aal

See also: Aal, AAL, aʼal, a'al, ål, and -ʼAAL

English

Morinda citrifolia plantation

Noun

aal (plural aals)

1. 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.
2. A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.

Synonyms

• (Morinda citrifolia or Morinda tinctoria): Indian mulberry, noni

Further reading

• Aal in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• ALA, Ala, Ala., a la, ala, à la

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch aal, from Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)

1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)

Derived terms

• aalagtig
• aalfuik
• aalpastei
• aalskêr
• aalskolwer
• aalsoep
• aalsop
• aalstreep
• aaltjie
• aalvel
• aalverkoper
• aalvissery
• aalvormig
• aalwurm

 

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːl/

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• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Noun

aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)

   Synonym: paling

2. elver (young eel)
3. (rare) padre

Usage notes

• 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 forms

• ael (obsolete)

Derived terms

• aalfuik
• aalkorf
• aalscholver
• beefaal
• glasaal
• kataal
• sidderaal

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch āle, from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Doublet of ale.

Noun

aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

1. ale

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.

Noun

aal f (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of aalt.

Derived terms

• aalpomp
• aalput

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German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

aal

1. singular imperative of aalen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of aalen

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Midob

Noun

aal

1. mouth

References

• 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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

aal m

1. obsolete typography of ål

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and German all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːl/
• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Determiner

aal (inflected alle)

1. all, all of

Pronoun

aal

1. 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.

Adverb

aal

1. always
2. ever

   Aal deerätter ― Ever since

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “aal”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

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Scots

Adjective

aal (not comparable)

1. Shetland form of a' (“all”)

References

• “aal, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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Seri

Noun

aal (plural aala)

1. his/her spouse

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Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/

Etymology 1

Noun

aal

1. bad mood

Etymology 2

Verb

aal

1. Alternative spelling of abal

Yucatec Maya

Noun

aal

1. son or daughter of a woman (only said of a mother or used by her to refer to her children)