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Webster 1913 Edition


La

La

(lä)
,
Noun.
(Mus.)
(a)
A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.
(b)
The tone A; – so called among the French and Italians.

La

,
int
erj.
[Cf.
Lo
.]
1.
Look; see; behold; – sometimes followed by you.
[Obs.]
Shak.
2.
An exclamation of surprise; – commonly followed by me;
as,
La
me!
[Low]

Webster 1828 Edition


La

LA

, exclam. [perhaps corrupted from look, but this is doubtful.] Look; see; behold.

LA

, in music, the syllable by which Guido denotes the last sound of each hexachord.

Definition 2024


See also: Appendix:Variations of "la"

Hawaiian

Noun

  1. sun, sun’s heat; sunny, solar
  2. day
  3. sail
  4. fin (of fish)
  5. each of the two cross sticks that hold the corners of a dip net
  6. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

Particle

  1. expressing doubt, uncertainty

Pronoun

  1. (demonstrative) that

Usage notes

  • Occurs after both nouns and verbs, and as the last part of kēlā (that) and pēlā (like that); following directionals, it is usually unstressed and written as the last part of the directional (aʻela, akula, ihola, maila). It also occurs in the sequence ua lā (that aforementioned).

Mandarin

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Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄌㄚ)

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