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Loof vs Lof - What's the difference?

loof | lof |

As nouns the difference between loof and lof

is that loof is the palm of the hand while lof is community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.

loof

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lufe, . Related to (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
  • (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
  • (nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca ).
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    lof

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.
    • ----