laa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laa"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Lapuyan Subanun.

Symbol

laa

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

Afar

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)

(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

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

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

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
Reversitative	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

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

Alternative forms

la, loo, lo, lou, lah

Etymology

From Old High German lāzan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Cognate with German lassen, Dutch laten, Swedish låta.

Pronunciation

(Zürich) IPA^(key): /lɑː/

Verb

laa (third-person singular simple present laat, past participle glaa, past subjunctive lies, auxiliary haa)

to leave
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:
  Dr Vater goht und lot’s älei.
  The father goes, and leaves her alone.
to break

Conjugation

Strong:

Conjugation of laa – *Urner dialect*

infinitive		laa
past participle		gla
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
		ich, i	du	er/si/es	mir	ir	si
indicative	present	laa	laasch	laat	laa	läänt	laa

subjunctive	present	lëë, läng, längi	lëëesch, längesch	lëë, läng, längi	lëëe	lëëet	lëëe
subjunctive	past	liess, liessi	liessesch	liess, liessi	liesse	liesset	liesse

imperative	affirmative	—	lach	—	—	läänt	—

Mixed:

Conjugation of laa – *Urner dialect*

infinitive		laa
past participle		gla
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
		ich, i	du	er/si/es	mir	ir	si
indicative	present	laa	laasch	laat	laa	läänt	laa

subjunctive	present	lëë, läng, längi	lëëesch, längesch	lëë, läng, längi	lëëe	lëëet	lëëe
subjunctive	past	lät, lättti	lättesch	lät, lätti	lätte	lättet	lätte

imperative	affirmative	—	lach	—	—	läänt	—

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

laa

law

Galician

Alternative forms

la

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

Noun

laa f (uncountable)

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

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

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish lá.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛː/

Noun

laa m (genitive singular laa, plural laghyn)

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

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

church

References

Pride, Leslie; Pride, Kitty (1970), Vocabulario chatino de Tataltepec. Castellano-chatino, chatino-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 15)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 59

Tezoatlán Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *láà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlāā]

Noun

laa

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)‎^[3] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 137