dlo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dlo"

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French de l'eau (“water”).

Noun

dlo

1. water
2. rain
3. sweat

References

• Dictionary of St. Lucian Creole (1992, →ISBN)
• Syntaxe créole comparée: Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Haïti (2012) (attests this as Guadeloupean and Martinican)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From Saint Dominican Creole French diau, from French de l'eau (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dlo/

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Noun

dlo

1. water

References

• Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction (1995, →ISBN)

Karipúna Creole French

Etymology

From Guianese Creole dlo, from French de l'eau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdlo/

Noun

dlo

1. water

   Synonym: djilo

Related terms

• dlo beni
• dlo javél
• dlo kan
• dlo uei

References

• Alfred W. Tobler (1987), Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna (in Karipúna Creole French), Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 7

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dlo/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

dlo

1. alternative form of dolo (“water; body of water; tear”)

References

• Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole (1998, →ISBN)

Slovincian

Alternative forms

• dlé (unstressed)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *dḗˀla

Proto-Slavic *dělo

Proto-Slavic *dьľa

Slovincian dlo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьľa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdlɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: dlo

Preposition

dlo [with genitive]

1. for; instead of
2. for, in aid of (intended to benefit, cure, support, etc.)
3. because of; for
4. against

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “dlǻu̯”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 182

Teribe

Noun

dlo

1. sun

References

• Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980), Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎^[2] (overall work in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 78, 80