See also: Luv

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

luv (countable and uncountable, plural luvs or luvz)

  1. 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)

  1. (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of love.
    i luv you
    she luvz it
    we luvd it
    you are luving it

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Piedmontese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

luv m

  1. wolf

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

  1. short

Verb edit

luv

  1. to lower, shorten, decrease

Derived terms edit

  • siab luv (short-tempered, impatient)

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 120.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 225; 276.