# alu
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Noun

alu (plural alus)
* Alternative form of aloo

### Anagrams

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

## Acehnese
### Etymology

From Malay alur.

### Noun

alu
* stream (small river)

## Basque
### Noun

alu
* vagina, vulva

#### Derived terms

* alaba (“daughter”) (with kinship suffix -ba)

## Estonian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

alu
* partitive plural of ala

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

alu
* genitive singular of alg

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ly/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

alu m (uncountable)
* (colloquial) Clipping of aluminium

### Further reading

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

## Iban
### Etymology

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

### Noun

alu
* a pestle

### References

* Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

## Ibanag
### Etymology

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

### Noun

alu
* pestle

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

alu (plural alu-alu)
* pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
    Synonym: antan

#### Derived terms

* beralu-aluan

### Further reading

* “alu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese

Javanese writing system :
| Carakan | ꦲꦭꦸ |
| Pegon | |
| Roman | alu |

### Etymology

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

### Noun

alu
* pestle

### Further reading

* 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

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အလှူ (a.hlu).

### Noun

alu
* offering, donation

### References

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

## Laboya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaːlu]

### Noun

alu
* rice pestle

### References

* Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “alu”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

## Latvian
### Noun

alu f
* inflection of ala:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural

### Noun

alu m
* vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of alus

## Lindu
### Noun

alu
* direction
* rhythm; cadence; meter (of a poem)

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahelu.

### Noun

alu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨘ)
* pestle

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalu/ [ˈa.lu]
* Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u

### Noun

alu (Jawi spelling الو, plural alu-alu, informal 1st possessive aluku, 2nd possessive alumu, 3rd possessive alunya)
* pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
    Synonyms: antan, lesung

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: alu

### Further reading

* “alu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mokilese
### Verb

alu
* to walk

#### Derived terms

* aluhdo
* aluhjili
* aluhla

## Narua
### Etymology

Cognate with Apatani alo.

### Noun

alu
* day

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑ.lu/

### Noun

alu n
* Alternative form of ealu (“ale”)

## Old Prussian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu.

### Noun

alu
* mead
** Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
    Bier Piwis
    Mete Alu

### 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: [ˈɐlʊ]

### Noun

alu
* (anatomy) liver

## Pohnpeian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.lu/

### Verb

alu
* (intransitive) to walk; swim slowly (said of a fish)

#### Derived terms

* eluwe

## Proto-Norse
### Romanization

alu
* Romanization of ᚨᛚᚢ

## Rohingya
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Sanskrit आलु (ālu).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑ.ˈlu]

### Noun

alu
* tuber, starchy root vegetable

### See also

* alu gula (“potato”)

## Rukai
### Verb

alu
* can; may

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

### Verb

alu
* to go

## Tetum
### Etymology

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

### Noun

alu
* pestle

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *alu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.lu/

### Verb

alu
* to go