alo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alo"

Translingual

Symbol

alo

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Larike-Wakasihu terms

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlo/ [ʔʌˈlɔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧lo

Noun

aló f

1. popcorn

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Apatani

Noun

alo

1. day

References

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

Cèmuhî

Numeral

alo

1. two

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alò (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜓ)

1. (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)

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

Classical Nahuatl

A scarlet macaw.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alo anim (plural alomeh)

1. (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

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin āla (“wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: a‧lo

Noun

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

1. side of the nostril, ala of the nose
2. 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)

3. 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)

4. (chess) flank, wing (left or right side of the chessboard)

Derived terms

• aleto
• ĉirkaŭala
• frogalo

Further reading

• “alo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “alo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Franco-Provençal

Verb

alo (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

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

Galo

Noun

alo

1. salt

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

• alò

Etymology

From French allô (“hello”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lo/

Interjection

alo

1. (telephony) hello

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 6

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Central Pacific *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”). Cognates include Samoan alo and Tokelauan alo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo/, [ˈɐ.lo]

Noun

alo

1. front (facing side)
2. 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.

3. presence

   Eia ʻoe i ke alo o ka ʻaha.

   Here you are in the presence of the assembly.

4. (geometry) face

Derived terms

• hoʻalo

References

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

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalo/

Noun

alo (plural ali)

1. (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.

Ilocano

Etymology

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

Noun

alo

1. pestle (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)

Italian

Verb

alo

1. first-person singular present indicative of alare

Anagrams

• Lao, loa, olà

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.lo]

Verb

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

1. to feed, to nourish, to nurture
2. (pertaining to living things): to cultivate, to raise, to rear, etc. (as a child, an animal, etc.)

   Hominum grātiā generātur, aluntur bēstiae.

   It is for the sake of man that beasts are bred.

   Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, pāsco

   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.4:

     Fastīdientis stomachī est multa dēgustāre; quae ubi varia sunt et dīversa, inquinant nōn alunt.

     It is [the sign] of an overly delicate stomach [merely] to taste many [foods]; for when these are varied and different, they pollute rather than nourish.
     (Seneca’s diet metaphor: the effect of superficially reading too many authors.)

3. 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.

4. to encourage or promote the development (of a thing): to foster, to further, to promote (something)

   Synonyms: foveō, iuvō, sublevō

Usage notes

• Refers to the transitive act of causing someone or something to grow or develop; the stative companion *aleō (“to grow up; to develop; to mature”) remained effective in Classical Latin only through its derived verb alēscō (“to grow; to grow up; to increase”).

Conjugation

   Conjugation of alō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		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
		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
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ale		—		—		alite		—
	future	—		alitō		alitō		—		alitōte		aluntō
passive	present	—		alere		—		—		aliminī		—
	future	—		alitor		alitor		—		—		aluntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		alere			alī			alēns			—
future		altūrum esse, alitūrum esse			altum īrī, alitum īrī			altūrus, alitūrus			alendus, alundus
perfect		aluisse			altum esse, alitum esse			—			altus, alitus
future perfect		—			altum fore, alitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		altūrum fuisse, alitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		alendī		alendō		alendum		alendō		altum, alitum		altū, alitū

Derived terms

• alescō
• aletūdō
• alibilis
• alica
• alimentum
• alimōnia
• almus
• altor
• altus
• coalō
• elementum
• lebria

Related terms

• alicārius
• alimentārius
• alumnus

See also

• oleō

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.lo]

Noun

ālō

1. dative/ablative singular of ālus and ālum

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, 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^[4], 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)
    

Lotha Naga

Etymology

From Assamese আলু (alu, “potato”).

Noun

alo

1. potato

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 109

Makasar

alo

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *alo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kalaw, from Proto-Austronesian *kalaw (“hornbill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalo/, [ˈa.lɔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧lo

Noun

alo (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨚ or 𑻱𑻮𑻶, definite aloa)

1. the hornbill (specifically the Sulawesi hornbill, Aceros cassidix)

Usage notes

• In Makasar tradition, the head of a hornbill is used as a good luck charm (pallarìsi) in trade to help merchandise sell out quickly. This practice plays on the phonetic similarity between alo and the words numalo ("to pass") and taʼbialo ("to pass by").
• Historically, a hornbill (along with a turtle) was traditionally buried near the center pillar (benteng tannga) when building a house for an important person.

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Neapolitan

Noun

alo

1. yawn

Old Saxon

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

1. beer, ale

Pagu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.lo]

  • Audio:

    (file)

Verb

alo

1. to make sago

Polish

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

1. (Przemyśl) synonym of dalej (“come on”)

   Alo złodzieje do pieca. ― Come on, thieves, to the furnace.

Further reading

• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “alo”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎^[5] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lu/

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

Verb

alo

1. first-person singular present indicative of alar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French allô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlo/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Interjection

alo

1. hello (when answering the telephone)

References

• “alo”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Samoan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp. Cognates include Hawaiian alo and Tokelauan alo.

Noun

alo

1. smooth, soft side of a thing

   Antonym: tua (“rougher side”, literally “the back”)

2. stomach; belly

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qalo.

Verb

alo

1. (transitive) to row, to paddle

Derived terms

• aloalo

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, pages 15-16
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qadep”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Sundanese

Noun

alo

1. niece, nephew (child of older sibling)

   Synonyms: kaponakan, suan

Further reading

• "ALO", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓ)

1. cheer; consolation given (for the disappointed, anxious, disconsolate, etc.)

   Synonym: aliw

2. act of cheering up someone

   Synonym: pag-alo

3. substitute for a disappointment to cheer up someone (with kind words, toys, pacifier, milk, etc.)

   Synonyms: pang-alo, panlibang

4. act of calming down someone (especially a crying child, with kind words, toys, pacifier, milk, etc.)
5. lullaby; cradle song

   Synonyms: oyayi, aloy, indayanin, hele

Derived terms

• aluan
• aluin
• pag-alo
• pang-alo
• tagaalo
• umalo

See also

• libang

Anagrams

• loa, ola, Lao

Ternate

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.lo/

Verb

alo

1. (stative) to be cold

   ake alo ― the water is cold

Conjugation

Conjugation of alo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toalo	foalo	mialo
2nd person		noalo	nialo
3rd person	masculine	oalo	ialo yoalo (archaic)
	feminine	moalo
	neuter	ialo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.lo]
• Hyphenation: a‧lo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp. Cognates include Hawaiian alo and Samoan alo.

Noun

alo

1. front
2. belly of an animal
3. upper side of a leaf

Verb

alo

1. (intransitive, + ki) to face
2. (transitive) to be engaged in
3. (intransitive) to pay attention

Etymology 2

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

Verb

alo

1. (intransitive) to row, paddle
2. (transitive) to fan

Derived terms

• aloalo

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[6], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 13

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French allô. The stress on the first syllable and the palatalization of the /l/ is a result of perceiving the sound as its more characteristic variant due to existence of allophonic /ɫ/

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlʲo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Interjection

alo

1. hello (only when picking up the phone)

Volapük

Adverb

alo

1. at any rate
2. in any event