alo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alo"

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈlo/ [ʔʌˈlɔ]

Hyphenation: a‧lo

Noun

aló f

popcorn

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Noun

alo

day

References

P. T. Abraham, Apatani-English-Hindi Dictionary (1987)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔaloʔ/ [ˈʔa.l̪oʔ]
Hyphenation: a‧lo

Noun

alò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜓ)

(archaic) rest (relief from any activity)

Derived terms

hingalo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔalo/ [ˈʔa.l̪o]
Hyphenation: a‧lo

Interjection

álo (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜓ)

Nonstandard form of halo (“quiet!; be quiet!”).

Numeral

alo

two

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈálo] (vowel length not well attested)

Noun

alo anim (plural alomeh)

(it is) a scarlet macaw; Ara macao.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188r:
  Papagayo grãde. alo.
  A large parrot. alo.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 4r. col. 1:
  Alo. papagayo grande.
  Alo. a large parrot.

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 4

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin āla (“wing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈalo]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -alo
Hyphenation: a‧lo

Noun

alo (accusative singular alon, plural aloj, accusative plural alojn)

side of the nostril, ala of the nose
wing (of a building)
- Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Part 1, Chapter 2,
  [...] Poncio Pilato, la prokuratoro de Judujo, kavaleriane trenante la plandumojn, eliris en la portikon inter la du aloj de la palaco de Herodo la Granda.
  [...] walking with the shuffling gait of a cavalryman, the Procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate, came out into the covered colonnade between the two wings of the palace of Herod the Great. (Mirra Ginsburg translation, Grove, 1995)
wing, flank, branch (of a party, army, etc.)
- Vladimír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Ŝvejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk) by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 2, Chapter 4,
  [...] serboj intertempe atingis nian arieron sur ambaǔ aloj kaj ĉirkaǔhakis nian centron en formo de triangulo [...]
  [...] in the meantime the Serbs had got behind us on both flanks and cut up our centre into a triangle. (Cecil Parrott translation, Heinemann, 1973)
(chess) flank, wing (left or right side of the chessboard)

Derived terms

aleto
ĉirkaŭala
frogalo

Verb

alo (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

Alternative form of alar (“to go”) documented in the following location(s): Belleroche

Noun

alo

salt

Alternative forms

alò

Etymology

From French allô (“hello”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.lo/

Interjection

alo

(telephony) hello

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo/, [ˈɐ.lo]

Noun

alo

front (facing side)
face
Ua kipaku aku ʻoe iaʻu i kēia lā mai ke alo aku o ka honua nei.
You have driven me out this day from the face of the earth.
presence
Eia ʻoe i ke alo o ka ʻaha.
Here you are in the presence of the assembly.
(geometry) face

Derived terms

hoʻalo

References

Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “alo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian ala, Spanish ala and French aile, all ultimately from Latin āla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalo/

Noun

alo (plural ali)

(anatomy) wing
- 1913, Progreso, volume 5, page 263:
  Multa insekti esas sen-ala e la femini di kelka *lepidopteri (papilioni) havas ali, qui aspektas nur kom tre kurta stumpi, e korpo, qua similesas sako plena de ovi.
  Many insects are wingless and the females of some lepidoptera (butterflies) have wings that only look like very short stumps and a body that resembles a pouch full of eggs.

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, *laqəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.

Noun

alo

pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

Verb

alo

first-person singular present indicative of alare

Anagrams

Lao, loa, olà

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *alō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi (“grow, nourish”). Related to *oleō.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.loː/, [ˈäɫ̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo/, [ˈäːlo]

Verb

alō (present infinitive alere, perfect active aluī, supine altum or alitum); third conjugation

to encourage or promote the development (of a thing): to foster, to further, to promote (something)
Synonyms: foveō, iuvō, sublevō
to cause (a thing) to continue over time: to further, to maintain, to sustain
Synonyms: subsistō, sufferō, sustentō, sustineō
- Attributed to Cato Maior by Livius in Ab Urbe Condita, Book XXXIV, 9.12
  Bellum sē ipsum alet.
  The war will further itself.
(in a particular sense): to feed, to nourish, to nurture
Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, pāsco
(pertaining to living things): to cultivate, to raise, to rear, etc. (as a child, an animal, etc.)
Hominum gratia generatur, aluntur bestiae.
It is for the sake of man that beasts are bred.

Usage notes

Alō refers to the transitive act of causing someone or something to grow or develop. There was a companion lost stative to alō in Old Latin *aleō (“I grow up, I develop, I mature”), which remained effective in Classical Latin through its derived verb alēscō (“I grow, I grow up, I increase”).

Conjugation

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indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	alō	alis	alit	alimus	alitis	alunt
	imperfect	alēbam	alēbās	alēbat	alēbāmus	alēbātis	alēbant
	future	alam	alēs	alet	alēmus	alētis	alent
	perfect	aluī	aluistī	aluit	aluimus	aluistis	aluērunt, aluēre
	pluperfect	alueram	aluerās	aluerat	aluerāmus	aluerātis	aluerant
	future perfect	aluerō	alueris	aluerit	aluerimus	alueritis	aluerint
passive	present	alor	aleris, alere	alitur	alimur	aliminī	aluntur
	imperfect	alēbar	alēbāris, alēbāre	alēbātur	alēbāmur	alēbāminī	alēbantur
	future	alar	alēris, alēre	alētur	alēmur	alēminī	alentur
	perfect	altus or alitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	altus or alitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	altus or alitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	alam	alās	alat	alāmus	alātis	alant
	imperfect	alerem	alerēs	aleret	alerēmus	alerētis	alerent
	perfect	aluerim	aluerīs	aluerit	aluerīmus	aluerītis	aluerint
	pluperfect	aluissem	aluissēs	aluisset	aluissēmus	aluissētis	aluissent
passive	present	alar	alāris, alāre	alātur	alāmur	alāminī	alantur
	imperfect	alerer	alerēris, alerēre	alerētur	alerēmur	alerēminī	alerentur
	perfect	altus or alitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	altus or alitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ale	—	—	alite	—
active	future	—	alitō	alitō	—	alitōte	aluntō
passive	present	—	alere	—	—	aliminī	—
passive	future	—	alitor	alitor	—	—	aluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		alere	aluisse	altūrum esse, alitūrum esse	alī	altum esse, alitum esse	altum īrī, alitum īrī
participles		alēns	—	altūrus, alitūrus	—	altus, alitus	alendus, alundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		alendī	alendō	alendum	alendō	altum, alitum	altū, alitū

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Conjugation of alō (third conjugation)

Derived terms

Related terms

alicārius
alimentārius

References

“alo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“alo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
alo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
alo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to keep up a fire: ignem alere
- to entertain a hope: spem alere
- to keep horses, dogs: alere equos, canes
- to support an army: alere exercitum (Off. 1. 8. 25)
- (ambiguous) the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
- (ambiguous) to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
- (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
- (ambiguous) to make fast boats to anchors: naves (classem) constituere (in alto)

[1]
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

Noun

alo

yawn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alu. Cognate with Old English ealu, Middle Dutch ale, Old High German al-, Old Norse ǫl (Swedish öl).

Noun

alo n

beer, ale

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Lesser Poland):
- (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈa.lʲɔ]

Interjection

alo

(Przemyśl) Synonym of dalej (“come on”)
Alo złodzieje do pieca. ― Come on, thieves, to the furnace.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.lu/

Rhymes: -alu
Homophone: halo
Hyphenation: a‧lo

Verb

alo

first-person singular present indicative of alar

Etymology

Borrowed from French allô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈlo/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -o

Interjection

alo

hello (when answering the telephone)

References

alo in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp.

Noun

alo

smooth, soft side of a thing
Antonym: tua (“rougher side”, literally “the back”)
stomach; belly

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qadep”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaloʔ/ [ˈʔaː.loʔ]
Rhymes: -aloʔ
Syllabification: a‧lo

Noun

alò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓ)

cheer; consolation given (for the disappointed, anxious, disconsolate, etc.)
Synonym: aliw
act of cheering up someone
Synonym: pag-alo
substitute for a disappointment to cheer up someone (with kind words, toys, pacifier, milk, etc.)
Synonyms: pang-alo, panlibang
act of calming down someone (especially a crying child, with kind words, toys, pacifier, milk, etc.)
lullaby; cradle song
Synonyms: oyayi, aloy, indayanin, hele

Derived terms

aluan
aluin
pag-alo
pang-alo
tagaalo
umalo

Anagrams

loa, ola, Lao

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *alo ("cold").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈ(ʔ)a.lo]

Verb

alo

(stative) to be cold
ake alo ― the water is cold

Conjugation

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Conjugation of alo
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toalo	foalo	mialo
2nd	noalo	nialo
3rd	Masculine	oalo	ialo, yoalo^†
Feminine	moalo
Neuter	ialo
† - archaic

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References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head‎

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈa.lo]
Hyphenation: a‧lo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro. Cognates include Hawaiian alo and Samoan alo.

Noun

alo

front
belly of an animal
upper side of a leaf

Verb

alo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qalo. Cognates include Tuvaluan alo and Samoan alo.

Verb

alo

(intransitive) to row, paddle
(transitive) to fan

Derived terms

aloalo

References

R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 13

Etymology

Borrowed from French allô. The stress on the first syllable and the palatalization of the /l/ are not readily explained.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑlʲo/
Audio: (file)

Interjection

alo

hello (only when picking up the phone)

Adverb

alo

[1] [1]
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

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