lau

lau (third-person singular simple present laus, present participle lauing, simple past and past participle laued)

1. (Polari) To place upon; to put down onto.

• alau

From Latin lavō. Compare Romanian la, lau.

lau (third-person singular present indicative la, past participle latã)

1. I wash.
2. (reflexive, mi-lau) I wash myself.

• spel, aspel

• lari/lare
• lat
• spel

• ascaldu
• culimbisescu

• IPA^(key): /lau̯/, [lau̯]

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From Proto-Basque *lanu, from Latin plānum.

lau (comparative lauago, superlative lauen, excessive lauegi)

1. flat, level
2. plain, simple

lau (comparative lauago, superlative lauen, excessive lauegi)

1. simply

lau inan

1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)

From Proto-Basque *lauR (“four”). Often compared with Iberian lau(r) (“four”) and Aquitanian *laur-, present in numerous compounds, such as *laurco, *laurina and in the toponym *Laureiereta (“Four Mills”).[1][2][3] Possibly related to labur.

lau

1. four

The declension of the plural forms changes when used as a pronoun. This is not currently reflected in the table below.

• "lau" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “lau” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

lau

1. H-system spelling of laŭ

From Middle High German lā (inflected lāwe), from Old High German lāo. Cognate with Dutch lauw. Also related with English lukewarm.

• IPA^(key): /laʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

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lau (strong nominative masculine singular lauer, comparative lauer, superlative am lauesten or am lausten)

1. Synonym of lauwarm (“lukewarm, tepid”)
2. (often of wind or the night) mild; especially in the sense that it is pleasantly cool after a period of heat

   Synonym: mild

   Es war eine laue Sommernacht. ― It was a mild summer night. [i.e. one that is warm, but bringing welcome cooling after a hot day]

3. cushy, easy

   ein lauer Job ― a cushy job

• für lau
• lauer Lenz (“period of idleness”)

sich einen lauen Lenz machen ― to get on a gravy train, to ride the gravy train

• “lau” in Duden online
• “lau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯/, [ˈlɐw]
• (rapid speech) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔw]

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lau, from Proto-Polynesian *rau, from Proto-Central Pacific *rau, from Proto-Oceanic *raun, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *raun, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf”).

lau

1. leaf

From Proto-Polynesian *rau (“hundred”).

lau

1. (stative) many, numerous

lau

1. four hundred

• “lau” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

lau

1. 1st-person singular pronoun: I, me

lau m (genitive laavesko, nominative plural laave, genitive plural laavengo)

1. word
2. talk

• lauo (Abecedario, obsolete)
• lawu (Súlat Wáwâ)

From Sanskrit राहु (rāhu, “Rāhu”). Compare Tagalog laho.

• Hyphenation: la‧u
• IPA^(key): /ˈlauʔ/, [ˈläː.oʔ]

láû

1. eclipse (usually of the moon)

lau

1. water

• Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 119.

lau

1. Alternative form of lawe

From Old Frisian *lewa, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leeuwe.

lau

1. lion

• lööw

From Proto-Brythonic *llọβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”).

lau f

1. hand

• Welsh: llaw

lau

1. wide

laú

1. water

lau

1. inflection of la:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present/imperfect indicative

From Proto-Polynesian *rau (compare Maori rau), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (compare Malay daun).

lau

1. leaf

lau

1. hundred

• lua lau (“two hundred”)

lau

1. away

   ṣañ wrat lau tärkanacer

   You are going to let your vow away. (literally)

   You are going to break your vow.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [law˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [law˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [la(ː)w˧˧]

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From Proto-Vietic *k-luː, cognate with Arem alaw.

(classifier cây) lau • (𣓿, 𦰤)

1. reed, arundinaceous cane

lau

1. to clean by wiping or rubbing with a wet cloth

• giặt
• rửa

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /laɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /lai̯/

lau

1. Soft mutation of llau (“lice”).