luwo
See also: Luwo
Aiwoo
Verb
luwo
- to fall, drop
- to fly, jump
References
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Tocharian B
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *luh1eh₂, through Proto-Tocharian *lŭwā-. Compare Tocharian A lu. May be distantly related Old Church Slavonic ловъ (lovŭ, “the chase”), Serbo-Croatian lȏv (“chase; game animal”); cf. also Ancient Greek λέων (léōn, “lion”).
Noun
luwo n
- animal