alor

Ambonese Malay

Noun

alor

1. ravine; cliff

Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

alor

1. field (also figurative)

Synonyms

• arlo

Derived terms

Galician

Alternative forms

• lor

Etymology

From French alors, from Latin illā hōrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɔɾ/

Adverb

alor

1. (rare) because

   Synonyms: por mor de, porque

   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo de Araujo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     —E que ay? como lle bai? Tan cedo à beira do rrio? Seica ben toma-lo frio alor dà calor que bai?

     —What's up? How do you do? So soon at the bank of the river? Perchance you came to take some fresh air because it's so hot?

References

• “lor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “alor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Verb

alor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of alō

References

• alor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Malay

Alternative forms

Verb

alor (1927 - 1972, used in the form mangalor)

1. Obsolete spelling of alur

Noun

alor (1927 - 1972)

1. Obsolete spelling of alur

Old English

Alternative forms

• aler

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, variant of *alizō, *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (compare Hittite (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian al̃ksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë (“black pine”), Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) ἄλιζα (áliza, “white poplar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.lor/

Noun

alor m

1. alder

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: aldre, alder, aldur, aldyr, aleyre, aller, alre, althir; olr
  • English: alder
  • Scots: aller