lū

Cognate with Arabic لَوْ (law) and Biblical Hebrew לוּ (lu).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /luː/

lū (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (often preceded by 𒅇 (ū)) or
2. be it, may it be (precative particle)

   𒋫𒀊𒇷 𒋢𒄩𒊏𒄠 𒇻𒌑 𒌉𒆠

   [tabli ṣuḫāram lū mārūki]

   ta-ab-li ṣu₂-ḫa-ra-am lu-u₂ DUMU-ki

   Take the boy, let him be your (f) son!

   𒇻 𒋫𒀜𒋫𒀠𒆷𒆠

   [lū tattallaki]

   lu ta-at-ta-al-la-ki

   Go away!

   𒀀𒈾 𒌦𒅗 𒅇 𒈪𒅎𒈬𒅗 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒇻 𒋗𒌌𒈬

   [ana mātīka u mimmûka danniš danniš lū šulmu]

   a-na KALAM-ka u₃ mi-im-mu-ka da-an-ni-iš da-an-ni-iš lu šu-ul-mu

   May it be exceedingly well with your country and all that belongs to you.

3. indeed, certainly, verily

• “lū”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “lū”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library

From Proto-Finnic *luu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː/, [ˈluː]

lū

1. bone

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “lū”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

• lu — nonstandard

lū (lu¹, Zhuyin ㄌㄨ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚕 / 噜
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謢