alu

Noun

alu (plural alus)

1. Alternative form of aloo

Anagrams

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

Noun

alu

1. vagina, vulva

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ly/

Noun

alu m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Short for aluminium.

Further reading

• “alu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

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

Noun

alu

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

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

Alternative forms

• الو‎

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)

Etymology

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

Cognate with Common Slavic *olъ (“beer”) and Lithuanian alùs (“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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɐlʊ]

Noun

alu

1. (anatomy) liver

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lu/

Verb

alu

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

Etymology

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

Noun

alu

1. potato

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu

Verb

alu

1. To go

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu

Verb

alu

1. to go