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laulaa

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Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lauladak. Cognate with Estonian laulma, Võro laulma, Northern Sami lávlut. Possibly ultimately onomatopoeic, as sounds like tra-la-la, "la-la" or similar are associated with singing in many languages.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯lɑːˣ/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯lɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑulɑː
  • Syllabification(key): lau‧laa
  • Hyphenation(key): lau‧laa

Verb

laulaa

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sing
    Hän lauloi minulle laulan.
    He sang me a song.
Conjugation
More information indicative mood, present tense ...
Derived terms
adjectives
  • laulavainen

See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯lɑː/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯lɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑulɑː
  • Syllabification(key): lau‧laa
  • Hyphenation(key): lau‧laa

Verb

laulaa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of laulaa
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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lauladak. Cognates include Finnish laulaa and Estonian laulda.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯lɑː/, [ˈɫɑu̯ɫɑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯lɑː/, [ˈɫɑu̯ɫɑː]
  • (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯lɑk/, [ˈɫɑu̯ɫɑɡ̊]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯lɑː
  • Hyphenation: lau‧laa

Verb

laulaa

  1. (transitive) to sing
  2. (intransitive) to sing
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 42:
      Radio laulaa.
      The radio sings.
  3. (intransitive) to purr
  4. (transitive) to report; to blow the whistle on

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (type 4/antaa, no gradation), Indikativa ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “лавлатъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 697
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 253
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