loh

See also: Loh and -loh

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔh/
• Rhymes: -lɔh, -ɔh, -h

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦭꦺꦴ (lo).

Alternative forms

• lo (rare)
• lho

Interjection

loh

1. (colloquial) What!?, Oh come off it!, hang on... (did I hear that right?)

   Loh, kok aneh? ― Gee, now that's weird...

   Loh, bukan itu yang dikatakannya ― Hang on, that's not what they (3s) said.

Particle

loh

1. (colloquial) Adds emphasis at the end of a sentence or clause.

   Gua nggak mau loh.

   I definitely don’t want to.

   Suaminya insinyur di perusahaan Jepang loh.

   Her husband works as an engineer in a Japanese firm! (in this sentence, adding lho suggests that he is no ordinary man)

   Jam dua loh.

   Don’t forget, two o’clock alright?

Etymology 2

Noun

loh (plural loh-loh, first-person possessive lohku, second-person possessive lohmu, third-person possessive lohnya)

1. alternative spelling of lauh (“board, tablet, slab”)

   loh batu ― Tablets of Stone

   loh mahfuz ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

• “loh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

loh

1. Romanization of ꦭꦺꦴꦃ

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːx/

Noun

lōh n

1. Alternative form of lōg

Declension

Declension of loh (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lōh	lōh
accusative	lōh	lōh
genitive	lōges	lōga
dative	lōge	lōgum

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.

Noun

lōh m

1. forest

Declension

Declension of lōh (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	lōh	lōha
accusative	lōh	lōha
genitive	lōhes	lōho
dative	lōhe	lōhum
instrumental	lōhu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: lōh, lōch, lō
  • German: Loh, Lah, Lage (mostly in place names)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką.

Noun

loh n

1. hole

Declension

Declension of loh (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	loh	loh
accusative	loh	loh
genitive	lohes	loho
dative	lohe	lohum
instrumental	lohu	—

Derived terms

• arsloh
• biloh
• erdloh
• hellaloh
• houbitloh
• mundloh
• nasaloh
• pfuntloh
• riomloh
• rouhloh
• spuntloh
• steinloh
• unbiloh

Descendants

• Middle High German: loch
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: loch, lòch

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Loch

    Luxembourgish: Lach

  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon German:

    Vilamovian: łöch

  • East Franconian:
  • German: Loch
    • → Czech: loch
    • → Dutch: loch
    • → Polish: loch
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Frankfurterisch: Loch

    Pennsylvania German: Loch

  • Yiddish: לאָך (lokh)

Zhuang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 路 (MC luH).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /lo˧/
• Tone numbers: lo⁶
• Hyphenation: loh

Noun

loh (classifier diuz, Sawndip form 垎, 1957–1982 spelling loƅ)

1. road; street; route

   Synonym: roen

2. opportunity; way out
3. means; method; way; trick

Derived terms

• daihloh
• dauhloh
• maxloh

 

See also

• dingqroen
• gai
• roennou