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/la.ba/

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Translation

over there

Word origin

A compound of la ('there', from Latin illac, 'by that way') and bas ('low, down', from Late Latin bassus). The literal sense is 'down there'.

Origin
Latin
Root
illac + bassus
English cognates
base, bass

Examples

-, .

The shop is over there, just past the bridge.

- .

He has lived over there for twenty years.

quelqu' - .

I can see someone over there making a sign to us.

-, l', c' .

Look over there, near the tree, it's a little bird.

- .

My cousins have lived over there for more than twenty years.

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This word is part of lesson 7.