laos

• Hyphenation: la‧os
• IPA^(key): /laˈʔos/, [l̪aˈʔos]

làos

1. obsolete, outdated, antiquated

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• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɔs/

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• Hyphenation: la‧os

laos m (uncountable)

1. greater galangal
2. root of the greater galangal in powder form

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (laos, “galangal”), from Old Javanese laja, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (“ginger”). Doublet of halia. Compare Chinese 辣椒 (làjiāo).

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs, -s
• Hyphenation: la‧ós

laos (first-person possessive laosku, second-person possessive laosmu, third-person possessive laosnya)

1. galangal

   Synonym: lengkuas

laos m pl or f pl

1. plural of lao

laos m pl or f pl

1. plural of lao

From Proto-Philippine *laqus (“past one’s prime, outdated, obsolete”). Compare Ilocano laus, Bikol Central laos, and Cebuano laos.

• IPA^(key): /laˈʔos/, [lɐˈʔos]
• Hyphenation: la‧os

laós (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜂᜐ᜔)

1. outdated; old-fashioned; antiquated; obsolete

   Synonyms: paso, lipas

2. sour or fermented due to being overripe (of fruits)

   Synonym: layot

3. no longer productive; exhausted of potency (due to continued use or old age)

• “laos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018