/la.ba/
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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