aal

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Translingual

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Symbol

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aal

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

English

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Morinda citrifolia plantation
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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: aal

Noun

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aal (plural ale, diminutive aaltjie)

  1. eel (Anguilla anguilla)
    Ale het wye koppe.
    Eels have wide heads.

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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aal m (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

  1. eel (fish), (Anguilla anguilla)
    Synonym: paling
  2. elver (young eel)
  3. (rare) padre
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  • A distinction is sometimes made between aal meaning a smaller or juvenile eel and paling meaning a large, adult specimen. In some fishing villages in the Netherlands, such as Volendam, only aal is traditionally used. Others use them interchangeably.
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Etymology 2

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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.

Noun

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aal n (plural alen, diminutive aaltje n)

  1. ale (obsolete)
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Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch adel, 'mud'.

Noun

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aal f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of aalt
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German

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Verb

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aal

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

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English all.

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Determiner

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aal

  1. all
    di daag iit aal di fuud
    the dog ate all the food

Further reading

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  • aal at majstro.com

Midob

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Noun

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aal

  1. mouth

References

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  • 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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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aal m

  1. obsolete typography of ål

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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

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Determiner

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aal (inflected alle)

  1. all, all of

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Pronoun

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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

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aal

  1. always
  2. ever
    Aal deerätterEver since

References

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

Scots

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Adjective

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aal

  1. Shetland form of a' (all)

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Seri

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Noun

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aal (plural aala)

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

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References

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  • 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.

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Noun

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aal

  1. bad mood

Etymology 2

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Verb

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aal

  1. Alternative spelling of abal

Yola

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Determiner

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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

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  • 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

Yucatec Maya

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Noun

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aal

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