aal
EnglishEdit
Morinda citrifolia plantation
NounEdit
aal (plural aals)
- The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
- A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.
SynonymsEdit
- (Morinda citrifolia or Morinda tinctoria): Indian mulberry, noni
Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch aal, from Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)
- eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)
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DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.
NounEdit
aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)
Usage notesEdit
- A distinction is sometimes made between aal meaning a smaller or juvenile eel and paling meaning a large, adult specimen. In some fishing villages in the Netherlands, such as Volendam, only aal is traditionally used. Others use them interchangeably.
Alternative formsEdit
- ael (obsolete)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch āle, from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Doublet of ale.
NounEdit
aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.
NounEdit
aal f (uncountable)
- Alternative form of aalt.
Derived termsEdit
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
aal
MidobEdit
NounEdit
aal
ReferencesEdit
- Insights Into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture: Proceedings of the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 16-19 February 2004 (Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma G. Gilley, Anne Storch; 2006)
- starling.rinet.ru (as áːl)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
aal m
- obsolete typography of ål
Saterland FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and German all.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
aal (inflected alle)
PronounEdit
aal
- all, everything
- 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:22:
- Dut aal is geskäin, dät dät uutkume skuul, wät die Here truch dän Profeet kweden häd;
- This all has happened, so that it would come true, what the Lord through the profet has said.
AdverbEdit
aal
ReferencesEdit
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “aal”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
ScotsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
aal (not comparable)
ReferencesEdit
- “aal, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
SeriEdit
NounEdit
aal (plural aala)
- his/her spouse
WolofEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
aal
- bad mood
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
aal
- Alternative spelling of abal
Yucatec MayaEdit
NounEdit
aal
- son or daughter of a woman (only said of a mother or used by her to refer to her children)