liu

liu (Balinese script ᬮᬶᬬᬸ)

1. many

From Proto-Polynesian *liu (“bilge”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈli̯u/, [ˈlju]

liu

1. bilgewater, leakage

liu

1. (of a ship, etc.) to leak

• liu in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

liu

1. nonstandard spelling of liū
2. nonstandard spelling of liú
3. nonstandard spelling of liǔ
4. nonstandard spelling of liù

• 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.

• leu

Latin locus

liu oblique singular, m (oblique plural lius, nominative singular lius, nominative plural liu)

1. place

From Latin locus.

liu m (plural lius)

1. place

From Proto-Micronesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

liu

1. coconut

• Sohn, Ho-Mihn, Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976) “liu”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 206