alveg

== Icelandic == === Etymology === First attested in the 1900s, formed from á allan veg (“in every way”) or similar. Compare English always, Norwegian Nynorsk allveg, Low German allwege, although they are apparently independent formations. === Adverb === alveg entirely, completely Synonyms: til fulls, til fullnustu, til hlítar, að fullu, fullkomlega, fyllilega, öldungis ekki alveg ― not quite, not at all Ég kem alveg! (emphatic) ― I'm coming! Hættu nú alveg (emphatic, exasperated) ― Stop already! ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “alveg”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “alveg”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “alveg” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Mwotlap == === Etymology === From Proto-Torres-Banks *aloβaɣi, from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *ʔalo-vi, from Proto-Oceanic *qalop-i-, transitive of *qalo(p), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaləp, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaləp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləp, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alβɛɣ̞/ === Verb === alveg (transitive) beckon, wave to s.o., palm down; especially beckon s.o. to come closer. === References === François, Alexandre (2026), Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary‎[1] (electronic files; overall work in English and French), Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, alvegPDF version