laot
- nominativeplural oflako
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*lahud, fromProto-Austronesian*lahud.
laot
- sea,ocean
laot m (definite singularlaoten,indefinite plurallaoter,definite plurallaotene)
- aLaotian(person from Laos)
- “laot” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
laot m (definite singularlaoten,indefinite plurallaotar,definite plurallaotane)
- aLaotian(person from Laos)
- “laot” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*lahud influenced byMalaylaut, fromProto-Austronesian*lahud. CompareIlocanolaud,Kapampanganlaut,Hanunoolawod,Bikol Centrallawod,Aklanoneawod(“sea”),Cebuanolawod,Waray-Waraylawod,Tausuglawd,Sundaneselaut, andUrak Lawoi'ลาโวยจ(lawoc,“sea”).
laot (Baybayin spellingᜎᜂᜆ᜔)
- deepsea;midsea;high seas
- Synonyms:karagatan,(obsolete)wala
- (figurative)midst;middle
- Synonyms:gitna,kalagitnaan
- (figurative)tightsituation
- (figurative)eternity
- Synonyms:kawalang-hanggan,kawalang-wakas,eternidad
- “laot”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lahud”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI