lanh

Linngithigh

Etymology

Contraction of lawunh

Pronoun

lanh

1. (personal) Alternative form of lawunh

See also

Linngithigh personal pronouns

Person	Number (and clusivity)	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
First	Singular	ayong	ninh	thom	thon
	Dual inclusive	linggay	linh	linam	lingg
	Non-singular exclusive	nan	nanh	nanam	nangg
	Plural inclusive	puy	punh	punam	pungg
Second	Singular	tru	nanh	kom	kon
	Dual	poy	ponh	ponam	pongg
	Plural	irae	iraenh	iraenam	iraengg
Third	Singular	lu	ngonh	ngom	ngon
	Dual	lawuy	lawunh/lanh	lawunam	lawungg
	Plural	'ar	'anh	'anam	'angg

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lajŋ̟˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛɲ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lan˧˧]

Etymology 1

See nhanh. The sense of "mercurial" is probably contaminated by Chinese 伶 (líng).

Adjective

lanh • (𫑅)

1. fast, quick
2. (often used for a child) mercurial

See also

Derived terms

• lanh chanh
• lanh lợi
• lanh tay lẹ chân
• lanh trí

 

Etymology 2

From French lin.

Noun

(classifier cây) lanh

1. flax