aal

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

Translingual

Symbol

aal

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Afade.

English

Morinda citrifolia plantation
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Etymology

Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, crown flower; kind of dye).

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.

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Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)

  1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-West Germanic *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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

  1. ale (obsolete)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.

Noun

aal f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of aalt.
Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

Verb

aal

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

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English all.

Pronunciation

Determiner

aal

  1. all
    di daag iit aal di fuud
    the dog ate all the food

Further reading

  • aal at majstro.com

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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

aal m

  1. obsolete typography of ål

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Determiner

aal (inflected alle)

  1. all, all of

Derived terms

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 deerätterEver since

References

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

Scots

Adjective

aal

  1. Shetland form of a' (all)

References

Seri

Pronunciation

Noun

aal (plural aala)

  1. someone's spouse
  2. mate of an animal

Declension

References

  • Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 39.

Wolof

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

aal

  1. bad mood

Etymology 2

Verb

aal

  1. Alternative spelling of abal

Yola

Determiner

aal

  1. Alternative form of aul
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 7:
      An vish aal vellas wi a deel.
      And wish all men with the divil,
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 10:
      Thaar's no own aal to taak uz thaar.
      There's no one at all to take us there,
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 14:
      But aal a bys do leigh an praat,
      But all the boys do laugh and prate,
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 10:
      Aal haar, an wi eyen lik torches o tar?"
      "All hair, and with eyes like torches of tar,"
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 4:
      An aal their vrienes had a graat spree.
      And aal their friends had a great spree.
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 7:
      "Gud bless thee mee gurles," hay zaid, "own an aal."
      "God bless you, my children," he said, "one and all."

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131

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)