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English word origin

Etymology of Lahu

Borrowed from Lahu Laˇhuˍ.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A member of an ethnic group that lives mainly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.

name

The Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Lahu people.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Lahu people or the Lahu language.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Lahu Laˇhuˍ.

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

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