lou

Alternative forms

• le

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

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

1. the

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lu/

Etymology 1

From Latin ille.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin lupus.

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu/

Etymology 1

From French lourd (“heavy”).

Etymology 2

From French loup (“wolf”).

Noun

lou m (please provide plural)

1. work

Noun

lou

1. direction

Romanization

lou (lou⁵ / lou⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄡ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘍 / 喽
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.

Verb

lou

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

References

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

Alternative forms

• lu
• leu

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See le and lo.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

References

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