laha

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Atong (India)[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

laha (Bengali script লাহা)

  1. resin

References[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: la‧ha

Verb[edit]

laha

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

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

laha (needs class)

  1. sheet (paper)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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’

Tetum[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

laha

  1. hunger

Tsonga[edit]

Adverb[edit]

laha

  1. here; proximal demonstrative adverb.

Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *laiha.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

laha

  1. thin, watery

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

laha

  1. empty