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Translingual

Symbol

lu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Luba-Katanga.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

lu (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of loo (card game).

Verb

lu (third-person singular simple present lus, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

  1. Archaic form of loo (beat at card game).

Etymology 2

A romanization of Chinese (, route)

Noun

lu (usually uncountable, plural lus)

  1. (historical) Synonym of route or circuit, an administrative division of imperial China.

References

Anagrams

Achang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /lu˧/
  • (Lianghe)
  • (Longchuan)
  • (Luxi)
  • (Xiandao)

Noun

lu

  1. tiger, leopard

Äiwoo

Noun

lu

  1. life

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille. Compare Spanish lo.

Pronoun

lu, la f, lo n

  1. Third-person singular direct object; him, it

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-Kenyah *lu, from Proto-North Sarawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (pestle).

Noun

lu

  1. pestle for pounding rice

References

  • Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Basque

Etymology

Unknown. Potentially compare Iberian lu (deep)

Pronunciation

Noun

lu inan

  1. pussy, vagina

Declension

Declension of lu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lu lua luak
ergative luk luak luek
dative luri luari luei
genitive luren luaren luen
comitative lurekin luarekin luekin
causative lurengatik luarengatik luengatik
benefactive lurentzat luarentzat luentzat
instrumental luz luaz luez
inessive lutan luan luetan
locative lutako luko luetako
allative lutara lura luetara
terminative lutaraino luraino luetaraino
directive lutarantz lurantz luetarantz
destinative lutarako lurako luetarako
ablative lutatik lutik luetatik
partitive lurik
prolative lutzat

Betawi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien (, you).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu/
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /luh/
  • IPA(key): /əˈlu/ (extended form)
  • IPA(key): /əˈluh/ (extended form)
  • Hyphenation: lu

Pronoun

lu

  1. you (personal pronoun)
  2. you (direct object of a verb)
  3. you (object of a preposition)
  4. you (indirect object of a verb)
  5. your (belonging to me)

Usage notes

Used mainly in a common situation, especially between friends or by someone older in terms of speaking to a younger person. As for the usage by a younger person speaking with an older person, there is no agreement whether it is appropriate to do so or not: some would regard it as inappropriate, some other would not. Grijns (1991) noted that some Batavians use this pronoun when speaking to God.

Synonyms

References

  • Grijns, C.D. (1991) Jakarta Malay, volume 2, Leiden: KITLV Press, page 122.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of lu – see (“Cantonese particle”).
(This term is a variant form of ).

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish luu, from Proto-Brythonic *llʉɣ, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Noun

lu m (plural luyow)

  1. army, troop, fleet

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin ille (that), from Old Latin olle (that). Cognates include Italian lo (him), il (the) and French le (the, him).

Article

lu

  1. archaic form of u

Pronoun

lu

  1. archaic form of u

References

  • lu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
  • u, lu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Danish

Verb

lu

  1. imperative of lue

French

Pronunciation

Participle

lu (feminine lue, masculine plural lus, feminine plural lues)

  1. past participle of lire

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum. Compare Italian lo.

Pronoun

lu (third person masculine direct object)

  1. him

Hausa

Pronunciation

Ideophone

  1. swinging motion

Iberian

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Etymology

Unknown. Possibly compare Basque lu (vagina)

Adjective

lu

  1. deep
    tekeŕ lu keś ir
    A deep votive action

References

  • Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

Ido

Etymology

Back-formation from ilu (he, him), elu (she, her) and olu (it).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

lu (plural li)

  1. Third-person singular pronoun for referents of any gender; he/him, she/her, it or that
    Me ne savas ka lu es viro o muliero.
    I don't know if he/she is a man or a woman.

Usage notes

Lu is widely used in Ido, and not exclusively when a gendered possessive determiner is inappropriate, but also in order to avoid repetition depending on the user's preferences.

Derived terms

  • li (they, them)
  • lua
  • ilu (he, him) (masculine)
  • elu (she, her) (feminine)
  • olu (it) (neuter)

See also

Personal pronouns in Ido
singular plural
nominative possessive nominative possessive
singular plural singular plural
first person  me  mea  mei  ni  nia  nii
second person formal  vu  vua  vui  vi  via  vii
familiar  tu  tua  tui
third person masculine  ilu, il  ilua  ilui  ili  ilia  ilii
feminine  elu, el  elua  elui  eli  elia  elii
neuter  olu, ol  olua  olui  oli  olia  olii
common  lu  lua  lui  li  lia  lii
reflexive  su  sua  sui  su  sua  sui
indefinite  onu, on  onua  onui  onu, on  onua  onui
  • The possessive plurals are seldom used.
  • The shortened forms are preferred.
  • The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.


Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi Udik lo (you), from Hokkien (). Doublet of lo.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

lu

  1. (chiefly Jakarta, slang) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

  • anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • coen (slang, East Java)
  • ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • kamu (intimate)
  • ko, kowe (informal, Java)
  • kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
  • lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq.

Noun

lu

  1. tear

Japanese

Romanization

lu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of る゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ル゚

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese လှူ (hlu).

Verb

lu

  1. to offer
  2. to donate

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ida. Compare Kapampangan la.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈilu/
  • Hyphenation: í‧lu

Pronoun

lu

  1. they (third person plural)
    Synonym: (preposed) ilu
Derived terms
See also
Kapampangan personal pronouns
absolute ergative oblique
disjunctive enclitic
first
person
singular aku/i aku/yaku ku kanaku
plural inclusive ikatamu katamu/tamu tamu/ta kekatamu
plural exclusive ikami, ike kami/ke mi kekami/keke
second
person
singular ika ka mu keka
plural ikayu/iko kayu/ko yu kekayu/keko
third
person
singular iya/ya ya na keya/kaya
plural ila la da/ra karela

Linngithigh

Pronoun

lu

  1. he/she/it (third-person singular nominative pronoun)

See also

Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *law, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *low.

Noun

lu

  1. farm, field
    Lu ca ina thlu pa.
    He tills the field for me.

References

  1. ^ Kenneth VanBik (2009) Proto-Kuki-Chin: A Reconstructed Ancestor of the Kuki-Chin Languages (STEDT Monograph Series), volume 8, →ISBN
  2. ^ Amanda Bohnert (2025) “The Lutuv (Lautu) Verbal Agreement System”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures, volume 4, number 1

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien ().

Pronoun

lu (Jawi spelling لو)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) you
    Synonyms: kamu, engkau, kau, awak, anda, hang
Derived terms
See also
Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person standard

saya / ساي
aku / اکو, ku- / كوـ (informal/towards God)
-ku / ـكو (poetic possessive)
hamba / همبا (dated)
daku / داکو (poetic)

kami / کامي (exclusive)
kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive)
kita / کيت (inclusive)

royal

beta / بيتا

2nd person standard

engkau / اڠکاو, kau- / كاوـ (informal/poetic/towards God)
kau / كاو (informal)
awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger)
anda / اندا (formal)
awda / اءودا (Brunei, formal)
-mu / ـمو (poetic possessive)
dikau / ديکاو (poetic)

anda semua / اندا سموا (formal)
awak semua / اوق سموا
kamu semua / كامو سموا
kalian / کالين (archaic)
kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal)

royal

tuanku / توانكو

3rd person standard

dia / دي
ia / اي
beliau / بلياو (honorific)
-nya / ـڽ (possessive)

mereka / مريک
dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal)

royal

baginda / بݢيندا

Etymology 2

Clipping of dulu.

Adverb

lu (Jawi spelling لو)

  1. (colloquial) alternative form of dulu
    Aku gerak lu.
    I'm going first.

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

lu (lu5 / lu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄨ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  /

lu

  1. nonstandard spelling of
  2. nonstandard spelling of
  3. nonstandard spelling of
  4. nonstandard spelling of
  5. nonstandard spelling of
  6. nonstandard spelling of
  7. nonstandard spelling of
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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.

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *m-luː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ.

A great number of Muong lects, as well as Vietnamese, had replaced this native etymology with Sinitic (tuǐ).

Pronunciation

Noun

lu

  1. (Mường Bi) thigh
    Synonym: tùi

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

Pronoun

lu

  1. alternative form of 'u

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lu m

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of lur (lur, trumpet)

References

  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “Lu”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduced form of Latin lupus.

Noun

lu oblique singularm (oblique plural lus, nominative singular lus, nominative plural lu)

  1. wolf

Sassarese

Alternative forms

  • l' (apocopic, before a vowel sound)
  • -llu (pronoun, enclitic)
  • -ru (pronoun, enclitic)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *(il)lu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille (that).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu/, (after a vowel) /ru/

Article

lu m sg (plural li, feminine la)

  1. the (masculine singular)

Usage notes

  • Becomes l' before a vowel.

Inflection

Sassarese definite articles
singular plural
masculine lu (l') li (l')
feminine la (l')

Pronoun

lu m (plural li, feminine la)

  1. (followed by chi) that
    Di curori vi ni so umbè. Ca è lu chi tu priferi?
    There are lots of colors. Which one do you prefer?
    (literally, “Of colors there are a lot. Which one is that which you prefer?”)
  2. him (accusative)
    Lu cunnosci?Do you know him?
  3. it (accusative)
    Abà ti lu digguNow I'll tell you (literally, “Now I tell it to you”)

References

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian

Etymology 1

From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, from ille.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Article

lu m sg (f la, plural li)

  1. (masculine singular definite article) the
    Synonym: u
Usage notes
  • This article is nowadays an obsolete variant, unlike its illiquid counterpart u. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
  • Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
  • Its use is however almost undisputed before nouns (or nominalized forms of other parts of speech, most often adjectives) that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic l'. Otherwise, illiquid definite articles are phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: l'arancinu (liquid) and ârancinu (illiquid).
Inflection
Sicilian articles
singular plural
masculine feminine
indefinite article nu, un, 'n na
definite
article
liquid lu la li
illiquid u, û a, â i, î

Etymology 2

From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, from ille.

Alternative forms

  • -lu (enclitic)
  • u (illiquid form)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

lu m sg (plural li, female la)

  1. (accusative) him
    Synonym: u
    Lu canusci?Do you know him?
  2. (accusative) it, this or that thing
    Synonym: u
    Quannu ti lu desi.When I gave it to you.
Usage notes
  • This pronoun is now an obsolete variant. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
  • Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
  • Its use is however almost undisputed before words that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic l'.

Sumerian

Romanization

lu

  1. romanization of 𒇻 (lu)

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *luwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *luh₂eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (to seize, gain). Compare Tocharian B luwo. Related to Old Church Slavonic ловъ (lovŭ, hunt), Serbo-Croatian lȏv (chase; game animal); compare also Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, lion).

Noun

lu

  1. animal

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu, from Proto-Uralic *luwe.

Noun

lu

  1. bone

Inflection

Inflection of lu (inflection type 13/ma)
nominative sing. lu
genitive sing. lun
partitive sing. lud
partitive plur. luid
singular plural
nominative lu lud
accusative lun lud
genitive lun luiden
partitive lud luid
essive-instructive lun luin
translative luks luikš
inessive lus luiš
elative luspäi luišpäi
illative luhu luihe
adessive lul luil
ablative lulpäi luilpäi
allative lule luile
abessive luta luita
comitative lunke luidenke
prolative ludme luidme
approximative I lunno luidenno
approximative II lunnoks luidennoks
egressive lunnopäi luidennopäi
terminative I luhusai luihesai
terminative II lulesai luilesai
terminative III lussai
additive I luhupäi luihepäi
additive II lulepäi luilepäi

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “кость”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Khmer លូ (luu, large jar).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái) lu

  1. big vase used to contain water

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

lu

  1. soft mutation of llu

Mutation

Mutated forms of llu
radical soft nasal aspirate
llu lu unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Zazaki

Alternative forms

Noun

lu

  1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

lu

  1. head

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 42