laa

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

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

láa m (singulative sagá f)

1. (collective) cattle

• sagáytu (“bull”)

• 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• la, loo, lo, lou, lah

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

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /lɑː/

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

1. to leave
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:

     Dr Vater goht und lot’s älei.

     The father goes, and leaves her alone.

2. to break

Strong:

Mixed:

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

• la

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

laa f (uncountable)

1. wool

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.

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

laa

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

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

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

From Old Irish lá.

• IPA^(key): [leː], [laː]

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.

laa

1. Alternative spelling of lá (“day”)

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

laa

1. church

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

From Proto-Mixtec *láà.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlāā]

laa

1. bird

• 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)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 137