Originally borrowed from Swedish almosa, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē), probably via New Testament (see etymology section for alms for more). The word, when borrowed, may have been interpreted as an adjective (compare -isa, adjective-forming suffix) and then subjected to a back-derivation.[1]
almu
| Inflection of almu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | almu | almut | |
| genitive | almun | almujen | |
| partitive | almua | almuja | |
| illative | almuun | almuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | almu | almut | |
| accusative | nom. | almu | almut |
| gen. | almun | ||
| genitive | almun | almujen | |
| partitive | almua | almuja | |
| inessive | almussa | almuissa | |
| elative | almusta | almuista | |
| illative | almuun | almuihin | |
| adessive | almulla | almuilla | |
| ablative | almulta | almuilta | |
| allative | almulle | almuille | |
| essive | almuna | almuina | |
| translative | almuksi | almuiksi | |
| abessive | almutta | almuitta | |
| instructive | — | almuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Borrowed from Spanish almú, variant of Spanish almud, from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (almúdd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), from Latin modius.
Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl almo̱n.
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