lò
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lo"
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French l' (“the”) + or (“gold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔ/
Noun
lò
Related terms
- annò
Khiamniungan Naga
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔ³¹/
Verb
lò
- (Patsho) To be entrained and transported downstream by hydraulic forces.
- (Patsho) To transport or relocate something or somebody from a domestic setting to an external location.
Particle
lò
- (Patsho) Postposed topic marker. Specifies the reference of the preceding noun, pronoun, or demonstrative as the subject matter for comment; about, regarding, as for.
Rawang
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔ˧˩/
Noun
lò
Synonyms
Romagnol
Alternative forms
Pronoun
lò
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ló, dative of lá (the source of là). Probably unrelated to latha, which is from Old Irish laithe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l̪ˠɔː/
Noun
lò m (genitive singular lò)
- (poetic) synonym of latha (“day”)
- crìoch do lò ― the end of your days
- Is còmhnaicheam an àros Dhè, ri fad mo rè ’s mo lò.
- And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (Psalm 23)
- (literally, “And let me dwell in the house of God, for all my time and my days.”)
Usage notes
- Not used outside of poetic contexts.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 爐 (SV: lô). Doublet of lẩu.
Noun
(classifier cái) lò • (爐, 𱪵, 路)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Khmer: ឡ (lɑɑ)
Etymology 2
Verb
lò • (爐)
- to stick out
- 1941, Phan Khôi, “Không thể nói là "đẻ"”, in Dân báo:
- Số là có một người đàn bà chết trôi, có mang đã 7 – 8 tháng, cái xác chết còn đang để chờ quan khám rồi mới liệm. Thì bỗng dưng thấy chỗ xác chết có máu ra lai láng; coi kỹ thì trong quần người đàn bà có đứa con trai lò ra và cố nhiên cũng đã chết.
- There was a drown woman who was already pregnant for 7 or 8 months; her corpse was sent to autopsy before inhumation. There they noticed that she let out a lot of blood; after checking her bottom, they discovered that her son was in mid-delivery and obviously he was also dead.