lullen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈlʏlə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To talk/tell nonsense
- (transitive) To mumble
- (intransitive) To be occupied uttering one of the above noises
- (intransitive) To loiter, waste time, hang around unproductively
- (intransitive) To be weak / useless
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (hide, bark, howl, be concealed), *leh₂- (hide, bark, howl, be concealed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leh₂-
Gloss
hide, bark, howl, be concealed
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥷
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belull English
- lanthanite English
- lanthanum English
- latency English
- lull English
- lullable English
- luller English
- lullful English
- lullsome English
- lallo Latin
- landica Latin
- latens, latentis Latin
- lessus Latin
- lolium Latin
- lāmentum Latin
- lāmentātiō Latin
- lullen German
- lamento Italian
- gelul Dutch, Flemish
- koek Dutch, Flemish
- lulkoek Dutch, Flemish
- lullificatie Dutch, Flemish
- lamento Spanish, Castilian
- Λήθη Ancient Greek
- λάθρῃ Ancient Greek
- λάρος Ancient Greek
- λήθαργος Ancient Greek
- λαλέω Ancient Greek
- ληθαργία Ancient Greek
- λῆρος Ancient Greek
- ἀλήθεια Ancient Greek
- ἀληθής Ancient Greek
- *leh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *lh₂-n-dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- lamento Portuguese
- रायति Sanskrit
- lullen Middle English
- *làjati Proto-Slavic
- *lěvъ Proto-Slavic
- lollen Middle Dutch
- *ráHyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *latēō Proto-Italic
- *lāmentom Proto-Italic
- *laja Proto-Albanian
- 𒌋𒆷𒂊 Hittite