alu

alu

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of 'Are'are terms

alu (plural alus)

1. Alternative form of aloo.

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

From Malay alur.

alu

1. stream (small river)

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˧.lu˧/, [a˧.lu˧]

alu

1. (Chungli) to go down

From Proto-Central Naga *hlu.

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˥.lu˩/, [a˥.lu˩]

alu

1. (Chungli) field

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 97, 203

From Proto-Basque *aLu.

• IPA^(key): /alu/ [a.lu]
• Rhymes: -alu, -u
• Hyphenation: a‧lu

alu inan or anim

1. (inanimate) vagina, vulva
2. (animate, vulgar, derogatory) asshole, cunt, jerk, wanker, moron, prick (general term of abuse)

   Hoa pikutara, alua!

   Go fuck yourself, asshole!

alu (not comparable)

1. (vulgar) fucking, goddamn

   Ergel alu horrek atea irekita utzi zuen.

   That fucking idiot left the door open.

• R. L. Trask (2008), “alu”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 89

• “alu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “alu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

alu

1. partitive plural of ala

alu

1. genitive singular of alg

• IPA^(key): /a.ly/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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alu m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) clipping of aluminium

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.

alu

1. a pestle

• Scott, N. C. (1956), A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[2], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

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

alu

1. pestle

From Malay alu, from Classical Malay ألو (alu), from Old Malay [script needed] (halu), from Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu (“pestle”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈalu/ [ˈa.lu]
• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: a‧lu

alu (plural alu-alu)

1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

   Synonym: antan

• “alu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦲꦭꦸ
Pegon
Roman	alu

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

alu

1. pestle

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “alu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Borrowed from Burmese အလှူ (a.hlu).

alu

1. offering, donation

• Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[3], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːlu]

alu

1. rice pestle

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “alu”, in Lamboya word list‎^[4], Leiden: LexiRumah

alu f

1. inflection of ala:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

alu m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of alus

alu

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahelu.

alu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨘ)

1. pestle

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈalu/ [ˈa.lu]
• Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u

alu (Jawi spelling الو, plural alu-alu or alu²)

1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

   Synonyms: antan, lesung

• Indonesian: alu

• "alu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

alu

1. to walk

• aluhdo
• aluhjili
• aluhla

Cognate with Apatani alo.

alu

1. day

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.lu/

alu n

1. alternative form of ealu (“ale”)

Consonant stem, irregular:

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu.

alu

1. mead
   • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary

     Bier   Piwis

     [...]

     Mete   Alu

• Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370

• IPA^(key): [ˈɐlʊ]

alu

1. (anatomy) liver

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lu/

alu

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

• eluwe

alu

1. romanization of ᚨᛚᚢ

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

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

• IPA^(key): [ɑ.ˈlu]

alu

1. tuber, starchy root vegetable

• alu gula (“potato”)

alu

1. can; may

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

alu

1. to go

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

alu

1. pestle

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

• IPA^(key): /a.lu/

alu

1. to go