la

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Translingual

Symbol

la

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Latin.

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑː/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English la (“sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian la in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip's”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Alternative forms

lah

Noun

la (plural las)

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
  And now Mrs Waters (for we must confess she was in the same bed), being, I suppose, awakened from her sleep, and seeing two men fighting in her bedchamber, began to scream in the most violent manner, crying out murder! robbery! and more frequently rape! which last, some, perhaps, may wonder she should mention, who do not consider that these words of exclamation are used by ladies in a fright, as fa, la, la, ra, da, &c., are in music, only as the vehicles of sound, and without any fixed ideas.

Coordinate terms

(music): do, re, mi, fa, sol, ti

Translations

See la/translations § noun.

Etymology 2

Sound used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare Old English lā (a common exclamation), Ancient Greek λαλαγε (lalage, “babble”), German lallen (“to babble”).

Interjection

la

Represents the sound of music or singing.
"La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.
- 2019, Keira Brown, Between the Lines: Never in Plain Sight:
  The only part Lucy had to sing was the interlude, which was a bunch of la la la's, and the last verse of the song, which was only four lines, and the chorus, which was just as short.

Etymology 3

From Middle English la, from Old English lā. More at lo.

Alternative forms

law

Interjection

la

(obsolete) Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
(archaic) Expressing surprise, anger. etc.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
  La, ma'am, what doth your la'ship think? the girl that your la'ship saw at church on Sunday, whom you thought so handsome; though you would not have thought her so handsome neither, if you had seen her nearer, but to be sure she hath been carried before the justice for being big with child.
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 2, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
  “Oh, la! here come the Richardsons. I had a vast deal more to say to you, but I must not stay away from them any longer.”
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  "La, William, don't be so highty-tighty with us. We're not men. We can't fight you," Miss Jane said.

Etymology 4

From French la, Italian la.

Adjective

la (not comparable)

Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).
- 2007 November 22, Kate Carter, The Guardian:
  Following lukewarm on the heels of an article a few weeks ago, where (I paraphrase due to having filed the relevant copy in the recycling bin) Victoria Beckham made a "well-meaning" remark that the other Spice Girls might want to lose a few pounds, we now have a new incidence of La Beckham's scintillating and entirely well-meaning humour.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 232:
  By judicious leaking, he also managed to make la Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory.

Etymology 5

Possibly a shortened form of lad.

Noun

la (plural las)

(Liverpool) lad, kid

Related terms

lid (rhyming slang for kid)

Etymology 6

From Cantonese 啦 (laa¹). Doublet of lah.

Pronunciation

(Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /lɑː˥/

Particle

la (Hong Kong, colloquial)

Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.
Sleep la! ― [You should] go to bed.

Eat shit la you! ― You're going to hell! (calque of 食屎啦你！)
Used to tone down comments.
ok la ― not bad; good enough

Etymology 7

Particle

la

(Singlish, Manglish) Alternative form of lah

Anagrams

Al, & al., AL, al, al-, -al, Ål, a.l.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lɑː]
Audio: (file)

Noun

la (plural [please provide])

(music) la (solfège)

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Ama

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɭa/

Noun

la

fish

Anguthimri

Noun

la

(Mpakwithi) black snake

References

Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin illa (“that one”).

Pronoun

la

her (direct object)

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin illac. Compare Romanian la.

Preposition

la

at
by

Asturian

Alternative forms

lla (archaic)
a (A Estierna)

Etymology

From Latin illa(m).

Article

la f sg (masculine el, neuter lo, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

(definite) the

Usage notes

The article la contracts to l' before a word beginning with a or ha: l'asturiana (the Asturian), l'habitación (the habitation), because it ends with an A already

Pronoun

la

her (third-person singular feminine direct pronoun)

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

la

(Litovska) accusative/independent oblique of joj
- 2005, Anton Tenser, Lithuanian Romani, Lincom Europa, →ISBN, →OCLC, 4.5.1 Complementizers, page 52:
  me podykhtjom so la nane khere
  I saw that she is not home

Declension

Litovska/Lithuanian Romani personal pronouns

		singular				plural			reflexive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
		1st person	2nd person	m	f	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Nominative		mē	tu	jou	joj	amē	tumē	jonē	-
Accusative/ Independent Oblique		man	tut	lēs	la	amēn	tumēn	lēn	pes
Dative		mange	tuke	lēske	lake	amēnge	tumēnge	lēnge	pēske
Ablative ^[1]		mandyr	tutyr	lēstyr	latyr	amēndyr	tumēndyr	lēndyr	pēstyr
Genitive	m	miro	tyro	lēskiro	lakiro	amaro	tumaro	lēngiro	pēskiro
	f	miri	tyri	lēskiri	lakiri	amari	tumari	lēngiri	pēskiri
	pl	mirē	tyrē	lēskirē	lakirē	amarē	tumarē	lēngirē	pēskirē
Locative		mandē	tutē	lēstē	latē	amēndē	tumēndē	lēndē	pēstē
Instrumental		mansa	tusa	lēsa	lasa	amēnca	tumēnca	lēnsa	pēsa
Enclitic Reflexive		man	pe			amēn	pe		-

^ The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani

Bambara

Alternative forms

na

Postposition

la

postposition marking location

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan la, from Latin illa (demonstrative) via apheresis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [la]

Article

la f (masculine el, masculine plural els, feminine plural les)

the; feminine singular definite article

Usage notes

The article la is contracted to l' before a vowel or h, except before a following unstressed I or U sounds, as in la universitat, la idea, and la oliva. Note: Unstressed O sounds like a U.

Pronoun

la (enclitic and proclitic, contracted proclitic l')

her (direct object)

Usage notes

-la is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs.
Mira-la. ― Look at her.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
			strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
			strong/subject	proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic	possessive
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
	1st person	majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
		formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
	3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
		f	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
		n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
	1st person		nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
	2nd person	formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	f	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive			si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial	ablative/genitive			en, n’	-ne, ’n
adverbial	locative			hi	-hi

¹ Behaves grammatically as plural. ² Behaves grammatically as third person.
³ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈla]

Noun

la m (plural las)

(music) la (sixth note of a diatonic scale)

Chickasaw

Pronoun

la

I (first-person singular pronoun)

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine form of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle. Cognates include Italian la and French la.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈla/
Homophone: là

Article

la

Archaic form of a.

Pronoun

la

Archaic form of a.

References

https://infcor.adecec.net/

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin illa(m).

Article

la

the; feminine singular definite article

Related terms

el
i
le

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: la
Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

From earlier lade through regular syncope of intervocalic -d- (compare weer, blij, broer), from Middle Dutch lāde, from Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō.

Noun

la f (plural laden or la's, diminutive laatje n)

drawer

Alternative forms

lade

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: laai
→ Caribbean Hindustani: láh
→ Caribbean Javanese: latye (from the diminutive form)
→ Papiamentu: lachi, laadsje (from lade)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

la f (plural la's, diminutive laatje n)

la (music)

Anagrams

al

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin illa(m), feminine form of ille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/
Hyphenation: la

Article

la f sg (plural al or el or li)

the

Inflection

Mirandolese Emilian definite articles
	singular	plural
masculine	al 'l	i gl'
feminine	la l'	li gl'

Pronoun

la (personal)

(nominative case) she
(accusative case) her

Alternative forms

Becomes l’ before a vowel.
Becomes -la when acting as an enclitic.

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Disjunctive (tonic)	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Reflexive (-self)	Comitative (with)
Singular	First	—	mè	a	me			mêg
	Second	—	tè	et	te			têg
	Third	Masculine	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
	Third	Feminine	lê	la		ge	se	sêg
Plural	First	Masculine	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
	First	Feminine	nuētri	a	se			nōsk
	Second	Masculine	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
	Second	Feminine	vuētri	a	ve			vōsk
	Third	Masculine	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
	Third	Feminine	lôr	el	li	ge	se	sêg

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French la, Italian la, Spanish la, all ultimately from Medieval Latin ille.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

IPA^(key): /la/
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: la

Article

la

the
la libro — the book

la libroj — the books

la angla lingvo — the English language

la angla — (the) English (language) (clipped form)

Alternative forms

l' (poetic)

Finnish

Noun

la

Abbreviation of lauantai (“Saturday”).

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illam.

Determiner

la f (prevocalic l')

feminine singular of lo (“the”)

Pronoun

la f (prevocalic l') (ORB, broad)

her (third-person singular feminine accusative)

References

la [2] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
la in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/
(Canada) IPA^(key): [lɑ], [lɔ]
Audio: (file)
Homophones: là, las

Etymology 1

From Middle French la, from Old French la, from Latin illam, which is the accusative singular feminine of ille.^[1]

Article

la f sg

feminine of le: the

Usage notes

la becomes l’ before a vowel or an unaspirated h.
l’amitié ― the friendship

l’île ― the island

l’oasis ― the oasis

Derived terms

à la

Descendants

→ Norwegian Bokmål: la

Pronoun

la f sg

her, it (direct object)
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas.
Where is Judith? I don't see her.

Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin.
Take that box and put it in the corner.

Related terms

**French personal pronouns**
number	person	gender	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	locative (at)	genitive (of)	disjunctive (tonic)
singular	first	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi
	second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi
	third	masculine	il	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		feminine	elle	la, l’	lui	y	en	elle
		indeterminate	on¹	—	—	—	—	—
		reflexive⁴	—	se, s’		—	—	soi
plural	first	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	second²	—	vous	vous		—	—	vous
	third	masculine	ils³	les	leur	y	en	eux³
	third	feminine	elles	les	leur	y	en	elles

¹ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
² Vous is also used as the polite singular form.
³ Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.
⁴ These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

Etymology 2

Noun

la m (plural la)

(music) la, the note 'A'

Derived terms

donner le la

Descendants

→ Persian: لا (lâ)

References

^ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin illa(m).

Article

la f sg (plural lis)

the

Inflection

Friulian definite articles
	singular	plural
masculine	il l'	i
feminine	la l'	lis

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [la]

Etymology 1

Pronoun

la f (accusative)

Alternative form of a (“her”)

Usage notes

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word

Related terms

a
lo
na

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [la]

Etymology 2

Noun

la m (plural las)

(music) la (sixth note of the scale)
(music) A (the musical note or key)

Etymology 3

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [laː]

Alternative forms

laa

Noun

la f (uncountable)

wool

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese lá. Cognate with Kabuverdianu la.

Adverb

la

there

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/

Etymology 1

From French l’art.

Noun

la

art

Etymology 2

Article

la

the (definite article)

Usage notes

This article is used only after a word that ends with an oral (non-nasal) vowel and an oral consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

Etymology 3

From French là (“there”).

Adverb

la

there

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɒ]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -lɒ

Interjection

la

(archaic) used in dialects at the end of an exclamatory sentence as an emphasis
ott van la! ― there it is!
a syllable used when singing a tune without lyrics

Ido

Alternative forms

(apocopic form) l'

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Esperanto la, from French la, Italian la, Spanish la.

Article

la (plural le)

the

Derived terms

Prep. + article	Combined form
ad + la	al
de + la	del
di + la	dil
da + la	dal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English la, French la, Italian la, Spanish la, Portuguese lá, German A, Russian ля (lja).

Noun

la (plural le la or lai)

(music) la

Interlingua

Pronoun

la

(accusative) her
(dative) to her

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin illa(m), feminine of ille.

Article

la f sg (masculine el)

feminine singular definite article the
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
  Ti son la manduleîna inzucherada.
  You are the sugared almond.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin illa(m), feminine form of ille.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): ^°/la/^°, /la/^°
- Hyphenation: la
IPA^(key): (many dialects) /a/^°

Article

la f sg (plural le)

the

Usage notes

The article la elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming l'.

Inflection

Italian definite articles
	singular	plural
masculine	il lo (l')	i gli
feminine	la (l')	le

Pronoun

la f sg (plural le, masculine lo)

(accusative) her, it
La vedo. ― I see her.
- a. 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini:
  […] una improvvisa timidezza però la immobilizza […]
  […] a sudden timidity immobilized her though […]
(accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
La vedo. ― I see you.

Scusi se la disturbo. ― Sorry to bother you.

Alternative forms

-la (enclitic)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈla/^°, /ˈla/^*
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: là

Noun

la m (invariable)

(music) la (musical note)
(music) A (musical note and scale)

Derived terms

References

^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 127

Anagrams

al

Japanese

Romanization

la

Rōmaji transcription of ら゚
Rōmaji transcription of ラ゚

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese လ (la.).

Noun

la

month

References

Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese lá.

Adverb

la

there

Kambera

Preposition

la

in
Ni -nja la wawa -mu.
They are below you.
(literally, “They are in below you”)

References

Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 127

Kilivila

Verb

-la- ^[1]

to leave, to go
kula - thou goest

kulosi - ye go

bala - I will go

References

^ Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 303. →ISBN

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin illa(m).

Article

la f (singular)

the

Usage notes

The article la elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming l'.

Ladino

Article

la (Hebrew spelling לה, plural las, masculine el)

the (feminine singular)

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin illa(m), feminine singular of ille.

Article

la f sg (masculine el, neuter lu, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

the (definite article)

Usage notes

The prepositions cun, en and pur contract with la, unless la is part of a proper noun.
‎cun + ‎la → ‎cula

‎en + ‎la → ‎na

‎pur + ‎la → ‎pula
The article la becomes l' before a word beginning with a a or ha:
l'aviespa ― the wasp

Malay

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/
Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

Pronunciation spelling of lah.

Particle

la

(nonstandard) Alternative form of lah.

Etymology 2

Clipping of la ni, itself a clipping of kala ini, making la a clipping of kala.

Adverb

la (Jawi spelling لا)

(dialectal, Kedah, Kelantan-Pattani, Terengganu) At the present time or moment; now.
Synonyms: sekarang, la ni, ini

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laː/
Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to /la/.

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَا (lā). Doublet of le (“no”).

Adverb

la

Used—optionally—with a negated second-person imperfect verb to express the negated imperative.
La tisraqx!
Don't steal!.
Used to express negative intention.

Conjunction

la

neither, nor
La jiekol u la jixrob. ― He doesn't eat nor drink.
(obsolete) except
Synonym: ħlief

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from Arabic لَمَّا (lammā).

Conjunction

la

when
since

Derived terms

Mandarin

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Romanization

la (la⁵ / la⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄚ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啦
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞡
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𤷟
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩋷

la

Nonstandard spelling of lā.
Nonstandard spelling of lá.
Nonstandard spelling of lǎ.
Nonstandard spelling of là.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Matal

Preposition

la

in
Kak la marabay, Səmon kona aŋa Yuhana, kà uwana dza asik à uwana apə̀hakala dziriga uwaga aw, ama Baba gulo uwana la zagəla la afik la uwana apə̀hakala uwaga.(Mata 16:17)^[1]
Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.(Matthew 16:17)
from
Ama ləv aŋatà kà kərkər la gi (Mata 15:8)^[2]
But their heart is far away from me. (Matthew 15:8)

References

Michif

Etymology

From French la.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [la]

Article

la f (masculine li, masculine and feminine plural lii)

the

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French la, from Latin illam.

Article

la f (masculine le, masculine and feminine plural les)

the

Descendants

French: la
- → Norwegian Bokmål: la

Etymology 2

From Old French la.

Alternative forms

là (circa 1550)

Adverb

la

there

Descendants

French: là

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin illa(m).

Article

la f (plural las, masculine l, masculine plural ls)

the
la lhéngua mirandesa
the Mirandese language

Mwan

Noun

la

rain

Neapolitan

Pronoun

la

Alternative form of 'a

Norman

Etymology

From Old French la, from Latin illa(m).

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey): (file)

Article

la f (plural les)

(Jersey) the (feminine singular definite article)
la beque ― the spade

la crôte ― the crust

la léçon ― the lesson

la tâsse ― the cup

Inflection

Norman definite articles
	singular	plural
masculine	le / l'	les
feminine	la / l'	les

Coordinate terms

(gender) lé

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb late.

Verb

la (imperative la, present tense lar, simple past lot, past participle latt)

to let
La sovende hunder ligge. ― Let sleeping dogs lie.
to leave (in a given state)
la dem (være) i fred ― leave them alone

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlaða.

Verb

la (imperative la, present tense lar, simple past ladde, past participle ladd)

alternative form of lade

Etymology 3

Verb

la

simple past of legge

Etymology 4

From French la (“the”), from Middle French la (“the”), from Old French la (“the”), from Latin illam (“that, those”), which is the accusative singular feminine of ille (“that, those”), from Old Latin olle (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-no- or *h₂l̥-no-, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: la

Article

la

(Used in certain expressions of French origin) the
à la, à la carte, à la grecque, à la mode, à la maison, à la suite

References

“la” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Akin to English let.

Alternative forms

lata, late (long forms)

Verb

la (present tense lar or lèt, past tense lét, supine latt or late, past participle latt or laten, present participle latande, imperative la)

let, allow
La meg få gjera det.
Let me do it.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlaða, a strong verb from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Alternative forms

lada, lade (long forms)

Verb

la (present tense lar, past tense ladde, supine ladd or ladt, past participle ladd, present participle ladande, imperative la)

(ambitransitive) to load, charge
Synonym: laste

Derived terms

lading f
ladekabel m

Related terms

løe f
lass n
lade m

Etymology 3

From Latin labii, from the first word of the sixth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

Noun

la m (definite singular la-en, indefinite plural la-ar, definite plural la-ane)

(music) la, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Coordinate terms

(scale of solfège): do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

la

past of leggja and legga

References

“la” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

al

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan la, from Latin illa(m).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Article

la (masculine lo, feminine plural las, masculine plural los)

the; feminine singular definite article

Old English

Etymology

Unknown. Probably onomatopoeic. Compare Polish ła. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑː/

Interjection

lā

lo!, oh!, ah!
Lā! næddrena cyn.
Oh! generation of vipers.
Enclitic particle used to emphasise interrogation, exclamation, entreaty, affirmation, negation]]
Ðā cwæþ ic hwæt is ðæt lā?
then said I 'what then is that?'

Derived terms

ēalā

Descendants

English: lo

Old French

Etymology

From Latin illa(m).

Article

la

the (feminine singular oblique definite article)
the (feminine singular nominative definite article)
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Trop avons fet grant reposee,
  Recomançomes la meslee!
  We have rested too much
  Let's restart the battle! (literally, the mix)

Inflection

Old French definite articles
	Case	masculine	feminine
singular	subject	li	la, le ¹
singular	oblique	le ¹	la ¹
plural	subject	li	les
plural	oblique	les	les

¹ These singular forms elide to l' before a vowel or non-aspirate h.

Pronoun

la

it (feminine singular object pronoun)

Descendants

Middle French: la
- French: la
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: la

Old Irish

Alternative forms

le

Etymology

From a form of Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”), from which leth, which could be related to *ɸletos (“side”). However, compare Latin latus. The sense “in the language of” is a semantic loan from Latin apud and is perhaps encountered only in glosses of the Latin construction.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/

Preposition

la (with the accusative)

with
belonging to
among
in the language of
in the opinion of
by (indicating the agent of a passive verb)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:la.

Inflection

Inflection of la
	Person:		normal	emphatic
singular	first		lem(m), lim(m), leim, lium(m)	lemsa, li(u)msa
	second		lat(t)	latso, latsu
	third m or n	dative
	third m or n	accusative	leiss, les(s), lais(s), letha	le(i)som, lessom, le(i)ssem, laisem
	third f	dative
	third f	accusative	l(a)ee, lǽ	lési

plural	first		li(u)nn, le(i)nn	linn(a)i
	second		lib	libsi
	third	dative
	third	accusative	leu, léu, leo, lethu	leusom, leosom

Derived terms

Combinations with a definite article:

lassin (masculine and feminine singular)
lassa (neuter singular)
lasna (plural)

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

lam (“with my”)
lat (“with your sg”)
lïa (“with his/her/its/their”)
lïar (“with our”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

lassa (“with which”)

Descendants

Irish: le
Manx: lesh
Scottish Gaelic: le

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin illa(m).

Article

la (masculine lo)

the; feminine singular definite article

Descendants

Occitan: la

Polish

Pronunciation

(Greater Poland):
- (Western Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈla/
- (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈla/

Preposition

la

(Central Greater Poland, Western Greater Poland) Alternative form of dla

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ/

Pronoun

la

Alternative form of a (third-person feminine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary

Romagnol

Article

la

feminine of e’ (“the”)

Romanian

Alternative forms

ла (la) (Transnistria (Moldova))

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/
Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Latin illac.

Preposition

la (+accusative)

at, in
Suntem la Paris.
We're in Paris.
to, towards

Etymology 2

From Latin lavāre, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). The form la developed from an older lăa, which itself is from an older lăua. The Transylvanian variant lăia is derived from one.

Alternative forms

(Transylvania) lăia

Verb

a la (third-person singular present lă, past participle lăut) 1st conjugation

(uncommon) to wash (especially the head)
Synonyms: se spăla, scălda, îmbăia

Conjugation

conjugation of la (first conjugation, no infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a la
gerund			lând
past participle			lăut
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	lau	lai	lă	lăm	lați	lau
	imperfect	lam	lai	la	lam	lați	lau
	simple perfect	lăui	lăuși	lău	lăurăm	lăurăți	lăură
	pluperfect	lăusem	lăuseși	lăuse	lăuserăm	lăuserăți	lăuseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să lau	să lai	să lea să laie să leie	să lăm	să lați	să lea să laie să leie
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		lă			lați
	negative		nu la			nu lați

Derived terms

lăutoare, lăutură

Related terms

Samoan

Noun

la

sun

Santa Catarina Albarradas Zapotec

Noun

la

name

References

Basic Vocabulary, page 63

Sassarese

Alternative forms

-lla (pronoun, enclitic, used when previous syllable is stressed)
-ra (pronoun, enclitic, used when previous syllable is unstressed)

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/, (after a word ending in a vowel) /ra/

Article

la f sg (plural li, masculine lu)

the (feminine singular)

Usage notes

Becomes l' before a vowel.

Inflection

Sassarese definite articles
	singular	plural
masculine	lu (l')	li (l')
feminine	la (l')	li (l')

Pronoun

la f (plural li, masculine lu)

(followed by chi) that
her (accusative)
it (accusative)

References

Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian

Etymology 1

From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illa, from Latin illam, from illa.

Alternative forms

a

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/

Article

la f sg (m lu, plural li)

(feminine singular definite article) the
Synonym: a

Usage notes

This article is nowadays an obsolete variant, unlike its illiquid counterpart a. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
Its use is however almost undisputed before nouns (or nominalized forms of other parts of speech, most often adjectives) that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic l'. Otherwise, illiquid definite articles are phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: l'arancina (liquid) and ârancina (illiquid).

Inflection

Sicilian articles
		singular		plural
		masculine	feminine	plural
indefinite article		nu, un, 'n	na	—
definite article	liquid	lu	la	li
definite article	illiquid	u, û	a, â	i, î

Etymology 2

From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illa, from Latin illam, from illa.

Alternative forms

-la (enclitic)
a (illiquid form)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/

Pronoun

la f sg (plural li, masculine lu)

(accusative) her
Synonym: a

La canusci? ― Do you know her?
(accusative) it, this or that thing
Synonym: a

Quannu ti la desi. ― When I gave it to you.

Usage notes

This pronoun is now an obsolete variant. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
Its use is however almost undisputed before words that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic l'.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

la

these; class 6 proximal demonstrative.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/ [la]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: la

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa(m), feminine singular of ille.

Article

la f sg (plural las, masculine el, masculine plural los)

feminine singular definite article; the

Pronoun

la

accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)
impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases: it, this
La sabe toda.
He/she knows everything (it all)

¿¡Dónde la viste!?
Where did you see that!?

No te la creo.
I don't believe you. (from, "I don't believe you [when it comes to] this.")

Usage notes

Sometimes used where English would prefer a possessive: tengo algo en la bolsa (literally “I have something in the bag”) as opposed to tengo algo en mi bolsa (“I have something in my bag”). This is especially true with body parts and with articles of clothing or similar accessories.
Where a feminine noun begins with stressed (h)a-, though not common, el is used instead: el alma, el águila, el hacha. (The article remains la where an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun: la majestuosa águila.) The plural remains las.

Derived terms

Spanish personal pronouns

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masculine²		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	feminine		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal³		usted	le, se⁴	lo/la⁵	usted
	plural	familiar⁶	masculine²	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁶	feminine	vosotras	os		vosotras
		formal/general³		ustedes	les, se⁴	los/las⁵	ustedes
third person	singular	masculine²		él	le, se⁴	lo	él
		feminine		ella		la	ella
		neuter		ello⁷		lo	ello
	plural	masculine²		ellos	les, se⁴	los	ellos
	plural	feminine		ellas	les, se⁴	las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí¹

Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
Used primarily in Spain
Used only in rare circumstances

Descendants

→ Translingual: La

Etymology 2

Noun

la m (plural las)

(music) la (sixth note of the scale)
(music) A (the musical note or key)

Anagrams

al

Sumerian

Romanization

la

Romanization of 𒆷 (la)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Etymology 1

Other scripts
Ajami	ـلَ

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

-la (infinitive kula)

to eat
(by extension) to consume, to eradicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -la

Positive present	-nakula
Subjunctive	-le
Negative	-li
Imperative singular	kula

Infinitives

Positive	kula
Negative	kutokula

Imperatives

Singular	kula
Plural	kuleni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hula
Positive past	positive subject concord + -likula
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kula

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakula)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninakula/nakula	tunakula
2nd person		unakula	mnakula
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anakula	wanakula
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nakula

Negative present (negative subject concord + -li)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sili	hatuli
2nd person		huli	hamli
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hali	hawali
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -li

Positive future	positive subject concord + -takula
Negative future	negative subject concord + -takula

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -le)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nile	tule
2nd person		ule	mle
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	ale	wale
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -le

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sile
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngekula
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singekula
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalikula
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalikula

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ala)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nala	twala
2nd person		wala	mwala
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	ala	wala
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wala	yala
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lala	yala
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chala	vyala
	n_(IX/X)	yala	zala
	u_(XI)	wala	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwala
	pa_(XVI)	pala
	mu_(XVIII)	mwala

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mekula
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshakula
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jala
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kila
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipokula
Consecutive	kala / positive subject concord + -kala
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kale

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nila	-tula
2nd person		-kula	-wala/-kuleni/-waleni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mla	-wala
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ula	-ila
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lila	-yala
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kila	-vila
	n_(IX/X)	-ila	-zila
	u_(XI)	-ula	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kula
	pa_(XVI)	-pala
	mu_(XVIII)	-mula
Reflexive		-jila

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -la- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-laye	-lao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-lao	-layo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lalo	-layo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-lacho	-lavyo
n_(IX/X)	-layo	-lazo
u_(XI)	-lao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-lako
pa_(XVI)	-lapo
mu_(XVIII)	-lamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kula)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yekula	-okula
m-mi_(III/IV)	-okula	-yokula
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lokula	-yokula
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chokula	-vyokula
n_(IX/X)	-yokula	-zokula
u_(XI)	-okula	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kokula
pa_(XVI)	-pokula
mu_(XVIII)	-mokula

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -lia
- Causative: -lisha (“to feed”)
- Passive: -liwa
- Stative: -lika (“be edible”)
- Other formations: -la chumvi nyingi (“to live a long life (idiomatic)”), -la fedha, -la hasara, -la njama, -la rushwa, -la yamini

Nominal derivations:
- chakula (“food”)
- mla (“eater”)
- ulaji (“eating”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَا (lā).

Interjection

la

no

Etymology 3

See -a.

Particle

la

ji class_(V) inflected form of -a

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

lade

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb

la

past indicative of lägga

Etymology 2

Clipping of earlier fälle and fuller. Listed in a dictionary from the 1800s, and believed to have existed for longer.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/^[1]

Adverb

la (not comparable)

(dialectal, Gothenburg, Västergötland) Synonym of väl

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “La”, in isof.se‎^[1] (in Swedish), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, 2011 June, archived from the original on 28 September 2020

Anagrams

-al, al

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /la/ [lɐ]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: la

Etymology 1

Interjection

la (Baybayin spelling ᜎ)

used in directing an animal to stop, especially carabaos and cattle

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish la, from Latin labii.

Noun

la (Baybayin spelling ᜎ)

la (the note 'A')

Etymology 3

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜎ (la).

Noun

la (Baybayin spelling ᜎ)

the name of the Latin-script letter L/l, in the Abakada alphabet
Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) el, (in the Abecedario) ele

Tetum

Adverb

la

not

Tsafiki

Pronoun

la

I; the first-person singular masculine pronoun; the first-person singular pronoun used by adult men

Coordinate terms

čiʰké (first-person singular feminine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult women)
če (first-person singular pronoun used by children)
čiʰke-lá (first-person plural pronoun)

References

The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)

Turkish

Alternative forms

lan

Interjection

la

(dialectal) ulan

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧]

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Opper (2017)'s Phonological Contrast in Bai cited Jiànchuān Bai la˦/⁴⁴ "to yell, to curse" from Xú & Zhào (1984).”

Verb

la • (羅, 囉)

to cry, to shout
(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to reprimand, to scold
bị vợ la ― to be scolded by wife

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 騾 (“mule”, SV: loa).

Noun

(classifier con) la • (騾)

a horse–donkey hybrid; a mule or a hinny

Votic

Alternative forms

laa

Etymology

From laskõa. Compare Estonian las.

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ/, [ˈɫɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑ
Hyphenation: la

Particle

la

let (with a verb); forms a first-person or third-person imperative.

Usage notes

Usually used with the indicative present personal forms of verbs. The verb may also be inflected in the negative to create a negative imperative.
The person who is allowed to do something may be placed between la and the verb.
The third-person imperatives using la (e.g. la teeb) are more common than the forms using -ko(d) (tehko).
Forming second-person imperatives with la is theoretically possible, but practically never done; the inflected imperative forms are used instead.

References

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “la”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin illac.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/

Adverb

la

there

Synonyms

låvå

Antonyms

chal, droci

Wolof

Pronoun

la

you (second-person singular object pronoun)

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

la

these; class 6 proximal demonstrative.

Xokleng

Etymology

From Proto-Southern Jê *ra (“sun”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈla]

Noun

la

sun

Yatzachi Zapotec

Noun

la

name

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *lá. Possibly cognate with Proto-Bantu *-dáada

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lá/

Verb

lá

to dream

Derived terms

lá àlá (“to dream a dream”)
àlá (“dream”)

Etymology 2

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *lá

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lá/

Verb

lá

to lick, including with one's finger
Synonym: pọ́n lá
to become worn out

Derived terms

ilá (“okra”)
ìka ìlábẹ̀ (“index finger”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb

là

to be wealthy; to become wealthy, to become rich

Derived terms

kò-là-kò-ṣagbe (“middle class”)
ọlọ́là (“rich person”)
ọlà (“wealth, riches”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb

là

to dilute a liquid
Synonym: fi omi lú

Derived terms

ìlà (“dilution”)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb

là

to shine like the moon/sun/light, to glow, to radiate
òòrùn-ún là ― The sun shone

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb

là

to survive

Derived terms

gbà là (“to save”)
ìgbàlà (“salvation”)

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb

là

to cut, to divide, to separate, to slice

Derived terms

Ẹ̀là (“A spirit and energy force in the Yoruba religion and divination”)
làwàà (“to open suddenly”)
ìlà (“line, partition, mark”)

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlá/

Pronoun

la

these; class 6 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem *-lá* (locative *kula*)
Possessive forms
full form	lá
locative	kula
copulative	yila
	modifier	substantive
class 1	wala	owala
class 2	bala	abala
class 3	wala	owala
class 4	yala	eyala
class 5	lala	elala
class 6	ala	awala
class 7	sala	esala
class 8	zala	ezala
class 9	yala	eyala
class 10	zala	ezala
class 11	lwala	olwala
class 14	bala	obala
class 15	kwala	okwala
class 17	kwala	okwala

References

C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “la”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “la (2)”

[ablative-1] The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani

[2] Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

[3] Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 127

[4] Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 303. →ISBN

[5] ttp://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/16#17

[6] ttp://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/15#8

[isof-7] 1.0 ^1.1 “La”, in isof.se‎^[1] (in Swedish), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, 2011 June, archived from the original on 28 September 2020

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Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Combined	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te	—
	third	m	lui	si², s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se²	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
	third	f	lei, Lei¹	si², s', -si	la, La¹, l', L'¹, -la, -La¹	le³, Le¹, -le³, -Le¹	glie, se²	lei, Lei¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi⁴	vi, Vi⁴, v', V'⁴, -vi, -Vi⁴			ve	voi, Voi⁴	—
	third	m	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	li, Li¹, -li, -Li¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	glie, se	loro, Loro¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
	third	f	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	le, Le¹, -le, -Le¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	glie, se	loro, Loro¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
¹	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
²	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
³	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
⁴	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Translingual

Symbol

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Coordinate terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Interjection

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Interjection

Etymology 4

Adjective

Etymology 5

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

Particle

See also

Etymology 7

Particle

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

Anguthimri

Noun

References

Aragonese

Etymology

Pronoun

Aromanian

Etymology

Preposition

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Article

Usage notes

Pronoun

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

Declension

Bambara

Alternative forms

Postposition

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Article

Usage notes

Pronoun

Usage notes

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Chickasaw

Pronoun

Corsican

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Pronoun

References

Dalmatian

Etymology

Article

Related terms

Dutch

Pronunciation