Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryUsed to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages. · Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
Contraction of let us. Compare non-contracted Dutch laat ons, German lass uns (speaker with one other person) / lasst uns (speaker with more other persons) and Swedish låt oss.
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- Cognate mentionlaat onsnl
- Cognate mentionlass uns (speaker with one other person) / lasst uns (speaker with more other persons)de
- Cognate mentionlåt osssv
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