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Translingual

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lu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Luba-Katanga.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

lu (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of loo (“card game”).

Verb

lu (third-person singular simple present lus, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

  1. Archaic form of loo (“beat at card game”).

Etymology 2

A romanization of Chinese 路 (lù, “route”)

Noun

lu (usually uncountable, plural lus)

  1. (historical) Synonym of route or circuit: an administrative division of imperial China.

References

Anagrams

Äiwoo

Noun

lu

  1. life

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille. Compare Spanish lo.

Pronoun

lu, la f, lo n

  1. Third-person singular direct object; him, it

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-Kenyah *lu, from Proto-North Sarawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (“pestle”).

Noun

lu

  1. pestle for pounding rice

References

  • Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Basque

Etymology

Unknown. Potentially compare Iberian lu (“deep”)

Pronunciation

Noun

lu inan

  1. pussy, vagina

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...
Declension of lu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lu lua luak
ergative luk luak luek
dative luri luari luei
genitive luren luaren luen
comitative lurekin luarekin luekin
causative lurengatik luarengatik luengatik
benefactive lurentzat luarentzat luentzat
instrumental luz luaz luez
inessive lutan luan luetan
locative lutako luko luetako
allative lutara lura luetara
terminative lutaraino luraino luetaraino
directive lutarantz lurantz luetarantz
destinative lutarako lurako luetarako
ablative lutatik lutik luetatik
partitive lurik — —
prolative lutzat — —
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Betawi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 汝 (lú, “you”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu/
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /luh/
  • IPA(key): /əˈlu/ (extended form)
  • IPA(key): /əˈluh/ (extended form)
  • Hyphenation: lu

Pronoun

lu

  1. you (personal pronoun)
  2. you (direct object of a verb)
  3. you (object of a preposition)
  4. you (indirect object of a verb)
  5. your (belonging to me)

Usage notes

Used mainly in a common situation, especially between friends or by someone older in terms of speaking to a younger person. As for the usage by a younger person speaking with an older person, there is no agreement whether it is appropriate to do so or not: some would regard it as inappropriate, some other would not. Grijns (1991) noted that some Batavians use this pronoun when speaking to God.

Synonyms

References

  • Grijns, C.D. (1991) Jakarta Malay, volume 2, Leiden: KITLV Press, page 122.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of lu – see 嚕 (“Cantonese particle”).
(This term is a variant form of 嚕).

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish luu, from Proto-Brythonic *llʉɣ, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Noun

lu m (plural luyow)

  1. army, troop, fleet

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle (“that”). Cognates include Italian lo (“him”), il (“the”) and French le (“the, him”).

Article

lu

  1. Archaic form of u.

Pronoun

lu

  1. Archaic form of u.

References

  • “lu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
  • “u, lu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Danish

Verb

lu

  1. imperative of lue

French

Pronunciation

Participle

lu (feminine lue, masculine plural lus, feminine plural lues)

  1. past participle of lire

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum. Compare Italian lo.

Pronoun

lu (third person masculine direct object)

  1. him

Hausa

Pronunciation

Ideophone

lû

  1. swinging motion

Iberian

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Etymology

Unknown. Possibly compare Basque lu (“vagina”)

Adjective

lu

  1. deep
    tekeŕ lu keś ir
    A deep votive action

References

  • Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

Ido

Etymology

Back-formation from ilu (“he, him”), elu (“she, her”) and olu (“it”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

lu (plural li)

  1. Third-person singular pronoun for referents of any gender; he/him, she/her, it or that
    Me ne savas ka lu es viro o muliero.
    I don't know if he/she is a man or a woman.

Usage notes

Lu is widely used in Ido, and not exclusively when a gendered possessive determiner is inappropriate, but also in order to avoid repetition depending on the user's preferences.

Derived terms

  • li (“they, them”)
  • lua
  • ilu (“he, him”) (masculine)
  • elu (“she, her”) (feminine)
  • olu (“it”) (neuter)

See also

More information singular, plural ...
Personal pronouns in Ido
singular plural
nominative possessive nominative possessive
singular plural singular plural
first person  me  mea  mei  ni  nia  nii
second person formal  vu  vua  vui  vi  via  vii
familiar  tu  tua  tui
third person masculine  ilu, il  ilua  ilui  ili  ilia  ilii
feminine  elu, el  elua  elui  eli  elia  elii
neuter  olu, ol  olua  olui  oli  olia  olii
common  lu  lua  lui  li  lia  lii
reflexive  su  sua  sui  su  sua  sui
indefinite  onu, on  onua  onui  onu, on  onua  onui
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  • The possessive plurals are seldom used.
  • The shortened forms are preferred.
  • The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi Udik lo (“you”), from Hokkien 汝 (lú). Doublet of lo.

Pronoun

lu

  1. (chiefly Jakarta, slang) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

  • anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • coen (slang, East Java)
  • ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • kamu (intimate)
  • ko, kowe (informal, Java)
  • kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
  • lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq.

Noun

lu

  1. tear

Japanese

Romanization

lu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of る゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ル゚

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese လှူ (hlu).

Verb

lu

  1. to offer
  2. to donate

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Linngithigh

Pronoun

lu

  1. he/she/it (third-person singular nominative pronoun)

See also

More information Person, Number (and clusivity) ...
Person Number (and clusivity) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative
FirstSingular ayong ninh thom thon
Dual inclusive linggay linh linam lingg
Non-singular exclusive nan nanh nanam nangg
Plural inclusive puy punh punam pungg
SecondSingular tru nanh kom kon
Dual poy ponh ponam pongg
Plural irae iraenh iraenam iraengg
ThirdSingular lu ngonh ngom ngon
Dual lawuy lawunh/lanh lawunam lawungg
Plural 'ar 'anh 'anam 'angg
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Linngithigh personal pronouns

Lutuv

Malay

Mandarin

Muong

Neapolitan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Old French

Sassarese

Sicilian

Sumerian

Tocharian A

Veps

Vietnamese

Welsh

Zazaki

Zou

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