alor

See also: Alor

Ambonese Malay

Noun

alor

1. ravine; cliff

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alor/ [a.lor]

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• Rhymes: -alor, -or
• Hyphenation: a‧lor

Noun

alor inan

1. field (also figurative)

Declension

Declension of alor (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	alor	alorra	alorrak	alorrok
ergative	alorrek	alorrak	alorrek	alorrok
dative	alorri	alorrari	alorrei	alorroi
genitive	alorren	alorraren	alorren	alorron
comitative	alorrekin	alorrarekin	alorrekin	alorrokin
causative	alorrengatik	alorrarengatik	alorrengatik	alorrongatik
benefactive	alorrentzat	alorrarentzat	alorrentzat	alorrontzat
instrumental	alorrez	alorraz	alorrez	alorrotaz
innesive	alorretan	alorrean	alorretan	alorrotan
locative	alorretako	alorreko	alorretako	alorrotako
allative	alorretara	alorrera	alorretara	alorrotara
terminative	alorretaraino	alorreraino	alorretaraino	alorrotaraino
directive	alorretarantz	alorrerantz	alorretarantz	alorrotarantz
destinative	alorretarako	alorrerako	alorretarako	alorrotarako
ablative	alorretatik	alorretik	alorretatik	alorrotatik
partitive	alorrik	—	—	—
prolative	alortzat	—	—	—

Synonyms

• arlo
• soro
• landa

Derived terms

• alorra erein
• politika alorrean

Further reading

• “alor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “alor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Alternative forms

• lor

Etymology

From French alors, from Latin illā hōrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɔɾ/

Adverb

alor

1. (rare) because

   Synonyms: por mor de, porque

   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo de Araujo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     —E que ay? como lle bai? Tan cedo à beira do rrio? Seica ben toma-lo frio alor dà calor que bai?

     —What's up? How do you do? So soon at the bank of the river? Perchance you came to take some fresh air because it's so hot?

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Verb

alor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of alō

References

• "alor", 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)

Malay

Noun

alor (plural alor-alor or alor²)

1. (1924-1972 or dialectal) alternative spelling of alur

Old English

Alternative forms

• aler

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, variant of *alizō, *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (compare Hittite [script needed] (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian al̃ksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë (“black pine”), Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) ἄλιζα (áliza, “white poplar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.lor/

Noun

alor m

1. alder

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	alor	aloras
accusative	alor	aloras
genitive	alores	alora
dative	alore	alorum

Descendants

• Middle English: aldre, alder, aldur, aldyr, aleyre, aller, alre, althir, olr (Early Middle English)
  • English: alder
  • Scots: aller