loh
See also: Loh and -loh
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔh/
- Rhymes: -lɔh, -ɔh, -h
Etymology 1
From Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loh).
Alternative forms
- lo (rare)
- lho
Interjection
loh
- (colloquial) What!?, Oh come off it!, hang on... (did I hear that right?)
- Loh, kok aneh? ― Gee, now that's weird...
- Loh, bukan itu yang dikatakannya ― Hang on, that's not what they (3s) said.
Particle
loh
- (colloquial) Adds emphasis at the end of a sentence or clause.
- Gua nggak mau loh.
- I definitely don’t want to.
- Suaminya insinyur di perusahaan Jepang loh.
- Her husband works as an engineer in a Japanese firm! (in this sentence, adding lho suggests that he is no ordinary man)
- Jam dua loh.
- Don’t forget, two o’clock alright?
- Gua nggak mau loh.
Noun
loh (plural loh-loh, first-person possessive lohku, second-person possessive lohmu, third-person possessive lohnya)
- alternative spelling of lauh (“board, tablet, slab”)
- loh batu ― Tablets of Stone
- loh mahfuz ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
- “loh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loːx/
Noun
lōh n
- Alternative form of lōg
Declension
Declension of loh (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | lōh | lōh |
accusative | lōh | lōh |
genitive | lōges | lōga |
dative | lōge | lōgum |
Old High German
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz.
Noun
lōh m
- forest
Declension
Declension of lōh (masculine a-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | lōh | lōha |
accusative | lōh | lōha |
genitive | lōhes | lōho |
dative | lōhe | lōhum |
instrumental | lōhu | — |
Descendants
- Middle High German: lōh, lōch, lō
- German: Loh, Lah, Lage (mostly in place names)
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką.
Noun
loh n
- hole
Declension
Declension of loh (neuter a-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | loh | loh |
accusative | loh | loh |
genitive | lohes | loho |
dative | lohe | lohum |
instrumental | lohu | — |
Derived terms
- arsloh
- biloh
- erdloh
- hellaloh
- houbitloh
- mundloh
- nasaloh
- pfuntloh
- riomloh
- rouhloh
- spuntloh
- steinloh
- unbiloh
Descendants
- Middle High German: loch
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: loch, lòch
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Loch
- Luxembourgish: Lach
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon:
- Vilamovian: łöch
- East Franconian:
- German: Loch
- → Czech: loch
- → Dutch: loch
- → Polish: loch
- Rhine Franconian:
- Frankfurterisch: Loch
- Pennsylvania German: Loch
- Yiddish: לאָך (lokh)
- Bavarian:
Zhuang
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 路 (MC luoH).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /lo˧/
- Tone numbers: lo6
- Hyphenation: loh
Noun
loh (classifier diuz, Sawndip form 垎, 1957–1982 spelling loƅ)
- road; street; route
- Synonym: roen
- opportunity; way out
- means; method; way; trick
Derived terms
- daihloh
- dauhloh
- maxloh
See also
- dingqroen
- gai
- roennou