lou
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Louisiana.
Symbol
lou
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Louisiana Creole terms
Bourguignon
Alternative forms
Etymology
Article
lou (alternative form le, feminine lai, plural les)
Champenois
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu/
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Article
lou (feminine lai, plural les)
- the
- lou champaignat
- Champenois
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- (Rémois) léoué
- leu
Noun
lou m (plural lous)
References
- Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
- Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu/
Etymology 1
Adjective
lou
Etymology 2
Noun
lou
Related terms
Ligurian
Noun
lou m (please provide plural)
Lindu
Noun
lou
Mandarin
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘍 / 喽
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𡀔
lou
- nonstandard spelling of lōu
- nonstandard spelling of lóu
- nonstandard spelling of lǒu
- nonstandard spelling of lòu
Usage notes
- 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.
Mori Bawah
Verb
lou
- (stative) to be over there, somewhere remote and at a lower elevation then the speaker and hearer
References
- The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Latin lupus. Of dialectal origin or formed analogically from the feminine louve.
Noun
lou oblique singular, m (oblique plural lous, nominative singular lous, nominative plural lou)
- alternative form of leu
Descendants
- French: loup
Etymology 2
Article
lou
- (uncommon) alternative form of le
Zou
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lou̯˧/
Noun
lou
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lou̯˧˥/
Noun
lóu
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lou̯˧˩/
Verb
lòu
- (transitive) to pick (flowers or fruit)
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63