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Iban
Pronunciation
Adverb
lalu
- then (soon afterwards)
Verb
lalu
- to walk through
Indonesian
- laloe (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
Etymology
Inherited from Malay lalu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.lu/
- Rhymes: -lu
- Hyphenation: la‧lu
Adjective
lalu
- past
- having already happened; in the past
- of a period of time: having just gone by; previous
- last (most recent; latest; last so far)
- done; finished (having completed or finished an activity)
Preposition
lalu
- then
- Synonym: kemudian
- soon afterward
- next in order of place
Verb
lalu (intransitive, rare)
- to pass
- Synonym: berlalu
- to go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past
- (of time) to elapse, to be spent
Derived terms
Further reading
Nakanai
Noun
lalu
- water
References
- Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley et Meredith Osmond (eds), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The physical environment, Pacific Linguistics, 545-2. Australian National University, Canberra, 2003, page 59.
- Juliann Spencer, Sara Van Cott et Bonnie MacKenzie, A Sociolinguistic Survey of Bebeli, page 80, 2013
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.lu/
- Rhymes: -alu
- Syllabification: la‧lu
Noun
lalu f
- vocative singular of lala