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Balinese
Determiner
liu (Balinese script ᬮᬶᬬᬸ)
- many
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *liu (“bilge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
liu
- bilgewater, leakage
Verb
liu
- (of a ship, etc.) to leak
Further reading
Mandarin
Romanization
liu
- nonstandard spelling of liū
- nonstandard spelling of liú
- nonstandard spelling of liǔ
- nonstandard spelling of liù
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Old French
Etymology
Latin locus
Noun
liu oblique singular, m (oblique plural lius, nominative singular lius, nominative plural liu)
- place
Picard
Etymology
From Latin locus.
Noun
liu m (plural lius)
- place
Woleaian
Etymology
From Proto-Micronesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.
Noun
liu
- coconut
References
- Sohn, Ho-Mihn, Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976) “liu”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 206