FromLatinillīs, dative common plural ofille. CompareRomanianle.
lã m (short/unstressed dative form ofelj)
lã f (short/unstressed dative form ofeali)

Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueselãa, fromLatinlāna.
Cognate withCatalanllana,Frenchlaine,Galicianlaa,Italianlana,Occitanlana,Romanianlână andSpanishlana.
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading ofChinese冷(SV:lãnh)
lã