laha

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laha/

Noun

laha (Bengali script লাহা)

resin

References

van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: la‧ha

Verb

laha

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

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

laha (needs class)

sheet (paper)

References

^ 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
^ 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

Etymology

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

Noun

laha

hunger

Tsonga

Adverb

laha

here; proximal demonstrative adverb.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *laiha.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

laha

thin, watery

Inflection

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

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

Adjective

laha

empty

[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’”

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