"lâu" meaning in All languages combined

See lâu on Wiktionary

soft-redirect [Hokkien]

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-lâu-nan-hbl-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Verb [Khiamniungan Naga]

IPA: /laʊ⁵²/
Head templates: {{head|kix|verb}} lâu
  1. (Patsho) To stop moving

Adverb [Vietnamese]

IPA: [ləw˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ləw˧˧] [Huế], [ləw˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-lâu.wav , LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-lâu.wav Forms: [CJK], 𥹰 [CJK], 𦧃 [CJK], lâu lâu [diminutive, reduplication]
Etymology: From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləwʔ; cognates include Muong lô, Mon လံ (lòˀ, “long (time)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-pro|*ləwʔ}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləwʔ, {{cog|mtq|lô}} Muong lô, {{cog|mnw|လံ||long (time)|tr=lòˀ}} Mon လံ (lòˀ, “long (time)”) Head templates: {{head|vi|adverb|diminutive reduplication|lâu lâu|head=|tr=舊, 𥹰, 𦧃}} lâu • (舊, 𥹰, 𦧃) (diminutive reduplication lâu lâu), {{vi-adv|舊, 𥹰, 𦧃|rdp=y}} lâu • (舊, 𥹰, 𦧃) (diminutive reduplication lâu lâu)
  1. (of time) long Derived forms: dài lâu, lâu dài, lâu la, lâu lắc, lâu lắc lâu lơ
    Sense id: en-lâu-vi-adv-~GbwIcZ9 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header
{
  "lang": "Hokkien",
  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "樓",
    "劉",
    "留"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-lâu-nan-hbl-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lâu"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kix",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "lâu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
  "lang_code": "kix",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khiamniungan Naga entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Patsho Khiamniungan Naga",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop moving"
      ],
      "id": "en-lâu-kix-verb-J8uksoKS",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Patsho) To stop moving"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laʊ⁵²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lâu"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-pro",
        "3": "*ləwʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləwʔ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mtq",
        "2": "lô"
      },
      "expansion": "Muong lô",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mnw",
        "2": "လံ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "long (time)",
        "tr": "lòˀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Mon လံ (lòˀ, “long (time)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləwʔ; cognates include Muong lô, Mon လံ (lòˀ, “long (time)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "舊",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𥹰",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𦧃",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lâu lâu",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "reduplication"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "diminutive reduplication",
        "4": "lâu lâu",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "舊, 𥹰, 𦧃"
      },
      "expansion": "lâu • (舊, 𥹰, 𦧃) (diminutive reduplication lâu lâu)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "舊, 𥹰, 𦧃",
        "rdp": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "lâu • (舊, 𥹰, 𦧃) (diminutive reduplication lâu lâu)",
      "name": "vi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dài lâu"
        },
        {
          "word": "lâu dài"
        },
        {
          "word": "lâu la"
        },
        {
          "word": "lâu lắc"
        },
        {
          "word": "lâu lắc lâu lơ"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Even cacti need to be watered sometimes.",
          "text": "Xương rồng lâu lâu cũng cần tưới nước.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long"
      ],
      "id": "en-lâu-vi-adv-~GbwIcZ9",
      "links": [
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) long"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ləw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ləw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ləw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "lâu"
}
{
  "lang": "Hokkien",
  "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "樓",
    "劉",
    "留"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lâu"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kix",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "lâu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
  "lang_code": "kix",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Khiamniungan Naga entries with incorrect language header",
        "Khiamniungan Naga lemmas",
        "Khiamniungan Naga verbs",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Patsho Khiamniungan Naga"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop moving"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Patsho) To stop moving"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laʊ⁵²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lâu"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dài lâu"
    },
    {
      "word": "lâu dài"
    },
    {
      "word": "lâu la"
    },
    {
      "word": "lâu lắc"
    },
    {
      "word": "lâu lắc lâu lơ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-pro",
        "3": "*ləwʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləwʔ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mtq",
        "2": "lô"
      },
      "expansion": "Muong lô",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mnw",
        "2": "လံ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "long (time)",
        "tr": "lòˀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Mon လံ (lòˀ, “long (time)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləwʔ; cognates include Muong lô, Mon လံ (lòˀ, “long (time)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "舊",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𥹰",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𦧃",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lâu lâu",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "reduplication"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "diminutive reduplication",
        "4": "lâu lâu",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "舊, 𥹰, 𦧃"
      },
      "expansion": "lâu • (舊, 𥹰, 𦧃) (diminutive reduplication lâu lâu)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "舊, 𥹰, 𦧃",
        "rdp": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "lâu • (舊, 𥹰, 𦧃) (diminutive reduplication lâu lâu)",
      "name": "vi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Vietnamese adverbs",
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer",
        "Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Vietnamese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Even cacti need to be watered sometimes.",
          "text": "Xương rồng lâu lâu cũng cần tưới nước.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) long"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ləw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ləw˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ləw˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "lâu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for lâu meaning in All languages combined (3.5kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Patsho",
  "path": [
    "lâu"
  ],
  "section": "Khiamniungan Naga",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "lâu",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Patsho",
  "path": [
    "lâu"
  ],
  "section": "Khiamniungan Naga",
  "subsection": "verb",
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