an intentional untruth
• Mauritian Creole: manti — tell an intentional untruth
• Mongolian: хуурах (xuurax) — tell an intentional untruth
• Nanai: делэн- (ʒelen-) — tell an intentional untruth
• Norwegian Bokmål: lyge — tell an intentional untruth
• Norwegian Bokmål: ljuge — tell an intentional untruth
• Norwegian Bokmål: lyve — tell an intentional untruth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lyga — tell an intentional untruth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ljuga — tell an intentional untruth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ljuge — tell an intentional untruth
• Occitan: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• Old Occitan: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• Odia: ମିଛ କହିବାକୁ (micha kahibāku) — tell an intentional untruth
• Church Slavic: лъгати (lŭgati) — tell an intentional untruth
• Old English: lēogan — tell an intentional untruth
• Oromo: kijibuu — tell an intentional untruth
• Oromo: sobuu — tell an intentional untruth
• Pashto: درواغ ويل (darwãǧwayᶕl) — tell an intentional untruth
• Persian: دروغ گفتن (doruġ goftan) — tell an intentional untruth
• Polish: kłamać — tell an intentional untruth
• Polish: łgać — tell an intentional untruth
• Polish: okłamywać — tell an intentional untruth
• Portuguese: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• Quechua: llullay — tell an intentional untruth
• Romani: xoxavel — tell an intentional untruth
• Romanian: minți — tell an intentional untruth
• Romansh: dir manzegnas — tell an intentional untruth
• Romansh: gir manzegnas — tell an intentional untruth
• Romansh: deir manzignas — tell an intentional untruth
• Romansh: dir manzögnas — tell an intentional untruth
• Russian: лгать (lgatʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Russian: врать (vratʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Russian: бреха́ть (brexátʹ) — tell an intentional untruth
• Northern Sami: gielistit — tell an intentional untruth
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̀гати — tell an intentional untruth
• Serbo-Croatian: làgati — tell an intentional untruth
• Shona: kunyepa — tell an intentional untruth
• Shuswap: qwílenst — tell an intentional untruth
• Shuswap: qwílens — tell an intentional untruth
• Sinhalese: බොරු කියනවා (boru kiyanawā) — tell an intentional untruth
• Slovak: klamať — tell an intentional untruth
• Slovene: lagati — tell an intentional untruth
• Sotho: maka — tell an intentional untruth
• Spanish: mentir — tell an intentional untruth
• Spanish: embustear — tell an intentional untruth
• Spanish: embustir — tell an intentional untruth
• Spanish: bolacear — tell an intentional untruth
• Spanish: piliar — tell an intentional untruth
• Swedish: ljuga — tell an intentional untruth
• Tagalog: magsinungaling — tell an intentional untruth
• Tajik: дуруғ гуфтан (duruġ guftan) — tell an intentional untruth
• Tamil: பொய் சொல் (poy col) — tell an intentional untruth
• Tausug: puting — tell an intentional untruth
• Thai: โกหก (goo-hòk) — tell an intentional untruth
• Tibetan: སྐྱག་རྫུན་བཤད (skyag rdzun bshad) — tell an intentional untruth
• Tumbuka: nyenga — tell an intentional untruth
• Turkish: yalan söylemek — tell an intentional untruth
• Turkish: uydurmak — tell an intentional untruth
• Turkmen: aldamak — tell an intentional untruth
• Ukrainian: бреха́ти (brexáty) — tell an intentional untruth
• Urdu: جھوٹ بولنا (jhūṭh bolnā) — tell an intentional untruth
• Uyghur: ئالىقاپلىق قىلماق (aliqapliq qilmaq) — tell an intentional untruth
• Uzbek: aldamoq — tell an intentional untruth
• Uzbek: yolgʻon gapirmoq — tell an intentional untruth
• Vietnamese: nói dối — tell an intentional untruth
• Vietnamese: nói láo — tell an intentional untruth
• Volapük: lugön — tell an intentional untruth
• Walloon: minti — tell an intentional untruth
• Walloon: bourder — tell an intentional untruth
• Yiddish: לײַגן (laygn) — tell an intentional untruth
• Yiddish: זאָגן ליגן (zogn lign) — tell an intentional untruth
• Zazaki: zuri kerden — tell an intentional untruth
• Zyphe: hing — tell an intentional untruth