lú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lu"

Irish

Alternative forms

• lugha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish lugu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuː/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuː/; /l̪ˠuə/ (corresponding to the form lugha)

Adjective

lú

1. comparative degree of beag
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117:

     ꬶlαk ʃə Nʹi꞉s Luw ꬶαm

     [Ghlac sé níos lú dh’am.]

     It took less time.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• lu — nonstandard

Romanization

lú (lu², Zhuyin ㄌㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盧 / 卢
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚧 / 𠰷
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壚 / 垆
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廬 / 庐
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攎 / 𢫘
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曥 / 𣆐
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫨 / 栌
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀘 / 泸
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炆
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爐 / 炉
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獹 / 𰡄
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玈
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璷
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓐 / 𰡵
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矑 / 𪾦
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籚 / 𰩲
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纑 / 𮉡
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罏 / 𬙎
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臚 / 胪
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艫 / 舻
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘆 / 芦
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠦 / 𫊮
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轤 / 轳
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑪 / 𬬻
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顱 / 颅
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髗
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魲
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱸 / 鲈
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鸕 / 鸬
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黸 / 𱋶

Tlingit

Noun

lú (inalienable, see inflected forms below)

1. nose
2. beak
3. point of land
4. point of a long thin pointed object

possessives of lú

	singular	plural
1st person	ax̱ lú	haa lú
2nd person	i lú	yee lú
3rd person (human)	du lú
3rd person (non-human)	a lú
3rd person (proximate)	ash lú
Indefinite (human)	ha lú
Indefinite (non-human)	at lú
Reflexive	chush lú
Reciprocal	woosh lú

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lʊw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lʊw˦˥]

Adjective

lú • (屢, 屡)

1. delusional
2. anile

Derived terms

• cha nó lú, chú nó khôn
• lú lẫn
• thuốc lú