alu-alu

== Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.luˈa.lu/ Rhymes: -alu Hyphenation: a‧lu‧a‧lu === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay alu-alu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu. ==== Noun ==== alu-alu (plural alu-alu) barracuda (any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators) Synonyms: barakuda, senuk === Etymology 2 === Reduplication of alu. Learned borrowing from Javanese [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== alu-alu (plural alu-alu) plural of alu (cooking) Tegal's specialty food made from sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves, eaten with brown sugar sauce and grated coconut. === Etymology 3 === Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== alu-alu to come, then go again === References === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Further reading === “alu-alu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Makasar == === Etymology === Reduplication of alu (“pestle”). === Noun === alu-alu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨘᨕᨒᨘ or 𑻱𑻮𑻴𑻱𑻮𑻴, definite alu-alua) a small pestle; a pestle used for a mortar; a hand pounder ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Malay == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu (“barracuda”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌalu ˈalu/ [ˌʔa.lu ˈʔa.lu] Rhymes: -alu === Noun === alu-alu (Jawi spelling الو٢ or الو-الو) barracuda Synonym: tenuk ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: alu-alu === Further reading === "alu-alu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017