La

Dialect(s): Woq Helaq


English: leaf used for wrapping the betel nut.

Bahasa Indonesia: sirih


Pronunciation: la


Source: Alexander D. Smith


Related to La


bela: husk, usually in reference to rice husk typically removed during the processing of harvested rice

belaih: tasteless

belaq: cold, used to describe the temperature of objects

dahlam: yesterday

ela: large pestle

elap: no, is not, mostly used to modify nouns

elaung: thorn

enlam: extinguish

etla: three, 3

etla hin sewang: thirteen, 13

etla peleuq: thirty, 30

gueng laing: throat

helauq: enter

kela: turtle

la: grass

lahjin: durian

lahlui: left

laing: 1) feeling, 2) emotion

laing: To carry. A basic word used for carrying.

lauk: snot

laun: 1) worm, 2) maggot

lelaing: star

melaing: to fly

melang: to throw

naék lauq: orphan

neaq laik: to lie (tell a falsehood)

ngelaé: To wring something, like one wrings a wet towel to get the water out of it.

ngelaip: to blink

ngetlam metéen: to close one's eyes.

nyelaq: To blame, tell a lie.