luh

See also: lùh, luħ, and łuh

English

Verb

luh

  1. Pronunciation spelling of love, representing African-American Vernacular English.
    • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 285:
      Muddah collapsed beneath me, laying flat on her stomach. I laid down halfway on top of her and pulled her close to me. "I luh you, Carmiesha," I said, slobber dripping from my mouth.

Cebuano

Etymology

From hala.

  1. (text messaging) used as an expression of awe, surprise or disbelief.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlux]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech luh, from Proto-Slavic *lǫgъ.

Noun

luh m inan

  1. (forestry) riparian forest
    Synonym: lužní les
  2. (literary) mead, meadow, especially a wet meadow or flood-meadow
Declension

Noun

luh m inan

  1. (rare, archaic) Alternative form of louh
Declension

Further reading

  • luh in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • luh in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • luh in Internetová jazyková příručka

Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Javanese luh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.

Noun

luh (krama ngoko luh)

  1. tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)
    Synonym: waspa

References

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015), “luh”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
  • "luh" in Elinor Clark Horne, Javanese-English Dictionary. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1974

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.

Noun

luh

  1. tear

Sumerian

Romanization

luh

  1. Romanization of 𒈛 (luḫ)
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