aal

Symbol

aal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Afade.

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, “crown flower; kind of dye”).

Noun

aal (plural aals)

1. The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
2. A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.

Further reading

• Aal in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• ALA, Ala, Ala., a la, ala, à la

Etymology

From Dutch aal, from Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aal

Noun

aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)

1. eel (Anguilla anguilla)

   Ale het wye koppe.

   Eels have wide heads.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âel, from Old Dutch *āl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch āle, from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Doublet of ale.

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

aal

1. singular imperative of aalen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of aalen

Etymology

Derived from English all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːl/

Determiner

aal

1. all

   di daag iit aal di fuud

   the dog ate all the food

Further reading

• aal at majstro.com

Noun

aal

1. mouth

References

• Insights Into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture: Proceedings of the 9th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, 16-19 February 2004 (Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma G. Gilley, Anne Storch; 2006)
• starling.rinet.ru (as áːl)

Noun

aal m

1. obsolete typography of ål

Etymology

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and German all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːl/
• Hyphenation: aal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Determiner

aal (inflected alle)

1. all, all of

Pronoun

aal

1. all, everything
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:22:

     Dut aal is geskäin, dät dät uutkume skuul, wät die Here truch dän Profeet kweden häd;

     This all has happened, so that it would come true, what the Lord through the profet has said.

Adverb

aal

1. always
2. ever

   Aal deerätter ― Ever since

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “aal”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Adjective

aal

1. Shetland form of a' (“all”)

References

• “aal, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɬ/

Noun

aal (plural aala)

1. someone's spouse
2. mate of an animal

References

• Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 39.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːl/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Determiner

aal

1. Alternative form of aul
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 7:

     An vish aal vellas wi a deel.

     And wish all men with the divil,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 10:

     Thaar's no own aal to taak uz thaar.

     There's no one at all to take us there,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 14:

     But aal a bys do leigh an praat,

     But all the boys do laugh and prate,

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 10:

     Aal haar, an wi eyen lik torches o tar?"

     "All hair, and with eyes like torches of tar,"

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 4:

     An aal their vrienes had a graat spree.

     And aal their friends had a great spree.

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 7:

     "Gud bless thee mee gurles," hay zaid, "own an aal."

     "God bless you, my children," he said, "one and all."

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131

Noun

aal

1. son or daughter of a woman (only said of a mother or used by her to refer to her children)