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Finnish
Noun
laot
- nominative plural of lako
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Madurese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.
Noun
laot
- sea, ocean
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
laot m (definite singular laoten, indefinite plural laoter, definite plural laotene)
- a Laotian (person from Laos)
References
- “laot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
laot m (definite singular laoten, indefinite plural laotar, definite plural laotane)
- a Laotian (person from Laos)
References
- “laot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud influenced by Malay laut, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Compare Ilocano laud, Kapampangan laut, Hanunoo lawod, Bikol Central lawod, Aklanon eawod (“sea”), Cebuano lawod, Waray-Waray lawod, Tausug lawd, Sundanese ᮜᮅᮒ᮪ (laut), and Urak Lawoi' ลาโวยจ (lawoc, “sea”).
Pronunciation
Noun
laot (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜂᜆ᜔)
- deep sea; midsea; high seas
- Synonyms: karagatan, (obsolete) wala
- (figurative) midst; middle
- Synonyms: gitna, kalagitnaan
- (figurative) tight situation
- (figurative) eternity
- Synonyms: kawalang-hanggan, kawalang-wakas, eternidad
Derived terms
Further reading
- “laot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lahud”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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