loh

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See also: Loh and -loh

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦭꦺꦴ (lo).

Alternative forms

Interjection

loh

  1. (colloquial) What!?, Oh come off it!, hang on... (did I hear that right?)
    Loh, kok aneh? ― Gee, now that's weird...
    Loh, bukan itu yang dikatakannya ― Hang on, that's not what they (3s) said.

Particle

loh

  1. (colloquial) Adds emphasis at the end of a sentence or clause.
    Gua nggak mau loh.
    I definitely don’t want to.
    Suaminya insinyur di perusahaan Jepang loh.
    Her husband works as an engineer in a Japanese firm! (in this sentence, adding lho suggests that he is no ordinary man)
    Jam dua loh.
    Don’t forget, two o’clock alright?

Etymology 2

Noun

loh (plural loh-loh, first-person possessive lohku, second-person possessive lohmu, third-person possessive lohnya)

  1. alternative spelling of lauh (“board, tablet, slab”)
    loh batu ― Tablets of Stone
    loh mahfuz ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

loh

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦺꦴꦃ

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

lōh n

  1. Alternative form of lōg

Declension

Declension of loh (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lōh lōh
accusative lōh lōh
genitive lōges lōga
dative lōge lōgum

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.

Noun

lōh m

  1. forest
Declension
Declension of lōh (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative lōh lōha
accusative lōh lōha
genitive lōhes lōho
dative lōhe lōhum
instrumental lōhu —
Descendants
  • Middle High German: lōh, lōch, lō

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką.

Noun

loh n

  1. hole
Declension
Declension of loh (neuter a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative loh loh
accusative loh loh
genitive lohes loho
dative lohe lohum
instrumental lohu —
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle High German: loch
    • Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: loch, lòch
    • Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Loch
      Luxembourgish: Lach
    • East Central German:
      Upper Saxon German:
      Vilamovian: łöch
    • East Franconian:
    • German: Loch
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Frankfurterisch: Loch
      Pennsylvania German: Loch
    • Yiddish: לאָך (lokh)

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 路 (MC luH).

Pronunciation

Noun

loh (classifier diuz, Sawndip form 垎, 1957–1982 spelling loƅ)

  1. road; street; route
    Synonym: roen
  2. opportunity; way out
  3. means; method; way; trick

Derived terms

See also

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