alo
See also: Alo, álo, aló, alò, älö, alo-, and -alo
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌˈlo/
- Hyphenation: a‧lo
Noun
aló f
- popcorn
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lo
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaloʔ/
Noun
alò
- (archaic) rest (relief from any activity)
Derived terms
- hingalo
Classical Nahuatl
A scarlet macaw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈálo] (vowel length not well attested)
Noun
alo anim (plural alomeh)
- (it is) a scarlet macaw; Ara macao.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188r.
- Papagayo grãde. alo.
- A large parrot. alo.
- Papagayo grãde. alo.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 4r. col. 1.
- Alo. papagayo grande.
- Alo. a large parrot.
- Alo. papagayo grande.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188r.
References
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 4
Esperanto
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin āla (“wing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -alo
- Hyphenation: a‧lo
Noun
alo (accusative singular alon, plural aloj, accusative plural alojn)
- side of the nostril, ala of the nose
- wing (of a building)
- Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Part 1, Chapter 2,
- [...] Poncio Pilato, la prokuratoro de Judujo, kavaleriane trenante la plandumojn, eliris en la portikon inter la du aloj de la palaco de Herodo la Granda.
- [...] walking with the shuffling gait of a cavalryman, the Procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate, came out into the covered colonnade between the two wings of the palace of Herod the Great. (Mirra Ginsburg translation, Grove, 1995)
- [...] Poncio Pilato, la prokuratoro de Judujo, kavaleriane trenante la plandumojn, eliris en la portikon inter la du aloj de la palaco de Herodo la Granda.
- Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Part 1, Chapter 2,
- wing, flank, branch (of a party, army, etc.)
- Vladimír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Ŝvejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk) by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 2, Chapter 4,
- [...] serboj intertempe atingis nian arieron sur ambaǔ aloj kaj ĉirkaǔhakis nian centron en formo de triangulo [...]
- [...] in the meantime the Serbs had got behind us on both flanks and cut up our centre into a triangle. (Cecil Parrott translation, Heinemann, 1973)
- [...] serboj intertempe atingis nian arieron sur ambaǔ aloj kaj ĉirkaǔhakis nian centron en formo de triangulo [...]
- Vladimír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Ŝvejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk) by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 2, Chapter 4,
- (chess) flank, wing (left or right side of the chessboard)
Derived terms
- aleto
- ĉirkaŭala
- frogalo
Galo
Noun
alo
- salt
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp.
Noun
alo
- front (facing side)
- face
- Ua kipaku aku ʻoe iaʻu i kēia lā mai ke alo aku o ka honua nei.
- You have driven me out this day from the face of the earth.
- presence
- Eia ʻoe i ke alo o ka ʻaha.
- Here you are in the presence of the assembly.
- (geometry) face
Derived terms
- hoʻalo
References
- “alo” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from Italian ala, Spanish ala and French aile, all ultimately from Latin āla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalo/
Noun
alo (plural ali)
- (anatomy) wing
- 1913, Progreso, vol. 5, page 263.
- Multa insekti esas sen-ala e la femini di kelka *lepidopteri (papilioni) havas ali, qui aspektas nur kom tre kurta stumpi, e korpo, qua similesas sako plena de ovi.
- Many insects are wingless and the females of some lepidoptera (butterflies) have wings that only look like very short stumps and a body that resembles a pouch full of eggs.
- 1913, Progreso, vol. 5, page 263.
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, *laqəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.
Noun
alo
- pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Italian
Verb
alo
- first-person singular present indicative of alare
Anagrams
- Lao, loa, olà
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *alō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi (“grow, nourish”). Related to *oleō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.loː/, [ˈäɫ̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.lo/, [ˈäːlo]
Verb
alō (present infinitive alere, perfect active aluī, supine altum or alitum); third conjugation
- I foster, I nourish
- Attributed to Cato Maior by Livius in Ab Urbe Condita, Book XXXIV, 9.12
- Bellum se ipsum alet.
- The war will nourish itself.
- Bellum se ipsum alet.
- Attributed to Cato Maior by Livius in Ab Urbe Condita, Book XXXIV, 9.12
- I raise (as a child, an animal, etc.)
- I feed, I maintain, I develop
- Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, pāscor, pāscō, sustentō, foveō
- Hominum gratia generatur, aluntur bestiae.
- It is for the sake of man that beasts are bred.
Usage notes
Alō refers to the transitive act of causing someone or something to grow or develop. There was a companion lost stative to alō in Old Latin *aleō (“I grow up, I develop, I mature”), which remained effective in Classical Latin through its derived verb alēscō (“I grow, I grow up, I increase”).
Conjugation
| Conjugation of alō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | alō | alis | alit | alimus | alitis | alunt |
| imperfect | alēbam | alēbās | alēbat | alēbāmus | alēbātis | alēbant | |
| future | alam | alēs | alet | alēmus | alētis | alent | |
| perfect | aluī | aluistī | aluit | aluimus | aluistis | aluērunt, aluēre | |
| pluperfect | alueram | aluerās | aluerat | aluerāmus | aluerātis | aluerant | |
| future perfect | aluerō | alueris | aluerit | aluerimus | alueritis | aluerint | |
| passive | present | alor | aleris, alere | alitur | alimur | aliminī | aluntur |
| imperfect | alēbar | alēbāris, alēbāre | alēbātur | alēbāmur | alēbāminī | alēbantur | |
| future | alar | alēris, alēre | alētur | alēmur | alēminī | alentur | |
| perfect | altus or alitus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | altus or alitus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | altus or alitus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | alam | alās | alat | alāmus | alātis | alant |
| imperfect | alerem | alerēs | aleret | alerēmus | alerētis | alerent | |
| perfect | aluerim | aluerīs | aluerit | aluerīmus | aluerītis | aluerint | |
| pluperfect | aluissem | aluissēs | aluisset | aluissēmus | aluissētis | aluissent | |
| passive | present | alar | alāris, alāre | alātur | alāmur | alāminī | alantur |
| imperfect | alerer | alerēris, alerēre | alerētur | alerēmur | alerēminī | alerentur | |
| perfect | altus or alitus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | altus or alitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | ale | — | — | alite | — |
| future | — | alitō | alitō | — | alitōte | aluntō | |
| passive | present | — | alere | — | — | aliminī | — |
| future | — | alitor | alitor | — | — | aluntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | alere | aluisse | altūrum esse, alitūrum esse | alī | altum esse, alitum esse | altum īrī, alitum īrī | |
| participles | alēns | — | altūrus, alitūrus | — | altus, alitus | alendus, alundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| alendī | alendō | alendum | alendō | altum, alitum | altū, alitū | ||
Derived terms
- alebria
- alescō
- aletūdō
- alibilis
- alica
- alimentum
- alimōnia
- almus
- altor
- altus
- alumnus
- coalō
- elementum
Related terms
- alicārius
- alimentārius
See also
- oleō
References
- “alo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alo 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)
- alo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to keep up a fire: ignem alere
- to entertain a hope: spem alere
- to keep horses, dogs: alere equos, canes
- to support an army: alere exercitum (Off. 1. 8. 25)
- (ambiguous) the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
- (ambiguous) to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
- (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
- (ambiguous) to make fast boats to anchors: naves (classem) constituere (in alto)
- to keep up a fire: ignem alere
Neapolitan
Noun
alo
- yawn
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *alu. Cognate with Old English ealu, Middle Dutch ale, Old High German al-, Old Norse ǫl (Swedish öl).
Noun
alo n
- beer, ale
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.lu/
- Rhymes: -alu
- Homophone: halo
- Hyphenation: a‧lo
Verb
alo
- first-person singular present indicative of alar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French allô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlo/
- Rhymes: -o
Interjection
alo
- hello (when answering the telephone)
References
- alo in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp.
Noun
alo
- smooth, soft side of a thing (“the front” as opposed to tua (“the back”) or rougher side)
- stomach; belly
References
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qadep
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lo
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaloʔ/, [ˈʔa.loʔ]
Noun
alò
- cheer; consolation given (for the disappointed, anxious, disconsolate, etc.)
- Synonym: aliw
- act of cheering up someone
- Synonym: pag-alo
- substitute for a disappointment to cheer up someone (with kind words, toys, pacifier, milk, etc.)
- Synonyms: pang-alo, panlibang
- act of calming down someone (especially a crying child, with kind words, toys, pacifier, milk, etc.)
- lullaby; cradle song
- Synonyms: oyayi, aloy, indayanin, hele
Derived terms
- aluan
- aluin
- pag-alo
- pang-alo
- tagaalo
- umalo
See also
- libang
Ternate
Etymology
From Proto-North Halmahera *alo ("cold").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈ(ʔ)a.lo]
Verb
alo
- (stative) to be cold
- ake alo ― the water is cold
Conjugation
| Conjugation of alo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | toalo | foalo | mialo | |
| 2nd | noalo | nialo | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | oalo | ialo, yoalo† | |
| Feminine | moalo | |||
| Neuter | ialo | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
- Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head
Tokelauan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.lo/
- Hyphenation: a‧lo
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *qaro. Cognates include Hawaiian alo and Samoan alo.
Noun
alo
- front
- belly of an animal
- upper side of a leaf
Verb
alo
- (intransitive, + ki) to face
- (transitive) to be engaged in
- (intransitive) to pay attention
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *qalo. Cognates include Tuvaluan alo and Samoan alo.
Verb
alo
- (intransitive) to row, paddle
- (transitive) to fan
Derived terms
- aloalo
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 13
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French allô. The stress on the first syllable and the palatalization of the /l/ are not readily explained.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlʲo/
Interjection
alo
- hello (only when picking up the phone)
Volapük
Adverb
alo
- at any rate
- in any event