lou

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See also: Lou, lóu, lòu, lōu, lǒu, and lo'u

Bourguignon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ille.

Article

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lou (alternative form le, feminine lai, plural les)

  1. the

Champenois

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /lu/

Etymology 1

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From Latin ille.

Alternative forms

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Article

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lou (feminine lai, plural les)

  1. the
    lou champaignat
    Champenois

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin lupus.

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Noun

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lou m (plural lous)

  1. wolf

References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes

Haitian Creole

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French lourd (heavy).

Adjective

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lou

  1. heavy

Etymology 2

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From French loup (wolf).

Noun

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lou

  1. wolf
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Ligurian

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Noun

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lou m (please provide plural)

  1. work

Lindu

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Noun

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lou

  1. direction

Mandarin

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Romanization

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lou (lou5lou0, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄡ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𡀔

lou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lōu.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of lóu.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lǒu.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lòu.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mori Bawah

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Verb

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lou

  1. (stative) to be over there, somewhere remote and at a lower elevation then the speaker and hearer

References

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  • The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Latin lupus. Of dialectal origin or formed analogically from the feminine louve.

Noun

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lou oblique singularm (oblique plural lous, nominative singular lous, nominative plural lou)

  1. Alternative form of leu
Descendants
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  • French: loup

Etymology 2

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See le and lo.

Article

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lou

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of le

Zou

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lou

  1. weed

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lóu

  1. ricefield, paddy
  2. farm

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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lòu

  1. (transitive) to pick (flowers or fruit)

References

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  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63