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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse alr.
Pronunciation
Noun
alur m (genitive singular als, nominative plural alir)
- awl
Declension
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay alur, from Classical Malay ألور (alur), from Proto-Malayic *halur, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *halur, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *halur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ, from the root *-luʀ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalʊr/
- Hyphenation: alur
Noun
alur (first-person possessive alurku, second-person possessive alurmu, third-person possessive alurnya)
- groove
- Synonym: lekuk
- way, mannerism
- Synonym: jalan
- plot (of a story)
- Synonyms: alur cerita, jalan cerita, plot
- Ellipsis of alur air: water source located in the middle of agricultural land, ie. irrigation.
Verb
alur (nominative active mengalur)
- (intransitive) to flow (to move as a fluid)
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *halur, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *halur, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *halur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ, from the root *-luʀ.
Pronunciation
Verb
alur (Jawi spelling الور)
- (intransitive) to flow (to move as a fluid)
- Alternative forms: alor, alir, salur, salir
Noun
alur (Jawi spelling الور, plural alur-alur, informal 1st possessive alurku, 2nd possessive alurmu, 3rd possessive alurnya)
- river (large stream which drains a landmass)
- Synonyms: batang, bengawan, ci, kali, sungai, wai
- Alternative forms: alor, alir