walu

See also: wału and walu'

Languages (26)

Balinese • Banjarese • Brooke's Point Palawano • Bulungan • Central Dusun • Dupaningan Agta • Fijian • Guugu Yimidhirr • Hawaiian • Ibanag • Kapampangan • Limos Kalinga • Maguindanao • Old English • Old Javanese • Polish • Ponosakan • Sakizaya • Tagakaulu Kalagan • Taroko • Tausug • Ternate • Uma • Warlpiri • Western Bukidnon Manobo • Yogad

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Page categories

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /walu/
• Hyphenation: wa‧lu

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

walu (Balinese script ᬯᬮᬸ)

1. widow

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

walu (Balinese script ᬯᬮᬹ)

1. pumpkin, flask, gourd

Banjarese

Banjarese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : walu

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese walu (cf. Javanese wolu); ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Synonyms

• dalapan

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Bulungan

Bulungan numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: walu     Ordinal: kewalu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwalu/

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Further reading

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985), “walu”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.

Central Dusun

Central Dusun numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: walu     Ordinal: kawalu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Fijian

Fijian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: walu

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

1. eight

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “walu”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[2], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 319

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

Cognate with Kuku-Yalanji walu (“face”).

Noun

walu

1. temple (of the head)
2. side (of the face)

Synonyms

• gaman

Particle

walu

1. like

References

• Haviland, John B. (1979), “Guugu Yimidhirr”, in R. M. W. Dixon & Barry J. Blake, editor, Handbook of Australian languages, volume 1, Canberra: ANU Press, →DOI, page 170

Hawaiian

Hawaiian numbers ^(edit)

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Base form: walu     Cardinal: ʻewalu     Ordinal: walu     Distributive: pāwalu     Fractional: hapawalu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.lu/, [ˈʋɐ.lu]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

1. eight, eighth

Related terms

• ʻawalu
• ʻewalu

Etymology 2

Verb

walu

1. (transitive) to scratch

References

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

Ibanag

Ibanag cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : walu

Numeral

walú

1. eight

Kapampangan

Numeral

walú

1. (Súlat Wáwâ) alternative form of ualu

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu (walú)

1. eight

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈwalu/ [ˈwa.ɭ̆u]
• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: wa‧lu

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *walu, from Proto-Germanic *waluz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.lu/
• Rhymes: -ɑ.lu

Noun

walu f

1. a mark caused by a blow or hit

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	walu	wala, wale
accusative	wale	wala, wale
genitive	wale	wala
dative	wale	walum

Descendants

• Middle English: wale, wælh
  • English: wale, weal
  • Scots: wale, wail

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu, compare Malay balu and Tagalog balo.

Noun

walu

1. widow

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.lu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: wa‧lu

Noun

walu m

1. inflection of wal:
   1. locative singular
   2. vocative singular

Ponosakan

Ponosakan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : walu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima. Compare Tagalog walo, Mongondow walu, Gorontalo walu, Javanese ꦮꦺꦴꦭꦸ (wolu).

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ˈlu/, [wa.ˈlu]

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Taroko

Noun

walu

1. bee

References

• Tseng, Teminawi (1997), 泰雅賽德克族人食物及其典故（一） [A study of Seediq Atayal's foods and their stories, Volume 1] (in Taroko, Chinese, and English), Taipei, →ISBN, page 190

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /walu/ [wɑˈlu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: wa‧lu

Numeral

walu (Sulat Sūg spelling وَلُ)

1. eight

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwa.lu]

Noun

walu

1. the calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)

References

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

Uma

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Warlpiri

Noun

walu

1. head

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

1. eight

Yogad

Numeral

walú

1. eight