lu
lu (uncountable)
lu (third-person singular simple present lus, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)
A romanization of Chinese 路 (lù, “route”)
lu (usually uncountable, plural lus)
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lu
lu
From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille. Compare Spanish lo.
From Proto-Kenyah *lu, from Proto-North Sarawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (“pestle”).
lu
Unknown. Potentially compare Iberian lu (“deep”)
lu inan
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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 | — | — |
Borrowed from Hokkien 汝 (lú, “you”).
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lu
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.
For pronunciation and definitions of lu – see 嚕 (“Cantonese particle”). (This term is a variant form of 嚕). |
From Old Cornish luu, from Proto-Brythonic *llʉɣ, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.
lu m (plural luyow)
From Latin ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle (“that”). Cognates include Italian lo (“him”), il (“the”) and French le (“the, him”).
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lu (feminine lue, masculine plural lus, feminine plural lues)
From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum. Compare Italian lo.
lu (third person masculine direct object)
lû
Unknown. Possibly compare Basque lu (“vagina”)
lu
Back-formation from ilu (“he, him”), elu (“she, her”) and olu (“it”).
lu (plural li)
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.
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singular | plural | |||||
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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 |
From Betawi Udik lo (“you”), from Hokkien 汝 (lú). Doublet of lo.
lu
Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq.
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lu
Borrowed from Burmese လှူ (hlu).
lu
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ida. Compare Kapampangan la.
lu
absolute | ergative | oblique | |||
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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 |
lu
Person | Number (and clusivity) | Nominative | Accusative | Genitive | Dative |
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First | Singular | ayong | ninh | thom | thon |
Dual inclusive | linggay | linh | linam | lingg | |
Non-singular exclusive | nan | nanh | nanam | nangg | |
Plural inclusive | puy | punh | punam | pungg | |
Second | Singular | tru | nanh | kom | kon |
Dual | poy | ponh | ponam | pongg | |
Plural | irae | iraenh | iraenam | iraengg | |
Third | Singular | lu | ngonh | ngom | ngon |
Dual | lawuy | lawunh/lanh | lawunam | lawungg | |
Plural | 'ar | 'anh | 'anam | 'angg |
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *law, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *low.
lu
lu (Jawi spelling لو)
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | standard |
saya / ساي |
kami / کامي (exclusive) |
royal | |||
2nd person | standard | ||
engkau / اڠکاو, kau- / كاوـ (informal/poetic/towards God) |
anda semua / اندا سموا (formal) | ||
royal | |||
3rd person | standard |
dia / دي |
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royal |
lu (Jawi spelling لو)
lu
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 腿 (tuǐ).
lu
lu
lu m
lu oblique singular, m (oblique plural lus, nominative singular lus, nominative plural lu)
From Vulgar Latin *(il)lu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille (“that”).
lu m sg (plural li, feminine la)
From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, from ille.
singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | |||
indefinite article | nu, un, 'n | na | — | |
definite article |
liquid | lu | la | li |
illiquid | u, û | a, â | i, î |
From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, from ille.
lu m sg (plural li, female la)
lu
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”).
lu
From Proto-Finnic *luu, from Proto-Uralic *luwe.
lu
Inflection of lu (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
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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 |
Compare Khmer លូ (luu, “large jar”).
(classifier cái) lu
lu
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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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.
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