Translingual

Symbol

Lu

1. (chemistry) Symbol for lutetium.

English

Proper noun

Lu

1. A diminutive of the female given name Lucy and related names.
   • 1950 C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Fontana Lions (1980), ISBN 0-00-671663-6, page 27:

     "Why?" said Lucy in amazement, "haven't you all been wondering where I was?" "So you've been hiding, have you?" Peter said. "Poor old Lu, hiding and nobody noticed!

2. An ancient vassal state of China that existed approximately between 1042–249 BC.

Anagrams

• UL, ul

English

Noun

lu ‎(uncountable)

1. Archaic form of loo. (card game)

Verb

lu ‎(third-person singular simple present lus, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

1. Archaic form of loo. (beat at card game)

Etymology 2

A romanization of Chinese 路 ‎(“route”)

Noun

lu ‎(usually uncountable, plural lus)

1. (historical) Synonym of route or circuit: an administrative division of imperial China.

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, accusative of ille. Compare Spanish lo.

Pronoun

lu, la f, lo n

1. Third-person singular direct object; him, it

Basque

Noun

lu

1. pussy, ****

Danish

Verb

lu

1. imperative of lue

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly/

Verb

lu m ‎(feminine singular lue, masculine plural lus, feminine plural lues)

1. past participle of lire

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum. Compare Italian lo.

Pronoun

lu ‎(third person masculine direct object)

1. him

Related terms

• lui
• i

Ido

Etymology

Back-formation from ilu ‎(“he, him”), elu ‎(“she, her”) and olu ‎(“it”).

Pronoun

lu ‎(plural li)

1. he, him, she, her, it or that

   Me ne konocas se lu es viro o muliero.

   I don't know if he/she is a man or a woman.

Derived terms

• li ‎(“they, them”)

Related terms

• ilu ‎(“he, him”) (masculine)
• elu ‎(“she, her”) (feminine)
• olu ‎(“it”) (neuter)

Lojban

Cmavo

lu

1. begins a quotation containing grammatically valid Lojban text

Usage notes

• A quotation, started with lu, is ended with li'u.

Related terms

• li'u

See also

• lo'u
• zoi

Mandarin

Romanization

lu (Zhuyin ㄌㄨ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 氇

lu

1. Nonstandard spelling of lū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lù.
5. Nonstandard spelling of lǘ.
6. Nonstandard spelling of lǚ.
7. Nonstandard spelling of lǜ.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu/

Pronoun

lu

1. Alternative form of 'u

Novial

Pronoun

lu ‎(plural lus, accusative lum)

1. it

Related terms

• la
• lo
• le

Old French

Alternative forms

• lou, leu

Etymology

Reduced form of Latin lupus.

Noun

lu m ‎(oblique plural lus, nominative singular lus, nominative plural lu)

1. wolf

Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, from ille.

Article

lu m sg ‎(plural li)

1. (definite article) the

Related terms

See also

• iddu

Tocharian A

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *luh_xeh₂, through a Proto-Tocharian *luwā-. Compare Tocharian B luwo. May be distantly related to Old Church Slavonic lovъ ‎(lovŭ, “chase”), Serbo-Croatian lõv ‎(“chase; game animal”); compare also Ancient Greek λέων ‎(léōn).

Noun

lu

1. animal

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luu, from Proto-Uralic *luwe.

Noun

lu

1. bone

Inflection

Derived terms

• hambazlu
• kül'glu
• melalu
• rindazlu
• ristlu

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “кость”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Zazaki

Noun

lu ?

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)