aleli
See also: alēli
Ido
Noun
aleli
- plural of alelo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الخَيْرِيّ (al-ḵayriyy). Cognate of Spanish alhelí.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.leˈli/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɨˈli/
Noun
aleli m (plural alelis)
- (dated) synonym of goiveira (“wallflower”)
Further reading
- “aleli”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “aleli”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alhelí, from Arabic الْخَيْرِيّ (al-ḵayriyy), from Middle Persian hylyk' (/hērīg/, “wallflower”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaleˈli/ [ʔɐ.lɛˈlɪ]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: a‧le‧li
Noun
alelí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜎᜒ)
- wallflower (herb of the Erysimum genus)