# lú
## Ghomala'
### Pronunciation

Rhymes: -u

### Verb

lú alternate of dú
* to rain, to pour
    Bə̌ŋ lú. ― It rained.

### See also

* bə̀ŋ (“rain”)
* cʉ́m
* lù (“to leave”)

### References

* Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* lugha (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Irish lugu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l̪ˠuː/
* (Aran) IPA: /l̪ˠuː/; /l̪ˠuə/ (corresponding to the form lugha)

### Adjective

lú
* comparative degree of beag
** 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117:ꬶlαk ʃə Nʹi꞉s Luw ꬶαm[Ghlac sé níos lú dh’am.]It took less time.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 121, page 65
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 205, page 78
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “lú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* lu — nonstandard

### Romanization

lú (lu$^2$, Zhuyin ㄌㄨˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盧 / 卢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚧 / 𠰷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壚 / 垆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廬 / 庐
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攎 / 𢫘
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曥 / 𣆐
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫨 / 栌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀘 / 泸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爐 / 炉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獹 / 𰡄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓐 / 𰡵
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矑 / 𪾦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籚 / 𰩲
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纑 / 𮉡
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罏 / 𬙎
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臚 / 胪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艫 / 舻
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘆 / 芦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠦 / 𫊮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轤 / 轳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑪 / 𬬻
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顱 / 颅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魲
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱸 / 鲈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鸕 / 鸬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黸 / 𱋶

## Tlingit
### Noun

lú (inalienable, see inflected forms below)
* nose
* beak
* point of land
* point of a long thin pointed object
| | singular | plural |
| 1st person | ax̱ lú | haa lú |
| 2nd person | i lú | yee lú |
| 3rd person (human) | du lú | du lú |
| 3rd person (non-human) | a lú | a lú |
| 3rd person (proximate) | ash lú | ash lú |
| Indefinite (human) | ha lú | ha lú |
| Indefinite (non-human) | at lú | at lú |
| Reflexive | chush lú | chush lú |
| Reciprocal | woosh lú | woosh lú |

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [lu˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [lʊw˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [lʊw˦˥]

### Adjective

lú • (屢, 屡)
* delusional
* anile

#### Derived terms

* cha nó lú, chú nó khôn
* lú lẫn
* thuốc lú