la

Etymology 1
From Glover's solmization, from, in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of  in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn  by Paulus Deacon.

Noun

 * 1)  A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.

Etymology 2
Sound used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Interjection

 * 1) Represents the sound of music or singing.
 * "La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.

Etymology 3
From, from. More at.

Etymology 4
From,.

Adjective

 * 1) Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).

Etymology 5
Possibly a shortened form of.

Noun

 * 1)  lad, kid

Related terms

 * (rhyming slang for kid)

Etymology 6
From. .

Noun

 * 1)  la solfège

Noun

 * 1) fish

Noun

 * 1)  black snake

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) her

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) at
 * 2) by

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1)  the

Usage notes

 * The article la contracts to l' before a word beginning with a or ha: l'asturiana (the Asturian), l'habitación (the habitation), because it ends with an A already

Pronoun

 * 1) her (third-person singular feminine direct pronoun)

Etymology 1
, from via apheresis.

Article

 * 1) the;

Usage notes

 * The article is contracted to l' before a vowel or h, except before a following unstressed I or U sounds, as in la universitat, la idea, and la oliva. Note: Unstressed O sounds like a U.

Pronoun

 * 1) her (direct object)

Noun

 * 1)   sixth note of a diatonic scale

Pronoun

 * 1) I first-person singular pronoun

Etymology
From, feminine form of , from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the;

Etymology 1
From earlier through regular syncope of intervocalic -d- (compare, , ), from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) drawer

Noun

 * 1) la music

Etymology
From, feminine form of.

Article

 * 1) the

Pronoun

 * 1)  she
 * 2)  her

Alternative forms

 * Becomes before a vowel.
 * Becomes when acting as an enclitic.

Etymology
Borrowed from, , , all ultimately from.

Article

 * 1) the
 * la libro &mdash; the book
 * la libroj &mdash; the books
 * la angla lingvo &mdash; the English language
 * la angla &mdash; (the) English (language)

Alternative forms

 * (poetic)

Etymology
From.

Etymology
.

Pronoun

 * 1) her

Etymology 1
From, from , from , which is the accusative singular feminine of.

Article

 * 1) the

Usage notes

 * la becomes l’ before a vowel or an unaspirated h.

Pronoun

 * 1) her, it

Noun

 * 1)  la, the note 'A'

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the

Usage notes
The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word

Noun

 * 1)   (sixth note of the scale)
 * 2)  A (the musical note or key)

Etymology 3
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) wool

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) there

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) art

Article

 * 1) the (definite article)

Usage notes
This article is used only after a word that ends with an oral (non-nasal) vowel and an oral consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

Etymology 3
From.

Adverb

 * 1) there

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, from , ,.

Article

 * 1) the

Etymology 2
Borrowed from, , , , , ,.

Noun
(plural ' or ')


 * 1)  la

Pronoun

 * 1)  her
 * 2)  to her

Etymology
From, feminine of.

Article

 * 1)  the

Etymology 1
From, feminine form of.

Article

 * 1) the

Usage notes

 * The article elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming.

Pronoun

 * 1)  her, it
 * "it"
 * "it"
 * "it"

- una improvvisa timidezza però la immobilizza


 * 1)  you term of respect

Noun

 * 1)    (musical note)
 * 2)  A (musical note and scale)

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) month

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) there

Preposition

 * 1) in

Verb

 * 1) to leave, to go
 * kula - thou goest
 * kulosi - ye go
 * bala - I will go

Idioms

 * kusisu, bala

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the

Usage notes

 * The article la elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming .

Article

 * 1) the

Etymology
From, feminine singular of.

Article

 * 1) the definite article

Usage notes

 * The prepositions, and  contract with , unless  is part of a proper noun.
 * The article becomes  before a word beginning with a a or ha:
 * The article becomes  before a word beginning with a a or ha:
 * The article becomes  before a word beginning with a a or ha:
 * The article becomes  before a word beginning with a a or ha:

Etymology 2
, itself a, making a.

Adverb

 * 1)  At the present time or moment; now.

Pronunciation

 * Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to.
 * Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to.

Etymology 1
From. Doublet of.

Conjunction

 * 1) neither, nor
 * 2)  except
 * 1)  except

Etymology 2
Probably from.

Conjunction

 * 1) when
 * 2) since

Romanization




Preposition

 * 1) in
 * 2) from
 * 1) from

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the

Etymology 1
From, from.

Article

 * 1) the

Etymology 2
From.

Adverb

 * 1) there

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the

Noun

 * 1) rain

Etymology
From, from.

Article

 * 1)  the feminine singular definite article

Etymology 1
From the verb.

Verb

 * 1) to let
 * 2) to leave
 * 1) to leave

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 4
From, from , from , from , which is the accusative singular feminine of , from , from or , from.

Article

 * 1)  the

Etymology 1
From, from. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) let, allow

Etymology 2
From, a strong verb from.

Verb

 * 1)  to load, charge

Etymology 3
From, from the first word of the sixth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through.

Noun

 * , a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Coordinate terms

 * ,, , , , la, , 

Etymology
From, from.

Article

 * 1) the;

Etymology
ang. Probably. Compare.

Interjection

 * 1) lo!, oh!, ah!
 * 2) Enclitic particle used to emphasise interrogation, exclamation, entreaty, affirmation, negation
 * 1) Enclitic particle used to emphasise interrogation, exclamation, entreaty, affirmation, negation

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the (feminine singular oblique definite article)
 * 2) the (feminine singular nominative definite article)

Pronoun

 * 1) it (feminine singular object pronoun)

Etymology
From a form of, from which , which could be related to. However, compare 🇨🇬. The sense is a  and is perhaps encountered only in glosses of the Latin construction.

Preposition

 * 1) with
 * 2) belonging to
 * 3) among
 * 4) in the language of
 * 5) in the opinion of
 * 6) by

Derived terms
Combinations with a definite article: Combinations with a possessive determiner: Combinations with a relative pronoun:

Etymology
From.

Article

 * 1) the;

Etymology 1
From.

Preposition

 * 1) at
 * 2) to, towards
 * 1) to, towards

Etymology 2
From, present active infinitive of , from.

Verb

 * 1)  to wash (especially the head)

Noun

 * 1) sun

Noun

 * 1) name

Etymology
From, feminine of.

Usage notes

 * Becomes before a vowel.

Etymology 1
From the apheresis of, from , from.

Article

 * 1)  the

Usage notes

 * This article is nowadays an obsolete variant, unlike its illiquid counterpart . It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
 * Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
 * Its use is however almost undisputed before nouns (or nominalized forms of other parts of speech, most often adjectives) that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic . Otherwise, illiquid definite articles are phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: l'arancina (liquid) and ârancina (illiquid).

Etymology 2
From the apheresis of, from , from.

Pronoun

 * 1)  her
 * 2)  it, this or that thing
 * 1)  it, this or that thing
 * 1)  it, this or that thing

Usage notes

 * This pronoun is now an obsolete variant. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
 * Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
 * Its use is however almost undisputed before words that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic.

Pronoun

 * 1) these;

Etymology 1
From, from , feminine singular of.

Article

 * 1) the

Pronoun

 * , ello, and usted ; her, it, you (formal)
 * : it, this

Usage notes

 * Sometimes used where English would prefer a possessive: as opposed to . This is especially true with body parts and with articles of clothing or similar accessories.
 * Where a feminine noun begins with stressed (h)a-, though not common, el is used instead: el alma, el águila, el hacha. (The article remains la where an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun: la majestuosa águila.) The plural remains las.

Derived terms

 * lo
 * saberla
 * pasarla
 * jugársela
 * buscársela
 * verla
 * buscársela
 * verla

Noun

 * 1)  A
 * 1)  A

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * 1) to eat
 * 2)  to consume, to eradicate

Etymology 2
From.

Interjection

 * 1) no

Etymology 3
See.

Etymology 2
Clipping of earlier and. Listed in a dictionary from the 1800s, and believed to have existed for longer.

Etymology 2
, from.

Etymology 3
Influenced by Baybayin character.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Pronoun

 * 1) I;

Interjection

 * 1)  ulan

Verb

 * 1) to cry, to shout
 * 2)  to reprimand, to scold

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1) a horse-donkey hybrid; a mule or a hinny

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Particle

 * 1) let with a verb

Usage notes

 * Usually used with the standard personal forms of verbs.
 * The third-person imperatives using (e.g. ) are more common than the forms using.

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) there

Pronoun

 * 1) you second-person singular object pronoun

Pronoun

 * 1) these;

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) sun

Noun

 * 1) name

Etymology 1
Proposed to have derived from. Possibly cognate with 🇨🇬

Verb

 * 1) to dream

Etymology 2
Proposed to have derived from

Verb

 * 1) to lick, including with one's finger
 * 2) to become worn out
 * 1) to become worn out

Verb

 * 1) to be wealthy; to become wealthy, to become rich

Verb

 * 1) to dilute a liquid

Verb

 * 1) to shine like the moon/sun/light, to glow, to radiate

Verb

 * 1) to survive

Verb

 * 1) to cut, to divide, to separate, to slice

Pronoun

 * 1) these;