lâ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "la"

Äiwoo

Verb

lâ

1. to vomit

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• lë (Standard Albanian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɑː]

Verb

lâ

1. Gheg form of Standard Albanian lë

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alāre.

Verb

lâ

1. (intransitive) to go

Conjugation

This is a suppletive and highly irregular verb with some regular -â paradigms. In indicative present and imperative, forms in v- originate from Latin verb vādō. Along with vê, and jessi, this verb preserves -d- in present subjunctive; and this verb also has irregular -e- in simple past.

Conjugation of lâ (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)

infinitive			lâ
gerund			lânt
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		lât		lâts
		feminine		lâde		lâdis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o voi	tu vâs	al/e va	o lin	o lais	a van
	imperfect	o lavi	tu lavis	al/e lave	o lavin	o lavis	a lavin
	simple past	o lei	tu leris	al/e lè	o lerin	o leris	a lerin
	future	o larai	tu larâs	al/e larà	o larìn	o larês	a laran
conditional		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o larès	tu laressis	al/e larès	o laressin	o laressis	a laressin
subjunctive		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o ledi	tu ledis	al/e ledi	o ledin	o ledis	a ledin
	imperfect	o làs	tu lassis	al/e làs	o lassin	o lassis	a lassin
imperative		–	tu	–	nô	vô	–
		–	va	–	lin	lait, vait	–

Portuguese

Adverb

lâ (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of lá.