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English
Pronunciation
Noun
luv (countable and uncountable, plural luvs or luvz)
- Deliberate misspelling of love.
Verb
luv (third-person singular simple present luvz or luvs, present participle luving or luvving, simple past and past participle luvd or luved or luvved)
- (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of love.
- i luv you
- she luvz it
- we luvd it
- you are luving it
Derived terms
See also
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
luv m
- wolf
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *ʔlɛŋᴮ (“short”), and cognate with Proto-Mien *ʔnəŋᴮ (“id”). Due to the n-l alternation between Mienic and Hmongic, a Chinese borrowing seems possible, though no plausible candidate has been found.
Pronunciation
Adjective
luv
- short
Verb
luv
- to lower, shorten, decrease
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 120.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 225; 276.