laot

See also: Laot and la'ôt

Finnish

Noun

laot

1. nominative plural of lako

Anagrams

• lato, loat, olat, talo, tola

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.

Noun

laot

1. sea, ocean

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

laot m (definite singular laoten, indefinite plural laoter, definite plural laotene)

1. a Laotian (person from Laos)

Related terms

• lao
• Laos
• laotisk

References

• “laot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

laot m (definite singular laoten, indefinite plural laotar, definite plural laotane)

1. a Laotian (person from Laos)

Related terms

• lao
• Laos
• laotisk

References

• “laot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud influenced by Malay laut, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Compare Aklanon eawod (“sea”), Bikol Central lawod, Cebuano lawod, Ilocano laud, Kapampangan laut, Tausug lawd, Sundanese ᮜᮅᮒ᮪ (laut), Urak Lawoi' ลาโวยจ (lawoc, “sea”), and Waray-Waray lawod.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔot/ [ˈlaː.ʔot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aʔot
• Syllabification: la‧ot

Noun

laot (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜂᜆ᜔)

1. deep sea; midsea; high seas

   Synonyms: karagatan, (obsolete) wala

2. (figurative) midst; middle

   Synonyms: gitna, kalagitnaan

3. (figurative) tight situation
4. (figurative) eternity

   Synonyms: kawalang-hanggan, kawalang-wakas, eternidad

Derived terms

• buteteng-laot
• malagay sa laot
• pumalaot

 

Further reading

• “laot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lahud”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• taol, talo, atlo, olat, lato