laha

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laha/

Noun

laha (Bengali script লাহা)

  1. resin

References

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ha

Verb

laha

  1. to clean the top of the coconut tree in preparation for turning it into a tuba-producing tree

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَوْح (lawḥ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

laha class ? (plural [please provide])

  1. sheet (paper)

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272 Nr. 2567
  2. ^ Harvey, Andrew (2014) “Epenthetic Vowels in Swahili Loanwords”, in Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education‎[1], volume 8, number 2, page 19 of 17-45: “Ar. lauh [lauh] -> Sw. laha [laha] ‘sheet of paper’”

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish laja, from Portuguese laja, variant of laje, from Latin lagēna, variant of lagoena, from Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos), variant of λᾰ́γῡνος (lắgūnos).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlaha/ [ˈlaː.hɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aha
  • Syllabification: la‧ha

Noun

laha (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜑ)

  1. flagstone; stone slab

Further reading

Tetum

Etymology

From *lapa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ. Cognate with Javanese lapa.

Noun

laha

  1. hunger

Tsonga

Adverb

laha

  1. here; proximal demonstrative adverb.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laiha.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑhɑ/, [ˈɫɑhɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ha

Adjective

laha

  1. thin, watery
  2. lean (of meat)

Inflection

Declension of laha (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative laha lahad
genitive laha lahojõ, lahoi
partitive lahha lahoitõ, lahoi
illative lahhasõ, lahha lahoisõ
inessive lahaz lahoiz
elative lahassõ lahoissõ
allative lahalõ lahoilõ
adessive lahallõ lahoillõ
ablative lahaltõ lahoiltõ
translative lahassi lahoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “laha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Zacatepec Chatino

Adjective

laha

  1. empty
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