alus

alus

1. plural of alu

• Auls, Luas, Saul, ULAS, ULAs, auls, saul

alus

1. Romanization of ᬳᬮᬸᬲ᭄

From ala- +‎ -us.

alus (genitive aluse, partitive alust)

1. base, bottom (something on which an object stands or is attached to)

   Samba alus on graniidist. ― The base of the statue is made of granite.

2. foundation, base, fundamental (in an abstract sense)

   Programmeerimise alused. ― Fundamentals of programming.

3. watercraft, vessel
4. (grammar) subject
5. (chemistry) base

   Tugevaid aluseid nimetatakse leelisteks. ― Strong bases are called alkali.

From Proto-Finnic *alus. Equivalent to ala- (“under”) +‎ -us.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlus
• Hyphenation^(key): alus

alus

2. (in compounds) underlay, base, under- (anything underlaid)

   Synonyms: alunen, alusta, (dialectal) alu-

   Antonyms: päällys, (dialectal) pääly-

   aluskerros ― underlayer

   alushousut ― underpants

   aluspatja ― bed base (literally, “undermattress”)

3. the space under(neath) something
4. vessel, craft, ship (vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)

   Synonym: laiva (“ship”)

5. the time before a holiday, the period leading up to a holiday, etc.
6. (grammar, dated) subject

   Synonyms: subjekti, tekijä

• “alus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• lasu, lusa, sula

From ala- (“under-”) +‎ -us. Akin to Finnish alus and Estonian alus.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlus
• Hyphenation: a‧lus

alus

1. vessel, ship
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Ennen meil oli paljo alusmeehiä. Ken oli rikas - katsot, i alus oli.

     Before, we had a lot of sailors. Whoever was rich - you take one look, and a ship.

2. lining (of a garment)
3. bedding (base on which one sleeps)

• (ship): laiva, soimi
• (bedding): tila, (obsolete) voovve

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlusːɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑluːs/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlusː, -ɑlus
• Hyphenation: a‧lus

alus

1. inessive singular of alku

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 14
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 20

alus

1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦸꦱ꧀

 alus on Latvian Wikipedia

From Proto-Baltic *álu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“bitter”). A minority view considers the Latvian and Lithuanian terms to be ultimately borrowings from Germanic, via Old Prussian. Cognates include Lithuanian alùs, Old Prussian alu (“honey drink”), Old East Slavic олъ (olŭ, “strong drink”), Bulgarian олови́на (olovína, “beer yeast”), Slovene ôl (“beer”)|ol, Old English ealu, alu, English ale, Old Norse ǫl (“beer; feast”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).^[1]

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alus m (3rd declension)

1. beer (alcoholic beverage usually made with barley malt and hops)

   gaišais alus ― lager (literally, “light beer”)

   tumšais alus ― dark beer

   mājas alus ― home beer

   amatnieku alus ― craft beer

   medalus ― honey beer

   alus muca ― beer barrel, keg

   alus kauss ― beer mug

   alus darītava ― brewery (literally, “beer making place”)

   alus rūpniecība ― beer industry

   darīt, vārīt alu ― to make (literally, “to do”), to brew (literally, “to boil”) beer

   Jāņiem tika brūvēts alus, un nu staigāja no mutes uz muti liela, zaļa māla krūze, putām pārsegta, rūgteni smaržīga dzēriena pilna

   in midsummer beer was brewed, and then a big, green clay jug went from mouth to mouth, covered with foam and full of (that) bitter, aromatic drink

• alus darītava

 alus on Lithuanian Wikipedia

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.^[1]

Cognate with Latvian alus (“beer”), Old Prussian alu (“beer”), and Proto-Slavic *ȍlъ (“beer”).^[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key):

alùs m (plural ãlūs) stress pattern 4

1. beer

• “alus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “alus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Affixed lus (“smoothness, softness; finesse; gentleness, subtleness”) +‎ a-.

• IPA^(key): /a.lʊs/
• Rhymes: -lʊs
• Hyphenation: a‧lus

alus

1. fine, soft
2. refined, gentle
3. subtle
4. nonviolent

• > Javanese: ꦲꦭꦸꦱ꧀ (alus) (inherited)

• "alus" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Malay halus or Javanese ꦲꦭꦸꦱ꧀ (alus).

• IPA^(key):

alus

1. (stative) to be smooth
2. (stative) to be polite
3. (stative) to be refined (culturally)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh