Lahu

See also: lahu and La Hủ

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Lahu people

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Lahu Laˇhuˍ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːˌhuː/

Noun

Lahu (plural Lahus or Lahu)

1. A member of an ethnic group that lives mainly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
   • 2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN‎:

     The team auctioned off the right to name the new species to publicize the find and raise awareness and funds for the indigenous Lahu people of northern Thailand, a group that Sippawat is part of.

Translations

people

Burmese: လားဟူ (my) (la:hu) Chinese: Mandarin: 拉祜族 (zh) (Lāhùzú) Thai: ล่าหู่ (lâa-hùu), ชาวล่าหู่ (chaao lâa-hùu), มูเซอ (th) (muu-səə), ชาวมูเซอ (chaao muu-səə) Vietnamese: La Hủ (vi) Xibe: ᠯᠠᡤᡠ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (lagu uksura), ᠯᠠᡥᡠ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (lahu uksura)

Proper noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Lahu language

Wikipedia

Lahu

1. The Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Lahu people.

Translations

language

Chinese: Mandarin: 拉祜語 / 拉祜语 (Lāhùyǔ) Thai: ภาษาล่าหู่ (paa-sǎa lâa-hùu) Vietnamese: tiếng La Hủ Xibe: ᠯᠠᡤᡠ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (lagu gisun), ᠯᠠᡥᡠ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (lahu gisun)

Adjective

Lahu (not comparable)

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lahu terms
• Ethnologue entry for Lahu, lhu ⁠

Further reading

• “Lahu”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• haul, hula

Atayal

Proper noun

Lahu

1. a male given name

References

• Center for aboriginal studies (2014), “Lahu”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Indigenous Names in Taiwan]‎ (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples