alula
See also: álula
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin; diminutive of ala (“wing”).
Noun edit
alula (plural alulae or alulas)
- (ornithology) A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds. [from 18th c.]
- 2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian[1]:
- On the wing, even the tiny “thumb feather” or alula can be seen.
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bastard wing — see bastard wing
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alula (plural alulas)
- A flower, a species of Hawaiian lobelioid
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Learned borrowing from New Latin [Term?].
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alula
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Inflection of alula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | alula | alulat | ||
genitive | alulan | aluloiden aluloitten | ||
partitive | alulaa | aluloita | ||
illative | alulaan | aluloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | alula | alulat | ||
accusative | nom. | alula | alulat | |
gen. | alulan | |||
genitive | alulan | aluloiden aluloitten alulainrare | ||
partitive | alulaa | aluloita | ||
inessive | alulassa | aluloissa | ||
elative | alulasta | aluloista | ||
illative | alulaan | aluloihin | ||
adessive | alulalla | aluloilla | ||
ablative | alulalta | aluloilta | ||
allative | alulalle | aluloille | ||
essive | alulana | aluloina | ||
translative | alulaksi | aluloiksi | ||
abessive | alulatta | aluloitta | ||
instructive | — | aluloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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alula f (plural alulas)
- alula (feather)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From allocco (“tawny owl”) + -erello (diminutive suffix).
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ālula, diminutive of Latin āla (“wing”). First attested in 1955.
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Noun edit
alula f (plural alule)
- (ornithology) bastard wing, alula
- (entomology) alula, axillary lobe (broad lobe at the proximal posterior margin of the wing stalk of Diptera)
- (aeronautics) leading-edge slot (aerodynamic feature of an aircraft's wing)
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Further reading edit
- alula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana