nalu

== Bulu (New Guinea) == === Noun === nalu water === References === Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283. == Greenlandic == === Etymology === From Proto-Inuit *nalu- (“not knowing, unknown”), from Proto-Eskimo *naɫu- (“not knowing”). Compare naluvoq (“is ignorant, does not know”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /na.lu/ === Noun === nalu ignorance ==== Derived terms ==== nalunaqaaq == Hawaiian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈna.lu/, [ˈnɐ.lu] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *ŋalu (“mounting wave, ocean wave”) (compare with Māori ngaru, Tahitian ʻaru, Tongan ngalu, Samoan galu), from Proto-Oceanic *ŋalun (“mountain wave”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun (“long rolling wave; swell”) (compare with Malay alun, Tagalog alon). ==== Noun ==== nalu wave surf ==== Verb ==== nalu (intransitive) to form waves ===== Derived terms ===== hoʻonalu (causative) nalunalu (reduplicated form) === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== nalu (transitive) to ponder, to mull over (intransitive) to meditate ===== Derived terms ===== nanalu (reduplicated form) === References ===