laot

laot

1. nominative plural of lako

• lato, loat, olat, talo, tola

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.

laot

1. sea, ocean

laot m (definite singular laoten, indefinite plural laoter, definite plural laotene)

1. a Laotian (person from Laos)

• lao
• Laos
• laotisk

• “laot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

laot m (definite singular laoten, indefinite plural laotar, definite plural laotane)

1. a Laotian (person from Laos)

• lao
• Laos
• laotisk

• “laot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud influenced by Malay laut, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Compare Ilocano laud, Kapampangan laut, Hanunoo lawod, Bikol Central lawod, Aklanon eawod (“sea”), Cebuano lawod, Waray-Waray lawod, Tausug lawd, Sundanese laut, and Urak Lawoi' ลาโวยจ (lawoc, “sea”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔot/ [ˈlaː.ʔot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -aʔot
• Syllabification: la‧ot

laot (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜂᜆ᜔)

1. deep sea; midsea; high seas

   Synonyms: karagatan, (obsolete) wala

2. (figurative) midst; middle

   Synonyms: gitna, kalagitnaan

3. (figurative) tight situation
4. (figurative) eternity

   Synonyms: kawalang-hanggan, kawalang-wakas, eternidad

• “laot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lahud”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• taol, talo, atlo, olat, lato