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Alu
alu
alu
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay alu, from Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, *laqəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.
Noun
alu
- pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
Latvian
Noun
alu f
alu m
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, *laqəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alu/
- Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u
Noun
alu (Jawi spelling الو)
- 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”) and Lithuanian alùs (“beer”).
Noun
alu
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 370