lao

lao

1. Lao, Laotian (ethnic Lao person)
2. Lao, Laotian (language)

Some speakers prefer to use the synonyms laosilainen (person) or laosin kieli (language) in infleced forms, particularly plural.

• (person): laosilainen
• (language): laon kieli

• laosilainen

From Old Irish lóeg, from Proto-Celtic *laygos (“calf”) (compare Welsh llo, Cornish leugh), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠeː/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠiː/

lao m (genitive singular lao, nominative plural laonna)

1. calf

• gamhain (Ulster)

lao

1. Nonstandard spelling of lāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of láo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lào.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /lao/

From French là-haut.

lao

1. upstairs

   Antonym: anba

lao

1. upstairs

   Antonym: anba

lao

1. over

   Antonym: anba

• *hlāo

From Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz, whence also Old English hlēow, Old Norse hlær.

lāo

1. warm (of the weather)

• Middle High German: lā (lāw-)
  • Alemannic German: leew
  • German: lau

• IPA^(key): [ˈla.o]

lao (plural laos)

1. Lao (language)
2. Lao (person)
3. Lao (of or relating to Laos)

lao m or f (plural laos)

1. Lao (person)

lao m

1. Lao (language)
2. Lao (ethnic group)

lao

1. Ji class inflected form of -ao.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːw˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 癆.

lao

1. (bệnh ~) (medicine) tuberculosis

Compare Thai หลาว (lǎao).

(classifier cây) lao (𨦭)

1. harpoon; javelin; dart

lao

1. to plunge; to dart

Sino-Vietnamese word from 牢.

lao

1. jail; prison