# laa
## Afar
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo loon, Sidamo lalo and Saho laa. Compare also Amharic ላም (lam).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaː/ [ˈlaː]
* Hyphenation: laa

### Noun

láa m (singulative sagá f)
* (collective) cattle

#### Declension

absolutive
láa
predicative
láa
subjective
laahí
genitive
laahí
Postpositioned forms
l-case
láal
k-case
láak
t-case
láat
h-case
láah :

#### Derived terms

* laahintí

#### See also

* sagáytu (“bull”)

### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “làa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* la, loo, lo, lou, lah

### Etymology

From Old High German lāzan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Cognate with German lassen, Dutch laten, Swedish låta.

### Pronunciation

* (Zürich) IPA: /lɑː/

### Verb

laa (third-person singular simple present laat, past participle glaa, past subjunctive lies, auxiliary haa)
* to leave
** 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:
    Dr Vater goht und lot’s älei.
       The father goes, and leaves her alone.
* to break

#### Conjugation

Strong:
| infinitive | infinitive | laa | laa | laa | laa | laa | laa |
| past participle | past participle | gla | gla | gla | gla | gla | gla |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person ich, i | 2nd person du | 3rd person er/si/es | 1st person mir | 2nd person ir | 3rd person si |
| indicative | present | laa | laasch | laat | laa | läänt | laa |
| subjunctive | present | lëë, läng, längi | lëëesch, längesch | lëë, läng, längi | lëëe | lëëet | lëëe |
| subjunctive | past | liess, liessi | liessesch | liess, liessi | liesse | liesset | liesse |
| imperative | affirmative | — | lach | — | — | läänt | — |
Mixed:
| infinitive | infinitive | laa | laa | laa | laa | laa | laa |
| past participle | past participle | gla | gla | gla | gla | gla | gla |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person ich, i | 2nd person du | 3rd person er/si/es | 1st person mir | 2nd person ir | 3rd person si |
| indicative | present | laa | laasch | laat | laa | läänt | laa |
| subjunctive | present | lëë, läng, längi | lëëesch, längesch | lëë, läng, längi | lëëe | lëëet | lëëe |
| subjunctive | past | lät, lättti | lättesch | lät, lätti | lätte | lättet | lätte |
| imperative | affirmative | — | lach | — | — | läänt | — |

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* la

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

### Noun

laa f (uncountable)
* wool

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Irregularly derived from lase (“let!”). Akin to dialectal Finnish las, laa.
Compare also the regular Estonian las, which serves the same function. Unrelated to German lass or Swedish låt.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈlɑː/, [ˈɫɑː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈlɑː/, [ˈɫɑː]
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: laa

### Particle

laa
* Used to form an optative construction with a following verb: may...; let...
    Laa möö laulamma. ― Let's sing. (literally, “May we sing.”)

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 254

## Manx
### Etymology

From Old Irish lá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛː/, [leː], [laː]

### Noun

laa m (genitive singular laa, plural laghyn)
* day, daytime
** Cha nel Manninagh rieau creeney derrey'n laa lurg y vargee.
*** A Manxman is never wise until the day after the market.
** Cha nel ny laghyn ain agh beggan.
*** Our days are few.
** Cha nel red erbee ayn ny laghyn shoh agh shen.
*** It's all the rage these days.
** Chass eh er ash laa ny vairagh.
*** He started back the next day.
** Cheau mee laa er y çheer.
*** I spent a day in the country.
** Cooineeym er gys y laa s'odjey veem bio.
*** I will remember it to my dying day.
** Cre'n laa jeh'n çhiaghtin t'eh?
*** What day of the week is it?
** Hig eh nane jeh ny laghyn shoh.
*** He'll come one of these fine days.
** S'giare ta ny laghyn echey.
*** His days are numbered.
** Ta mee lieh chadley ny laghyn shoh.
*** I sleep badly these days.
** Ta mee shassoo er my chione hene ny laghyn shoh.
*** I depend on myself these days.
** Ta ny laghyn goll ny s'girrey.
*** The days are drawing in.

## Old Irish
### Noun

laa
* Alternative spelling of lá (“day”)

## Tataltepec Chatino
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

laa
* church

### References

* Pride, Leslie, Pride, Kitty (1970) Vocabulario chatino de Tataltepec. Castellano-chatino, chatino-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 15)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 59

## Tezoatlán Mixtec
### Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *láà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlāā]

### Noun

laa
* bird

#### Derived terms

* laa kao̱
* laa li̱mi
* laa vi̱kó
* laa vúrro
* laa yóto̱

### References

* F. de Williams, Judith, Ojeda Morales, Gerardo, Torres Benavides, Liborio (2017) Diccionario mixteco de San Andrés Yutatío, Tezoatlán, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 49)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 137