See also: -lor, lör, and lôr

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Min Nan and Cantonese (lo1).

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

lor (Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Hong Kong)

  1. 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.’
  2. 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)

  1. their

PronounEdit

lor (long/stressed dative form of elj, and eali)

  1. to them

Usage notesEdit

Always preceded by 'a'- "a lor".

Related termsEdit

  • (a) lui (masculine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • (a) ljei (feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • (masculine/feminine plural dative- short/unstressed form)

BretonEdit

AdjectiveEdit

lor

  1. dirty

CantoneseEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of lor – see (“Cantonese particle”).
(This character, lor, is a variant form of .)

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French lors and alors, Italian allora.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

lor

  1. at the time of (an event), at the same time as

Derived termsEdit

  • lora (then, now)
  • lore (then, at the time)

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔr]
  • Hyphenation: lor

NounEdit

lor

  1. (Java) north

Further readingEdit

InterlinguaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian loro and French leur.

DeterminerEdit

lor

  1. (possessive) their

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlor/
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: lór

DeterminerEdit

lor

  1. 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

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦺꦴꦂ

Mauritian CreoleEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • or

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French or.

NounEdit

lor

  1. Gold

Etymology 2Edit

From French là-haut.

PrepositionEdit

lor

  1. on
    Antonym: anba

Old CatalanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

In sense 1, inherited from Latin illōrum. In sense 2, borrowed from Italian loro.

PronounEdit

lor

  1. them (dative)
  2. them (accusative)

ReferencesEdit

  • “lor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illōrum.

PronounEdit

lor

  1. to them (third-person indirect object pronoun)

DeterminerEdit

lor

  1. their (third-person plural possessive)

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

  1. north
    Synonyms: uttara, sĕlatan

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

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)

  1. (also possessive determiner) their

SynonymsEdit

  • (less frequently used): săi (masculine), sale (feminine)

PronounEdit

lor (dative form of ei, and ele)

  1. to them

See alsoEdit

TurkishEdit

 
Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

EtymologyEdit

From Persian لور‎.

NounEdit

lor (definite accusative loru, plural lorlar)

  1. A whey cheese similar to ricotta.

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)

  1. saliva
    Synonym: tëflit