laa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laa"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Lapuyan Subanun.

Symbol

laa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lapuyan Subanun.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lapuyan Subanun terms

Afar

Laa.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo loon, Sidamo lalo and Saho laa. Compare also Amharic ላም (lam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː/ [ˈlaː]
• Hyphenation: laa

Noun

láa m (singulative sagá f, plural lóo f)

1. (collective) cattle

Declension

Declension of láa
absolutive	láa
predicative	láa
subjective	laahí
genitive	laahí
Postpositioned forms l-case láal k-case láak t-case láat h-case láah

Derived terms

• laahintí

See also

• sagáytu (“bull”)

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “làa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Ahtna

Etymology 1

Proto-Athabaskan *lanʸ. Cognate with Navajo -LĄĄD (“be many”).

Root

laa

1. to be many

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	laan	laʼ	laał	laʼ
Neuter negative	dlah	dlaʼa	—	—
Transitional	—	laʼ	laax, lax	laax
Transitional-progressive	dlax	—	—	—
Transitional negative	—	dlaade	dlaaghe	—

Derived terms

• dghesdlaani (“one hundred”)
• ggesdlaani (“one hundred”)
• tseles desdlaann (“one hundred”)
• xundelaayi (“-ty”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 263

Etymology 2

Proto-Athabaskan *laˑʷ. Cognate with Lower Tanana lo.

Root

laa

1. A classificatory stem for plural objects and rope-like objects, with a variety of extended meanings, such as digging

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter (∅-classifier)	laa	laʼ	laał	laʼ
Neuter (l-classifier)	lyaa	lyaʼ	lyaał	lyaʼ
Neuter-customary	laax	laax	laax	laax
Transitional	laax	laʼ	laax	laax
Momentaneous (∅-classifier)	lae	laa	laeł	leʼ, laeł
Momentaneous (l-classifier)	lyae	lyaa	lyaeł	lyeʼ, lyaeł
Progressive	laeł	—	—	—
Perambulative	laeł	laa	laeł	laeł
Distributive	leʼ	laa	leʼ	leʼ
Continuative	leʼ	leʼ	leʼ	leʼ
Reversative	laex	laa	laex	laex
Customary	laes, liis	laes, liis	laes, liis	laes, liis
Repetitive	laes	laes	laes	laes
Repetitive-customary	liis	liis	liis	liis
Persistive	laex	laex	laex	laex
Transitional-customary	laes	laes	laes	laes

Derived terms

• cʼanatadiłaeyi (“male moose in October”)
• cʼehdelyaes (“they are singing”)
• cʼetelae (“he/she is moving something”)
• dalaeł (“he/she is carrying them along”)
• dezdlaa (“d-gender objects are in position”)
• -edelyaane (“fatherʼs brotherʼs children”)
• ggotʼdghalyaa (“he/she is kneeling”)
• hdelyaa (“they are laying down”)
• hkʼeknighilaa (“a ridge drops down steeply”)
• hwlaaxeʼ (“floor”)
• idelyaa (“he/she is keeping them for himself”)
• kadalyaayi (“roseroot”)
• kakalyaade (“pitfall trap for beaver”)
• kaknighilaa (“a ridge ascends”)
• kezdlaa (“they are unconscious”)
• kunelaesen (“police officer”)
• lacʼelyaes (“he/she is giving a potlatch”)
• lalyaes (“he/she is moving his/her hands up and down”)
• nahwnighilaa (“a ridgeline slopes down”)
• naknginilaa (“a ridge extends across”)
• nakʼetsʼelyaayi (“eyeglasses”)
• natesnghinilaa (“a hill extends across”)
• natsʼendelaayi (“crab”)
• natʼaanʼdelaeyi (“autumn wind”)
• nayʼdelaeyi (“strong winter wind”)
• ncʼelyeʼ (“he/she is playing”)
• nezdlaa (“a rope is in position”)
• nełaa (“it is curved”)
• nhdelyaa (“they are standing”)
• niłcidalyaayi (“dress suit”)
• taknighilaa (“a ridge slopes into water”)
• tayalaeł (“things are floating in the water”)
• tehbiił ghadakngilaayi (“net floats”)
• teʼsdlaesi (“body of fishtrap”)
• tiʼnelaesen (“priest”)
• tsʼes łudalyaełi (“backhoe”)
• tʼanelyaesi (“vegetable seed”)
• ukʼe kunayʼnelyaesi (“garden”)
• unen nacʼehwdelaesi (“February”)
• utʼaa kuzdlaay (“cabinet”)
• uyii kolyaesi (“box”)
• uyii kuzdlaayi (“trunk, drawer”)
• uʼeł ghaʼ hngelyaesi (“tape measure”)
• uʼeł kahwdelyaesi (“chisel”)
• uʼeł kakolyaesi (“shovel”)
• uʼeł konʼ dalyaełi (“fire poker”)
• uʼeł nakeyʼnalyaexi (“spatula”)
• uʼeł tiʼnezdlaayi (“sinker”)
• uʼeł łidayʼtnilaayi (“hinge”)
• xundelaayi
• yalaeł (“he/she is carrying them along”)
• yizdlaa (“he/she has them”)
• yuʼ dadghilaade (“closet”)
• yuʼ ukʼehwnidelaayi (“clothesline”)
• yuʼ uyizdlaayi (“suitcase”)
• zdlaa (“plural objects are in position; he/she has”)
• łunalaeł (“he/she is carrying it around”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 264-269

Etymology 3

Possibly related to the above root.

Stem

laa

1. Relates to elevation?

Derived terms

• dghelaay (“mountain range”)
• dghelaa (“to the summit of”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 263

Alemannic German

Verb

laa (third-person singular simple present laat, past participle glaa)

1. alternative form of lah

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

laa

1. law

Galician

Alternative forms

• la

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂

Proto-Italic *wlāna

Latin lānam

Old Galician-Portuguese lãa

Galician laa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lānam (“wool”).

Noun

laa f (uncountable)

1. wool

Ingrian

Etymology

Irregularly derived from lase (“let!”). Akin to dialectal Finnish las, laa.

Compare also the regular Estonian las, which serves the same function. Unrelated to German lass or Swedish låt.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː/, [ˈɫɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː/, [ˈɫɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: laa

Particle

laa

1. Used to form an optative construction with a following verb: may...; let...

   Laa möö laulamma. ― Let's sing. (literally, “May we sing.”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 254

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *lagą

Old Norse lag

Old Norse lǫgbor.

Old English lagu

Middle English lawe

English law

Jamaican Creole laa

Inherited from English law.

Noun

laa (plural laa dem, quantified laa)

1. law
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 16:17:

     It wuda kwika fi evn an ort mash op dan fi di liklis leta iina di Laa chienj.

     But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for the littlest letter in the Law to change.

Further reading

• “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project‎^[2], 2015, Glossary‎^[3]

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish lá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛː/

Noun

laa m (genitive singular laa, plural laghyn)

1. day, daytime
   • Cha nel Manninagh rieau creeney derrey'n laa lurg y vargee.
     • A Manxman is never wise until the day after the market.
   • Cha nel ny laghyn ain agh beggan.
     • Our days are few.
   • Cha nel red erbee ayn ny laghyn shoh agh shen.
     • It's all the rage these days.
   • Chass eh er ash laa ny vairagh.
     • He started back the next day.
   • Cheau mee laa er y çheer.
     • I spent a day in the country.
   • Cooineeym er gys y laa s'odjey veem bio.
     • I will remember it to my dying day.
   • Cre'n laa jeh'n çhiaghtin t'eh?
     • What day of the week is it?
   • Hig eh nane jeh ny laghyn shoh.
     • He'll come one of these fine days.
   • S'giare ta ny laghyn echey.
     • His days are numbered.
   • Ta mee lieh chadley ny laghyn shoh.
     • I sleep badly these days.
   • Ta mee shassoo er my chione hene ny laghyn shoh.
     • I depend on myself these days.
   • Ta ny laghyn goll ny s'girrey.
     • The days are drawing in.

Old Irish

Noun

laa

1. alternative spelling of lá (“day”)

Tataltepec Chatino

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

laa

1. church

References

• Pride, Leslie; Pride, Kitty (1970), Vocabulario chatino de Tataltepec. Castellano-chatino, chatino-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 15)‎^[4] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 59

Tezoatlán Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *láà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlāā]

Noun

laa

1. bird

Derived terms

• laa kao̱
• laa li̱mi
• laa vi̱kó
• laa vúrro
• laa yóto̱

References

• F. de Williams, Judith; Ojeda Morales, Gerardo; Torres Benavides, Liborio (2017), Diccionario mixteco de San Andrés Yutatío, Tezoatlán, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 49)‎^[5] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 137