lao
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Lao or Lao ລາວ (lāo).
Symbol
[edit]lao
See also
[edit]Aromanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lao m (definite articulation laolu)
Synonyms
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]lao
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lao
Usage notes
[edit]Some speakers prefer to use the synonyms laosilainen (person) or laosin kieli (language) in inflected forms, particularly plural.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of lao (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lao | laot | |
genitive | laon | laojen | |
partitive | laoa | laoja | |
illative | laoon | laoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lao | laot | |
accusative | nom. | lao | laot |
gen. | laon | ||
genitive | laon | laojen | |
partitive | laoa | laoja | |
inessive | laossa | laoissa | |
elative | laosta | laoista | |
illative | laoon | laoihin | |
adessive | laolla | laoilla | |
ablative | laolta | laoilta | |
allative | laolle | laoille | |
essive | laona | laoina | |
translative | laoksi | laoiksi | |
abessive | laotta | laoitta | |
instructive | — | laoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (person): laosilainen
- (language): laon kieli
Related terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]lao m (uncountable)
- Lao (language)
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish lóeg, from Proto-Celtic *lāɸigos (“calf”) (compare Welsh llo, Cornish leugh), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠeː/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /l̪ˠiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠiː/, (older) /l̪ˠɯː/
Noun
[edit]lao m (genitive singular lao, nominative plural laonna)
Declension
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Synonyms
[edit]- gamhain (Ulster and Mayo)
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lao”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42
Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]lao
- nonstandard spelling of lāo
- nonstandard spelling of láo
- nonstandard spelling of lǎo
- nonstandard spelling of lào
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Mauritian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lao
Adverb
[edit]lao
Preposition
[edit]lao
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]lao m (definite singular laoen, uncountable)
References
[edit]- “lao” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hlāu, related to Old English hlēow, Old Norse hlær.
Adjective
[edit]lāo
- warm (of the weather)
Descendants
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lao m or f (masculine and feminine plural lao or laos)
Noun
[edit]lao m or f by sense (plural lao or laos)
- Lao (person)
Noun
[edit]lao m (uncountable)
- Lao (language)
Swahili
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lao
- ji class(V) inflected form of -ao
Tolai
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *laur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.
Noun
[edit]lao
- the open sea
- the horizon
- an open space
- a place out of sight or uninhabited
Adjective
[edit]lao
- distant; out of sight
- I ki na lao. ― It sits out of sight.
References
[edit]- Rickard, R. H., and Methodist Overseas Missions New Guinea District. (1964). A Kuanua Dictionary. Rabaul, New Britain: Methodist Mission Press.
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 癆.
Noun
[edit]lao
- (bệnh ~) (pathology) tuberculosis
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit](classifier cây, ngọn) lao • (𨦭, 鐒)
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]lao
- to plunge; to dart (a long object)
- to dash; to charge, to rush
- xe máy lao vun vút ― the motorbike rushes at high speed
- to put all one's energy and mind into something
- lao vào làm việc
- to dive into work
- lao đầu vào chỗ chết
- to rush headlong into death
Etymology 3
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 牢.
Noun
[edit]lao
Etymology 4
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
[edit]lao
- to lower the bridge girder onto the pier and abutment
- lao cầu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Anagrams
[edit]- Translingual terms derived from English
- Translingual terms derived from Lao
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-2
- ISO 639-3
- Aromanian terms borrowed from Greek
- Aromanian terms derived from Greek
- Aromanian lemmas
- Aromanian nouns
- Aromanian masculine nouns
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish terms derived from Lao
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑo
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Languages
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Baby animals
- ga:Cattle
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Mandarin nonstandard forms
- Mauritian Creole terms derived from French
- Mauritian Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Mauritian Creole lemmas
- Mauritian Creole adjectives
- Mauritian Creole adverbs
- Mauritian Creole prepositions
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Languages
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German adjectives
- Spanish terms derived from Lao
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ao
- Rhymes:Spanish/ao/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple plurals
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- es:Languages
- Swahili non-lemma forms
- Swahili adjective forms
- Tolai terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tolai terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tolai terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tolai terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tolai terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Tolai terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Tolai lemmas
- Tolai nouns
- Tolai adjectives
- Tolai terms with usage examples
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sino-Vietnamese words
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- vi:Diseases
- Vietnamese nouns classified by cây
- Vietnamese nouns classified by ngọn
- Vietnamese verbs
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- vi:Spears