liu

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Balinese

Determiner

liu (Balinese script ᬮᬶᬬᬸ)

  1. many

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *liu (“bilge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

liu

  1. bilgewater, leakage

Verb

liu

  1. (of a ship, etc.) to leak

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

liu

  1. nonstandard spelling of liū
  2. nonstandard spelling of liú
  3. nonstandard spelling of liǔ
  4. 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin locus

Noun

liu oblique singular, m (oblique plural lius, nominative singular lius, nominative plural liu)

  1. place

Picard

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Noun

liu m (plural lius)

  1. place

Woleaian

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

liu

  1. coconut

References

  • Sohn, Ho-Mihn, Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976) “liu”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 206
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