lau

lau (third-person singular simple present laus, present participle lauing, simple past and past participle laued)

1. (Polari) To place upon; to put down onto.

• Ula, Lua, Aul, UAL, aul, -ual, ULA, LUA, ALU, alu

• alau

From Latin lavō. Compare Romanian la, lau.

lau first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative la, past participle latã)

1. to wash
2. (reflexive, mi-lau) to wash oneself

• spel, aspel

• lari/lare
• lat
• spel

• ascaldu
• culimbisescu

• IPA^(key): /lau̯/

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• Rhymes: -au̯
• Hyphenation: lau

From Proto-Basque *lanu, from Latin plānum.

lau (comparative lauago, superlative lauen, excessive lauegi)

1. flat, level
2. plain, simple

lau (comparative lauago, superlative lauen, excessive lauegi)

1. simply

lau inan

1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)

From Proto-Basque *lauR (“four”). Often compared with Iberian laur (“four”) and Aquitanian *laur-, present in numerous compounds, such as *laurco, *laurina and in the toponym *Laureiereta (“Four Mills”).^[1][2][3] Possibly related to labur.

lau

1. four

The declension of the plural forms changes when used as a pronoun. This is not currently reflected in the table below.

• “lau”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “lau”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

lau

1. H-system spelling of laŭ

lau (Old Bressan, Old Dauphinois)

1. Alternative form of lèc (“lake”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lacus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 126

From Middle High German lā (inflected lāwe), from Old High German lāo. Cognate with Dutch lauw. Also related with English lukewarm.

• IPA^(key): /laʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

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lau (strong nominative masculine singular lauer, comparative lauer, superlative am lauesten or am lausten)

1. Synonym of lauwarm (“lukewarm, tepid”)
2. (often of wind or the night) mild; especially in the sense that it is pleasantly cool after a period of heat

   Synonym: mild

   Es war eine laue Sommernacht. ― It was a mild summer night.

3. cushy, easy

   ein lauer Job ― a cushy job

• für lau
• lauer Lenz (“period of idleness”)

sich einen lauen Lenz machen ― to get on a gravy train, to ride the gravy train

• “lau” in Duden online
• “lau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯/, , (rapid speech)

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lau, from Proto-Polynesian *rau, from Proto-Central Pacific *rau, from Proto-Oceanic *raun, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *raun, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf”) (compare with Malay daun, Tagalog dahon).

lau

1. leaf

• lauoho

From Proto-Polynesian *rau (“hundred”) ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus (compare with Malay ratus, Tagalog gatos).

lau

1. (stative) many, numerous

lau

1. four hundred

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lau”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

lau

1. 1st-person singular pronoun: I, me

lau m (genitive laavesko, nominative plural laave, genitive plural laavengo)

1. word
2. talk

• lauo (Spanish orthography, obsolete)
• lawu (Súlat Wáwâ)

From Sanskrit राहु (rāhu, “Rāhu”). Compare Tagalog laho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlauʔ/
• Hyphenation: la‧u

láû

1. eclipse (usually of the moon)

lau

1. water

• Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 119.

lau

1. Alternative form of lawe

lau

1. tongue

• lööw (Föhr-Amrum, also Mooring variant)
• Lööv (Sylt)

From Old Frisian *lewa, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leeuwe.

lau m (plural laue)

1. (Mooring) lion

From Proto-Brythonic *llọβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”).

lau f

1. hand

• Middle Welsh: llaw
  • Welsh: llaw

lau

1. wide

laú

1. water

lau

1. inflection of la:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present/imperfect indicative

From Proto-Polynesian *rau (compare Maori rau), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (compare Malay daun).

lau

1. leaf

lau

1. hundred

• lua lau (“two hundred”)

lau

1. away

   ṣañ wrat lau tärkanacer

   You are going to let your vow away. (literally)

   You are going to break your vow.

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From Proto-Vietic *k-luː, cognate with Arem alaw.

(classifier cây) lau • (𣓿, 𦰤)

1. reed, arundinaceous cane

lau

1. to clean by wiping or rubbing with a wet cloth

• giặt
• rửa

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /laɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /lai̯/

lau

1. Soft mutation of llau (“lice”).

• laug (for ruminant mammals)

From Proto-Hmong *ʔljuwᴮ (“male”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /lau̯˧/

lau

1. (of birds) male

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 105.