Lahu

See also: lahu and La Hủ

English

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[1]:
      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

Proper noun

Lahu

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

Translations

Adjective

Lahu

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

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

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 Aboriginal Names in Taiwan]‎[2] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples
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