Wiktionary

alu

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

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

alu

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

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

alu (plural alus)

  1. Alternative form of aloo

AnagramsEdit

AcehneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay alur.

NounEdit

alu

  1. stream (small river)

BasqueEdit

NounEdit

alu

  1. vagina, vulva

Derived termsEdit

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

EstonianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

alu

  1. partitive plural of ala

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

alu

  1. genitive singular of alg

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /a.ly/
  • Audio(file)

NounEdit

alu m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of aluminium

Further readingEdit

IbanagEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

alu

  1. pestle

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay alu, from Classical Malay ألو‎ (alu), from Old Malay halu, from Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (“pestle”).

NounEdit

alu (first-person possessive aluku, second-person possessive alumu, third-person possessive alunya)

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

JavaneseEdit

Other scripts
Carakan ꦲꦭꦸ
Roman alu

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

alu

  1. pestle

Further readingEdit

  • “[ alu]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

JingphoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Burmese အလှူ (a.hlu).

NounEdit

alu

  1. offering, donation

ReferencesEdit

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

KhalajEdit

Perso-Arabic آلو‎

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Persian آلو‎ (âlu).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alu (definite accusative alunu, plural alular)

  1. plum
    Synonym: aluça

DeclensionEdit

Declension of alu
singular plural
nominative alu alular
genitive aluyñ alularıyñ
dative aluqa alularqa
definite accusative alunu aluları
locative aluça alularça
ablative aluda(n) alularda(n)
instrumental alula(n) alularla(n)
equative aluvâra alularvâra
quantitative aluqadar alularqadar

ReferencesEdit

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

LaboyaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alu

  1. rice pestle

ReferencesEdit

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

LatvianEdit

NounEdit

alu f

  1. accusative singular form of ala
  2. instrumental singular form of ala
  3. genitive plural form of ala

alu m

  1. vocative singular form of alus
  2. accusative singular form of alus
  3. instrumental singular form of alus

LinduEdit

NounEdit

alu

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

MakasarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahelu.

NounEdit

alu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨘ)

  1. pestle

MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

  • Indonesian: alu

Further readingEdit

Old PrussianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu.

NounEdit

alu

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

ReferencesEdit

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

PitjantjatjaraEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alu

  1. (anatomy) liver

PohnpeianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

alu

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

Derived termsEdit

Proto-NorseEdit

RomanizationEdit

alu

  1. Romanization of ᚨᛚᚢ

RohingyaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alu

  1. tuber, starchy root vegetable

See alsoEdit

RukaiEdit

VerbEdit

alu

  1. can; may

SamoanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

VerbEdit

alu

  1. to go

TetumEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

alu

  1. pestle

TonganEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

alu

  1. to go
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