alu

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

Translingual

Symbol

alu

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

English

Noun

alu (plural alus)

  1. Alternative form of aloo

Anagrams

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay alur.

Noun

alu

  1. stream (small river)

Basque

Noun

alu

  1. vagina, vulva

Derived terms

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

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

alu

  1. partitive plural of ala

Etymology 2

Noun

alu

  1. genitive singular of alg

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ly/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

alu m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of aluminium

Further reading

Ibanag

Etymology

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

Noun

alu

  1. pestle

Indonesian

Etymology

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”).

Noun

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

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

Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan ꦲꦭꦸ
Roman alu

Etymology

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

Noun

alu

  1. pestle

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “alu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အလှူ (a.hlu).

Noun

alu

  1. offering, donation

References

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

Laboya

Pronunciation

Noun

alu

  1. rice pestle

References

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

Latvian

Noun

alu f

  1. inflection of ala:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

alu m

  1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of alus

Lindu

Noun

alu

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

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahelu.

Noun

alu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨘ)

  1. pestle

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Descendants

  • Indonesian: alu

Further reading

Mokilese

Verb

alu

  1. to walk

Derived terms

Narua

Etymology

Cognate with Apatani alo.

Noun

alu

  1. day

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu.

Noun

alu

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

References

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

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

Noun

alu

  1. (anatomy) liver

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

Verb

alu

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

Derived terms

Proto-Norse

Romanization

alu

  1. Romanization of ᚨᛚᚢ

Rohingya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

Pronunciation

Noun

alu

  1. tuber, starchy root vegetable

See also

Rukai

Verb

alu

  1. can; may

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

Verb

alu

  1. to go

Tetum

Etymology

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

Noun

alu

  1. pestle

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

Pronunciation

Verb

alu

  1. to go
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