laha

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Atong (India)

Pronunciation

Noun

laha (Bengali script লাহা)

  1. resin

References

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ha

Verb

laha

  1. to clean the top of the coconut tree in preparation for turning it into a tuba-producing tree

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَوْح (lawḥ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

laha (needs class)

  1. sheet (paper)

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272 Nr. 2567
  2. ^ Harvey, Andrew (2014) “Epenthetic Vowels in Swahili Loanwords”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education‎, volume 8, number 2, page 19 of 17-45: “Ar. lauh [lauh] -> Sw. laha [laha] ‘sheet of paper’”

Tetum

Etymology

From *lapa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ. Cognate with Javanese lapa.

Noun

laha

  1. hunger

Tsonga

Adverb

laha

  1. here; proximal demonstrative adverb.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laiha.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑhɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ha

Adjective

laha

  1. thin, watery

Inflection

Declension of laha (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative laha lahad
genitive laha lahojõ, lahoi
partitive lahha lahoitõ, lahoi
illative lahhasõ, lahha lahoisõ
inessive lahaz lahoiz
elative lahassõ lahoissõ
allative lahalõ lahoilõ
adessive lahallõ lahoillõ
ablative lahaltõ lahoiltõ
translative lahassi lahoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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

Zacatepec Chatino

Adjective

laha

  1. empty
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