lor
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Min Nan and Cantonese 囉/啰 (lo1).
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
lor (Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Hong Kong)
- Used to convey a sense of resignation.
- Ya lor / Han nor. ― Yeah, I guess so.
- Next time lor. ― Leave it for next time.
- OK lor, go ahead. ― Fine, go ahead.
- 2003 November 16, Suzanne Sng, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 16:
- [B]y then, it was too late, and I just told myself, ‘Ya lor. He’s right.’
- Emphasizes that the answer to something is obvious and straightforward.
- You lor. ― It's obviously you then.
- Then tell him lor. ― Why don't you tell him, then?
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Low, Ee Ling; Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction[1]
- Wee, Lionel (2002), “Lor in colloquial Singapore English”, in Journal of Pragmatics[2], volume 34, issue 6
AnagramsEdit
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Romanian lor.
PronounEdit
lor (genitive form of elj, and eali)
PronounEdit
lor (long/stressed dative form of elj, and eali)
- to them
Usage notesEdit
Always preceded by 'a'- "a lor".
Related termsEdit
BretonEdit
AdjectiveEdit
lor
CantoneseEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of lor – see 囉 (“Cantonese particle”). (This character, lor, is a variant form of 囉.) |
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French lors and alors, Italian allora.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
lor
- at the time of (an event), at the same time as
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- dum (“during, in (a period of time)”)
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Javanese lor (ꦭꦺꦴꦂ), from Old Javanese lor, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of laut.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lor
Further readingEdit
- “lor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
InterlinguaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian loro and French leur.
DeterminerEdit
lor
- (possessive) their
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
lor
- Apocopic form of loro
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto III”, in Inferno, lines 103–105:
- Bestemmiavano Dio e’ lor parenti, ¶ l’umana spezie e ’l loco e ’l tempo e ’l seme ¶ di lor semenza e di lor nascimenti.
- God they blasphemed and their progenitors, the human race, the place, the time, the seed of their engendering and of their birth!
JavaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
lor
- Romanization of ꦭꦺꦴꦂ
Mauritian CreoleEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- or
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
lor
Etymology 2Edit
PrepositionEdit
lor
Old CatalanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
In sense 1, inherited from Latin illōrum. In sense 2, borrowed from Italian loro.
PronounEdit
lor
ReferencesEdit
- “lor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
lor
- to them (third-person indirect object pronoun)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- la novele lor aporte
- [He] brought the news to them
DeterminerEdit
lor
- their (third-person plural possessive)
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Et lor dex en ont merciés.
- And they thanked their gods for it.
DescendantsEdit
- French: leur
Old JavaneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of lahut (“sea”) and lod (“sea”).
NounEdit
lor
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦂ (lor, “north”)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Italian loro, French leur.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
lor (genitive form of ei, and ele)
- (also possessive determiner) their
SynonymsEdit
PronounEdit
lor (dative form of ei, and ele)
- to them
See alsoEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
lor (definite accusative loru, plural lorlar)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | lor | |
Definite accusative | loru | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | lor | lorlar |
Definite accusative | loru | lorları |
Dative | lora | lorlara |
Locative | lorda | lorlarda |
Ablative | lordan | lorlardan |
Genitive | lorun | lorların |
WolofEdit
NounEdit
lor (definite form lor wi)