alu

alu

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

Translingual

Symbol

alu

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

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English

Noun

alu (plural alus)

1. Alternative form of aloo

Anagrams

• -ual, Aul, LUA, Lau, Lua, UAL, ULA, Ula, aul

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Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay alur.

Noun

alu

1. stream (small river)

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Basque

Noun

alu

1. vagina, vulva

Derived terms

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

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Estonian

Noun

alu

1. partitive plural of ala

Noun

alu

1. genitive singular of alg

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ly/

• Audio

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Noun

alu m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of aluminium

Further reading

• “alu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Ibanag

Etymology

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

Noun

alu

1. pestle

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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)

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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

• “[ alu]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

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Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အလှူ (a.hlu).

Noun

alu

1. offering, donation

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

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Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		آلو‎

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آلو‎ (âlu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlu/
• (Muhsenabâd) IPA^(key): [äːˈluː]

Noun

alu (definite accusative alunu, plural alular)

1. plum

   Synonym: aluça

Declension

Declension of alu

	singular	plural
nominative	alu	alular
genitive	aluyn	alularıyn
dative	aluqa, aluya	alularqa, alulara
definite accusative	alunu	aluları
locative	aluça	alularça
ablative	aluda(n)	alularda(n)
instrumental	alula(n)	alularla(n)
equative	aluvâra	alularvâra
quantitative	aluqadar	alularqadar

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

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Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːlu]

Noun

alu

1. rice pestle

References

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

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Latvian

Noun

alu f

1. accusative singular form of ala
2. instrumental singular form of ala
3. genitive plural form of ala

alu m

1. vocative singular form of alus
2. accusative singular form of alus
3. instrumental singular form of alus

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Lindu

Noun

alu

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

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Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahelu.

Noun

alu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨘ)

1. pestle

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Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alu/
• Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u

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

• “alu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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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, page 370

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɐlʊ]

Noun

alu

1. (anatomy) liver

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Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lu/

Verb

alu

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

Derived terms

• eluwe

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Proto-Norse

Romanization

alu

1. Romanization of ᚨᛚᚢ

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Rohingya

Alternative forms

• (Arabic) اَلُ‎
• (Bengali) আলু
• (Myanmar) အာလူး
• (Hanifi) 𐴀𐴝𐴓𐴟‎ (alu)

Etymology

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑ.ˈlu]

Noun

alu

1. tuber, starchy root vegetable

See also

• alu gula (“potato”)

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Rukai

Verb

alu

1. can; may

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

Verb

alu

1. to go

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Tetum

Etymology

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

Noun

alu

1. pestle

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lu/

Verb

alu

1. to go