lao

See also: Lao, láo, lào, Lào, lǎo, lāo, and lão

Finnish

Noun

lao

1. Lao, Laotian (ethnic Lao person)
2. Lao, Laotian (language)

Usage notes

Some speakers prefer to use the synonyms laosilainen (person) or laosin kieli (language) in infleced forms, particularly plural.

Declension

Inflection of lao (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	laoin
abessive		laotta	laoitta
comitative		—	laoineen

Synonyms

• (person): laosilainen
• (language): laon kieli

Related terms

• laosilainen

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lóeg, from Proto-Celtic *laygos (“calf”) (compare Welsh llo, Cornish leugh), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠeː/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠiː/

Noun

lao m (genitive singular lao, nominative plural laonna)

1. calf

Declension

Declension of lao

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lao laonna Vocative a lao a laonna Genitive lao laonna Dative lao laonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lao na laonna Genitive an lao na laonna Dative leis an lao don lao leis na laonna

Synonyms

• gamhain (Ulster)

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Mandarin

Romanization

lao

1. Nonstandard spelling of lāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of láo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz, whence also Old English hlēow, Old Norse hlær

Adjective

lāo

1. warm (of the weather)

Descendants

• Alemannic German: leew
• German: lau

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈla.o]

Adjective

lao (plural laos)

1. Lao (language)
2. Lao (person)
3. Lao (of or relating to Laos)

Noun

lao m, f (plural laos)

1. Lao (person)

Proper noun

lao m

1. Lao (language)
2. Lao (ethnic group)

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Swahili

Adjective

lao

1. Ji class inflected form of -ao.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 癆.

Noun

lao

1. (bệnh ~) (medicine) tuberculosis

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây) lao (𨦭)

1. harpoon; javelin; dart

Verb

lao

1. to plunge; to dart

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 牢.

Noun

lao

1. jail; prison