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alu

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See also: Alu, ALU, álu, alū, âlu, ålu, and -alú

Translingual

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Symbol

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alu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for 'Are'are.

English

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Noun

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alu (plural alus)

  1. Alternative form of aloo

Anagrams

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Acehnese

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Etymology

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From Malay alur.

Noun

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alu

  1. stream (small river)

Basque

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Noun

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alu

  1. vagina, vulva

Derived terms

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  • alaba (daughter) (with kinship suffix -ba)

Estonian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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alu

  1. partitive plural of ala

Etymology 2

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Noun

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alu

  1. genitive singular of alg

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.ly/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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alu m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of aluminium

Further reading

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Iban

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.

Noun

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alu

  1. a pestle

References

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  • Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak[1], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Ibanag

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (pestle).

Noun

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alu

  1. pestle

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay alu, from Classical Malay ألو (alu), from Old Malay [script needed] (halu), from Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (pestle).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alu (plural alu-alu)

  1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
    Synonym: antan

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦲꦭꦸ
Pegon
Roman alu

Etymology

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From Old Javanese halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (pestle).

Noun

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alu

  1. pestle

Further reading

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  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “alu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Jingpho

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese အလှူ (a.hlu).

Noun

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alu

  1. offering, donation

References

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  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Laboya

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alu

  1. rice pestle

References

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  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “alu”, in Lamboya word list[3], Leiden: LexiRumah

Latvian

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Noun

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alu f

  1. inflection of ala:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

alu m

  1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of alus

Lindu

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Noun

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alu

  1. direction
  2. rhythm; cadence; meter (of a poem)

Makasar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahelu.

Noun

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alu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨘ)

  1. pestle

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (pestle).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alu (Jawi spelling الو, plural alu-alu, informal 1st possessive aluku, 2nd possessive alumu, 3rd possessive alunya)

  1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
    Synonyms: antan, lesung

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: alu

Further reading

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Mokilese

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Verb

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alu

  1. to walk

Derived terms

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Narua

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Etymology

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Cognate with Apatani alo.

Noun

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alu

  1. day

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alu n

  1. Alternative form of ealu (ale)

Old Prussian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu.

Noun

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alu

  1. mead
    • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
      Bier   Piwis
      [...]
      Mete   Alu

References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370

Pitjantjatjara

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alu

  1. (anatomy) liver

Pohnpeian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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alu

  1. (intransitive) to walk; swim slowly (said of a fish)

Derived terms

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Proto-Norse

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Romanization

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alu

  1. Romanization of ᚨᛚᚢ

Rohingya

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

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Noun

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alu

  1. tuber, starchy root vegetable

See also

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Rukai

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Verb

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alu

  1. can; may

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

Verb

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alu

  1. to go

Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (pestle).

Noun

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alu

  1. pestle

Tongan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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alu

  1. to go