alu

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

English

Noun

alu (plural alus)

  1. Alternative form of aloo

Anagrams


Basque

Noun

alu

  1. vagina, vulva

Derived terms

  • alaba “daughter” (with kinship suffix ba)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ly/

Noun

alu m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of aluminium.

Further reading


Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay alu, from Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, *laqəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.

Noun

alu (plural alu-alu, first-person possessive aluku, second-person possessive alumu, third-person possessive alunya)

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

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

Lindu

Noun

alu

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

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alu (Jawi spelling الو)

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

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Cognate with Common Slavic *olъ (beer), Lithuanian alùs (beer) and Latvian alus (beer).

Noun

alu

  1. beer

References

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

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɐlʊ]

Noun

alu

  1. (anatomy) liver

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.lu/

Verb

alu

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

Derived terms


Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

Noun

alu

  1. potato

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu

Verb

alu

  1. To go

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu

Verb

alu

  1. to go
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