lau

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English

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Verb

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lau (third-person singular simple present laus, present participle lauing, simple past and past participle laued)

  1. (Polari) To place upon; to put down onto.

Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin lavō. Compare Romanian la, lau.

Verb

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lau first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative la, past participle latã)

  1. to wash
  2. (reflexive, mi-lau) to wash oneself

Synonyms

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Basque

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Basque numbers (edit)
40
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    Cardinal: lau
    Ordinal: laugarren
    Multiplier: laukoitz
    Distributive: launa
    Collective: laukote
    Fractional: laurden

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lau̯/ [lau̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -au̯
  • Hyphenation: lau

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Basque *lanu, from Latin plānum.

Adjective

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lau (comparative lauago, superlative lauen, excessive lauegi)

  1. flat, level
  2. plain, simple
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Adverb

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lau (comparative lauago, superlative lauen, excessive lauegi)

  1. simply

Noun

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lau inan

  1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)
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Etymology 2

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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.

Numeral

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lau

  1. four
Usage notes
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The declension of the plural forms changes when used as a pronoun. This is not currently reflected in the table below.

Declension
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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ lau” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  3. ^ 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

Further reading

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  • lau”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • lau”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

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Preposition

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lau

  1. H-system spelling of laŭ

Franco-Provençal

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Noun

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lau (Old Bressan, Old Dauphinois)

  1. Alternative form of lèc (lake)

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German (inflected lāwe), from Old High German lāo. Cognate with Dutch lauw. Also related with English lukewarm.

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Adjective

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lau (strong nominative masculine singular lauer, comparative lauer, superlative am lauesten or am lausten)

  1. Synonym of lauwarm (lukewarm, tepid)
  2. (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]
  3. cushy, easy
    ein lauer Joba cushy job

Derived terms

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sich einen lauen Lenz machento get on a gravy train, to ride the gravy train

Further reading

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  • lau” in Duden online
  • lau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlau̯/, [ˈlɐw], [ˈlɔw] (rapid speech)

Etymology 1

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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).

Noun

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lau

  1. leaf
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *rau (hundred) ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus (compare with Malay ratus, Tagalog gatos).

Verb

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lau

  1. (stative) many, numerous

Numeral

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lau

  1. four hundred

References

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  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Hiri Motu

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Pronoun

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lau

  1. 1st-person singular pronoun: I, me

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Kalo Finnish Romani

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Noun

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lau m (genitive laavesko, nominative plural laave, genitive plural laavengo)

  1. word
  2. talk

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Kapampangan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit राहु (rāhu, Rāhu). Compare Tagalog laho.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlauʔ/ [ˈläː.uʔ]
  • Hyphenation: la‧u

Noun

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láû

  1. eclipse (usually of the moon)

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Karo Batak

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Noun

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lau

  1. water

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Middle English

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Noun

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lau

  1. Alternative form of lawe

Mokilese

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Noun

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lau

  1. tongue

Inflection

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North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian *lewa, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leeuwe.

Noun

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lau m (plural laue)

  1. (Mooring) lion

Old Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *llọβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (palm, hand).

Noun

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lau f

  1. hand

Descendants

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  • Middle Welsh: llaw

Rapa Nui

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Adjective

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lau

  1. wide

Remontado Agta

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Noun

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laú

  1. water

Romanian

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Verb

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lau

  1. inflection of la:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present/imperfect indicative

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *rau (compare Maori rau), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (compare Malay daun).

Noun

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lau

  1. leaf

Numeral

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lau

  1. hundred

Derived terms

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Tocharian B

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Adverb

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lau

  1. away
    ṣañ wrat lau tärkanacer
    You are going to let your vow away. (literally)
    You are going to break your vow.

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Vietic *k-luː, cognate with Arem alaw.

Noun

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(classifier cây) lau (𣓿, 𦰤)

  1. reed, arundinaceous cane

Etymology 2

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Verb

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lau

  1. to clean by wiping or rubbing with a wet cloth
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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lau

  1. Soft mutation of llau (lice).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of llau
radical soft nasal aspirate
llau lau unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

White Hmong

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Alternative forms

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  • laug (for ruminant mammals)

Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *ʔljuwᴮ (male).[1]

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Adjective

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lau

  1. (of birds) male

Derived terms

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References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 105.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 63; 276.