luv
See also: Luv
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
luv (countable and uncountable, plural luvs or luvz)
- Deliberate misspelling of love.
Verb edit
luv (third-person singular simple present luvz or luvs, present participle luving or luvving, simple past and past participle luvd or luved or luvved)
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Piedmontese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
luv m
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hmong *ʔlɛŋᴮ (“short”), and cognate with Proto-Mien *ʔnəŋᴮ (“id”). Due to the n-l alternation between Mienic and Hmongic, a Chinese borrowing seems possible, though no plausible candidate has been found.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
luv
Verb edit
luv
Derived terms edit
- siab luv (“short-tempered, impatient”)
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 120.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 225; 276.
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