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Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin ille.
Article
lou (alternative form le, feminine lai, plural les)
- the
Champenois
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lu/
Etymology 1
From Latin ille.
Article
lou (feminine lai, plural les)
- the
lou champaignat- Champenois
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin lupus.
Noun
lou m (plural lous)
- wolf
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From French lourd (“heavy”).
Adjective
lou
- heavy
Etymology 2
From French loup (“wolf”).
Noun
lou
- wolf
Ligurian
Noun
lou m (please provide plural)
- work
Lindu
Noun
lou
- direction
Mandarin
Romanization
lou (lou5 / lou0, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄡ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘍 / 喽
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𡀔
lou
- Nonstandard spelling of lōu.
- Nonstandard spelling of lóu.
- Nonstandard spelling of lǒu.
- Nonstandard spelling of lòu.
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.
Mori Bawah
Verb
lou
- (stative) to be over there, somewhere remote and at a lower elevation then the speaker and hearer
References
- The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin lupus. Of dialectal origin or formed analogically from the feminine louve.
Noun
lou oblique singular, m (oblique plural lous, nominative singular lous, nominative plural lou)
- Alternative form of leu
Descendants
Etymology 2
See le and lo.
Article
lou
- (uncommon) Alternative form of le
Zou
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
lou
- weed
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
lóu
- ricefield, paddy
- farm
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
lòu
- (transitive) to pick (flowers or fruit)
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63