Balinese edit

Romanization edit

liu

  1. Romanization of ᬮᬶᬬᬸ

Hawaiian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

liu

  1. to turn

Derived terms edit

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

liu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of liū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of liú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of liǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of liù.

Usage notes edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Latin locus

Noun edit

liu oblique singularm (oblique plural lius, nominative singular lius, nominative plural liu)

  1. place

Picard edit

Etymology edit

From Latin locus.

Noun edit

liu m (plural lius)

  1. place

Woleaian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Micronesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

liu

  1. coconut

References edit

  • Sohn, Ho-Mihn; Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976), “liu”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 206