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lau (third-person singular simple present laus, present participle lauing, simple past and past participle laued)
- (Polari) To place upon; to put down onto.
From Latin lavō. Compare Romanian la, lau.
lau first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative la, past participle latã)
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Cardinal: lau Ordinal: laugarren Multiplier: laukoitz Distributive: launa Collective: laukote Fractional: laurden |
From Proto-Basque *lanu, from Latin plānum.
lau (comparative lauago, superlative lauen, excessive lauegi)
Declension of lau (adjective, ending in vowel)
lau (comparative lauago, superlative lauen, excessive lauegi)
lau inan
- plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)
Declension of lau (inanimate, ending in vowel)
From Proto-Basque *lauR (“four”). Often compared with Iberian lau(r) (“four”) and Aquitanian *laur-, present in numerous compounds, such as *laurco, *laurina and in the toponym *Laureiereta (“Four Mills”).[1][2][3] Possibly related to labur.
lau
The declension of the plural forms changes when used as a pronoun. This is not currently reflected in the table below.
Declension of lau (numeral, ending in vowel)
- ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
- ^ “lau” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 93
- “lau”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “lau”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
lau
- H-system spelling of laŭ
lau (Old Bressan, Old Dauphinois)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lacus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 126
From Middle High German lā (inflected lāwe), from Old High German lāo. Cognate with Dutch lauw. Also related with English lukewarm.
lau (strong nominative masculine singular lauer, comparative lauer, superlative am lauesten or am lausten)
- Synonym of lauwarm (“lukewarm, tepid”)
- (often of wind or the night) mild; especially in the sense that it is pleasantly cool after a period of heat
- Synonym: mild
- Es war eine laue Sommernacht. ― It was a mild summer night. [i.e. one that is warm, but bringing welcome cooling after a hot day]
- cushy, easy
- ein lauer Job ― a cushy job
- für lau
- lauer Lenz (“period of idleness”)
- sich einen lauen Lenz machen ― to get on a gravy train, to ride the gravy train
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lau, from Proto-Polynesian *rau, from Proto-Central Pacific *rau, from Proto-Oceanic *raun, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *raun, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf”) (compare with Malay daun, Tagalog dahon).
lau
From Proto-Polynesian *rau (“hundred”) ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus (compare with Malay ratus, Tagalog gatos).
lau
lau
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
lau
lau m (genitive laavesko, nominative plural laave, genitive plural laavengo)
From Sanskrit राहु (rāhu, “Rāhu”). Compare Tagalog laho.
láû
- eclipse (usually of the moon)
lau
- Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 119.
lau
- Alternative form of lawe
lau
From Old Frisian *lewa, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leeuwe.
lau
From Proto-Brythonic *llọβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”).
lau f
lau
laú
lau
- inflection of la:
From Proto-Polynesian *rau (compare Maori rau), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (compare Malay daun).
lau
lau
- lua lau (“two hundred”)
lau
- away
- ṣañ wrat lau tärkanacer
- You are going to let your vow away. (literally)
- You are going to break your vow.
- ṣañ wrat lau tärkanacer
From Proto-Vietic *k-luː, cognate with Arem alaw.
lau
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /laɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /lai̯/
lau
- Soft mutation of llau (“lice”).
- laug (for ruminant mammals)
From Proto-Hmong *ʔljuwᴮ (“male”).[1]
lau
- lau qaib (“rooster”)
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 105.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 63; 276.