luh

See also: lùh, luħ, and łuh

Translingual

Symbol

luh

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Leizhou Min.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Leizhou Min terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lə/
  • Rhymes:
  • Homophone: le

Etymology 1

Verb

luh

  1. Pronunciation spelling of love, representing African-American Vernacular English
    • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 285:
      Muddah collapsed beneath me, laying flat on her stomach. I laid down halfway on top of her and pulled her close to me. "I luh you, Carmiesha," I said, slobber dripping from my mouth.

Etymology 2

Adjective

luh

  1. Pronunciation spelling of little, representing African-American Vernacular English
    luh calm fit
  2. Pronunciation spelling of li'l, representing African-American Vernacular English

Cebuano

Etymology

From hala.

Interjection

luh

  1. (text messaging) used as an expression of awe, surprise or disbelief.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlux]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech luh, from Proto-Slavic *lǫgъ.

Noun

luh m inan

  1. (forestry) riparian forest
    Synonym: lužní les
  2. (literary) mead, meadow, especially a wet meadow or flood-meadow
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

luh m inan

  1. (rare, archaic) alternative form of louh
Declension

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

luh

  1. romanization of ꦭꦸꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.

Noun

luh

  1. tear

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • aluh
  • aṅluh
  • kapaluh
  • kapiluh
  • kapiṅluh
  • lumuh

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦭꦸꦃ (luh) (inherited)
  • >? Malay: peluh
    • > Indonesian: peluh (inherited)

Further reading

  • "luh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sumerian

Romanization

luh

  1. romanization of 𒈛 (luḫ)