lú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lu"

Ghomala'

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Verb

lú alternate of dú

1. to rain, to pour

   Bə̌ŋ lú. ― It rained.

See also

• bə̀ŋ (“rain”)
• cʉ́m
• lù (“to leave”)

References

• Erika Eichholzer et al., editors (2002), Dictionnaire Ghomala’ (in French)

Irish

Alternative forms

• lugha (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish lugu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuː/
  • Homophone: lúth

• and see: 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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “luġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 684; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “lú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

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
	non-human	a lú
	proximate	ash lú
indefinite	human	ha lú
	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