aloalo

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Noun

aloalo

1. (dialectal) ditch

Etymology 2

Noun

aloalo

1. a kind of grave ornament carved from wood

Tokelauan

Etymology

Reduplication of alo (“to paddle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.lo ˈa.lo]
• Hyphenation: a‧lo‧a‧lo

Noun

aloalo

1. shallows

Verb

aloalo

1. (intransitive) to paddle continuously
2. (transitive) to fan continuously

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 13