laa

laa

1. cow, cattle

• la, loo, lo, lou

From Old High German lāzan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Cognate with German lassen, Dutch laten, Swedish låta.

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /lɑː/

laa (third-person singular simple present laat, past participle glaa, past subjunctive lies, auxiliary haa)

1. to leave
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:

     Dr Vater goht und lot’s älei.

     The father goes, and leaves her alone.

2. to break

Strong:

Mixed:

• “laa” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co.

From Old Irish lá

• IPA^(key): [leː], [laː]

laa m (genitive singular laa, plural laghyn)

1. day, daytime
   • Cha nel Manninagh rieau creeney derrey'n laa lurg y vargee.
     • A Manxman is never wise until the day after the market.
   • Cha nel ny laghyn ain agh beggan.
     • Our days are few.
   • Cha nel red erbee ayn ny laghyn shoh agh shen.
     • It's all the rage these days.
   • Chass eh er ash laa ny vairagh.
     • He started back the next day.
   • Cheau mee laa er y çheer.
     • I spent a day in the country.
   • Cooineeym er gys y laa s'odjey veem bio.
     • I will remember it to my dying day.
   • Cre'n laa jeh'n çhiaghtin t'eh?
     • What day of the week is it?
   • Hig eh nane jeh ny laghyn shoh.
     • He'll come one of these fine days.
   • S'giare ta ny laghyn echey.
     • His days are numbered.
   • Ta mee lieh chadley ny laghyn shoh.
     • I sleep badly these days.
   • Ta mee shassoo er my chione hene ny laghyn shoh.
     • I depend on myself these days.
   • Ta ny laghyn goll ny s'girrey.
     • The days are drawing in.