luv

See also: Luv

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lʌv/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌv
  • Homophone: love

Noun

luv (countable and uncountable, plural luvs or luvz)

  1. Deliberate misspelling of love.

Verb

luv (third-person singular simple present luvz or luvs, present participle luving or luvving, simple past and past participle luvd or luved or luvved)

  1. (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of love.
    i luv you
    she luvz it
    we luvd it
    you are luving it

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

Piedmontese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lyv/

Noun

luv m

  1. wolf

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ʔlɛŋᴮ (“short”), and cognate with Proto-Mien *ʔnəŋᴮ (“id”). Due to the n-l alternation between Mienic and Hmongic, a Chinese borrowing seems possible, though no plausible candidate has been found.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lu˧˦/

Adjective

luv

  1. short

Verb

luv

  1. to lower, shorten, decrease

Derived terms
  • siab luv (“short-tempered, impatient”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 120.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 225; 276.
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