aluta

== Estonian == === Noun === aluta abessive singular of alg == Latin == === Etymology === Feminine of unattested *alūtus "treated with alum", the substantive being māteria or pellis. This word together with alūmen points to a neuter u-stem *alū "alum" which continues a modification of Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut (“beer”) and perhaps a verb *aluere "to treat with alum". === Noun === alūta f (genitive alūtae); first declension A soft leather, probably made using alum A purse or shoe etc made from this leather ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “aluta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aluta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "aluta", 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) “aluta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “aluta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers