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lor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lor"

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Hokkien 囉／啰 (--lo͘) and Cantonese 囉／啰 (lo1).

Pronunciation

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Particle

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lor (Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Hong Kong)

  1. Used to convey a sense of resignation.
    Next time lor. ― Leave it for next time.
    OK lor, go ahead. ― Fine, go ahead.
    Bo pian lor. ― We don’t have a choice.
    • 2003 November 16, Suzanne Sng, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 16:
      [B]y then, it was too late, and I just told myself, ‘Ya lor. He’s right.’
  2. Asserts that the answer to something is obvious or straightforward.
    You lor, or else still got who? ― It’s obviously you then.
    Then tell him lor. ― You go and tell him then.
    • 2024 February 6, Carrie Tan, “Advancing Mental Health”, in Parliamentary Debates: Official Report (Parliament of Singapore), volume 95:
      As a facilitator, I often ask the participants: how are you feeling now? And often, the replies I get are: "Okay lor", "Like that lor".
  3. Used to emphasise one’s opinion.
    Sorry lor. ― (sarcastic) Oh I’m so sorry!
    Very dirty lor. ― It’s so dirty!
    Ya lor / Han nor. ― Yeah (agreement)

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • Low, Ee Ling, Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction‎[1]
  • Wee, Lionel (2002) “Lor in colloquial Singapore English”, in Journal of Pragmatics‎[2], volume 34, number 6

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Romanian lor.

Pronoun

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lor (genitive form of elj, and eali)

  1. their (third-personal plural possessor)

Pronoun

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lor (long/stressed dative form of elj, and eali)

  1. to them

Usage notes

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Always preceded by 'a'- "a lor".

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  • (a) lui (masculine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • (a) ljei (feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • lã (masculine/feminine plural dative- short/unstressed form)

Breton

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Adjective

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lor

  1. dirty

Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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lor

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 囉／啰 (particle)

Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin illōrum.

Determiner

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lor (plural lors) (ORB, broad)

  1. their (third-personal plural possessor)

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Franco-Provençal possessive determiners
Possessee
singular plural
m f m f
Possessor singular 1st mon ma mos mes
2nd ton ta tos tes
3rd son sa sos ses
plural 1st noutron noutra noutros noutres
2nd voutron voutra voutros voutres
3rd lor lors

Pronoun

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lor (ORB, broad)

  1. them (third-person plural dative or tonic)
  2. theirs (third-person plural possessor)

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As a possessive pronoun, has the plural lors.

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Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
singular nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
1st person jo mè min
2nd person te tè tin
3rd person masculine il lo / le lui sin
3rd person feminine el la lyé
3rd person neuter o y —
3rd person reflexive — sè
plural nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
1st person nos noutro
2nd person vos voutro
3rd person masculine ils los / les lor lor
3rd person feminine els les lor / lyés
3rd person reflexive — sè
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition. 2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

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  • leur in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • lor in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lors and alors, Italian allora.

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Preposition

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lor

  1. at the time of (an event), at the same time as

Derived terms

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  • lora (“then, now”)
  • lore (“then, at the time”)

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  • dum (“during, in (a period of time)”)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javanese lor (ꦭꦺꦴꦂ), from Old Javanese lor, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of laut.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔr]
  • Hyphenation: lor

Noun

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lor

  1. (Java) north

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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From Italian loro and French leur.

Determiner

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lor

  1. (possessive) their

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlor/
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: lór

Determiner

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lor

  1. Apocopic form of loro
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno‎[3], lines 103–105; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎[4], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Bestemmiavano Dio e’ lor parenti,
      l’umana spezie e ’l loco e ’l tempo e ’l seme
      di lor semenza e di lor nascimenti.
      God they blasphemed and their progenitors,
      the human race, the place, the time, the seed
      of their engendering and of their birth!

Javanese

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Romanization

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lor

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦺꦴꦂ

Mauritian Creole

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Alternative forms

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  • or

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French or.

Noun

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lor

  1. Gold

Etymology 2

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From French là-haut.

Preposition

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lor

  1. on
    Antonym: anba

Old Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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In sense 1, inherited from Latin illōrum. In sense 2, borrowed from Italian loro.

Pronoun

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lor

  1. them (dative)
  2. them (accusative)

References

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  • “lor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin illōrum.

Pronoun

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lor

  1. to them (third-person indirect object pronoun)

Determiner

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lor

  1. their (third-person plural possessive)

Descendants

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  • French: leur

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of lahut (“sea”) and lod (“sea”).

Noun

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lor

  1. north
    Synonyms: uttara, sĕlatan

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Italian loro, French leur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lor/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

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lor (genitive form of ei, and ele)

  1. (also possessive determiner) their

Synonyms

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  • (less frequently used): său (masculine singular), sa (feminine singular), săi (masculine plural), sale (feminine plural)

Pronoun

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lor (dative form of ei, and ele)

  1. to them

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Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Persian لور.

Noun

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lor (definite accusative loru, plural lorlar)

  1. A whey cheese similar to ricotta.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative lor
Definite accusative loru
Singular Plural
Nominative lor lorlar
Definite accusative loru lorları
Dative lora lorlara
Locative lorda lorlarda
Ablative lordan lorlardan
Genitive lorun lorların

Wolof

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Noun

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lor (definite form lor wi)

  1. saliva
    Synonym: tëflit
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