# alun
## Finnish
### Noun

alun
* genitive singular of alku

#### Derived terms

* alun alkaen
* alun perin
* alun pitäen

### Further reading

* “alun”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.lœ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -œ̃
* Hyphenation: a‧lun

### Noun

alun m (plural aluns)
* alum

#### Derived terms

* alunage
* alunation
* aluner
* alunerie

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay alun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈalun/ [ˈa.lʊn]
* Rhymes: -alun
* Syllabification: a‧lun

### Noun

alun
* wave

#### Derived terms

* alunan
* beralun
* beralun-alun
* mengalun
* mengalunkan
* sealun
* teralun

### Further reading

* “alun” 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
### Romanization

alun
* Romanization of ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalun/ [ˈäː.lun]
* Hyphenation: a‧lun

### Noun

álun
* wave

#### Derived terms

* alun-alun
* mayalun

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

### Noun

alun (Jawi spelling الون, plural alun-alun, informal 1st possessive alunku, 2nd possessive alunmu, 3rd possessive alunnya)
* wave
    Synonyms: ombak, gelombang

### Verb

alun
* to roll, to swell

### Derived terms

* alunan

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “الن aloen”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 18
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “الن alun”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 32
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “alun”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 21

### Further reading

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

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* allume
* alum

### Etymology

Old French alum.

### Noun

alun m (plural aluns)
* alum

#### Descendants

* English: alum
* French: alun

### References

* alun on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (alun, supplement)

## Old French
### Noun

alun oblique singular, m (oblique plural aluns, nominative singular aluns, nominative plural alun)
* Alternative form of alum

## Old Javanese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun. Cognate with Malay mengalun.

#### Noun

alun
* long rolling wave
* swell of the sea

##### Alternative forms

* halun

##### Derived terms

* aṅalun
* aṅalun-alun
* malunan
* mālun
* alun tuha

##### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ (alun) (inherited)

### Etymology 2

Unknown

#### Root

alun
* palace square

##### Derived terms

* alun-alun

### Further reading

* "alun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Back-formation from alună (“hazelnut”).

### Noun

alun m (plural aluni)
* hazel (tree Corylus avellana)

#### Synonyms

* fundici

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɑːlɵn/, /ˈɑːlɵn/
* Rhymes: -²ɑːlɵn, -¹ɑːlɵn

### Noun

alun n or c
* (uncountable) alum

#### Declension
### References

* alun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* alun in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* alun in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)