alu-alu

• IPA^(key): /a.luˈa.lu/
• Rhymes: -alu
• Hyphenation: a‧lu‧a‧lu

Inherited from Malay alu-alu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu.

alu-alu (plural alu-alu)

1. barracuda (any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators)

   Synonyms: barakuda, senuk

Reduplication of alu. Learned borrowing from Javanese [Term?].

alu-alu (plural alu-alu)

1. plural of alu
2. (cooking) Tegal's specialty food made from sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves, eaten with brown sugar sauce and grated coconut.

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alu-alu

1. to come, then go again

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “alu-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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu (“barracuda”).

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

alu-alu (Jawi spelling الو٢ or الو-الو)

1. barracuda

   Synonym: tenuk

• Indonesian: alu-alu

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