latu

From Proto-Finnic *latu, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *laδᴈ. Compare Karelian latu, Veps ladu and Eastern Mari лады (lady).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑtu/, [ˈlɑ̝t̪u]
• Rhymes: -ɑtu
• Syllabification^(key): la‧tu
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧tu

latu

1. ski track
2. (figuratively) course

   antaa asioiden mennä luonnollista latuaan ― to let nature take its course

• (course): reitti, suunta, tapa, ura

• tola

• “latu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• alut, luta

From Old Javanese latu (“spark”).

latu (ngoko geni, krama latu)

1. (polite) fire

• "latu" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

lātū

1. ablative supine of ferō

latu m

1. inflection of lats:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

latu

1. person

• Russell G. Schuh, Maka Wordlist, p. 6

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.tu/

latu f

1. delay, hindrance

• wordlatu

• læt

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “latu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

latu

1. spark

• "latu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.tu/

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• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: la‧tu

latu n

1. dative singular of lato

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latu

1. charcoal

• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Borrowed from Spanish arado.

latu

1. plough

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 45