galu
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See also: gaļu
Chichewa[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
galú class 1a (plural agalú class 2)
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
galu m
- inflection of gals:
Lingala[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
galu class 9 (plural galu class 10, colloquial plural bagalu class 2)
Samoan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *ŋalu (“mounting wave, ocean wave”) (compare with Hawaiian nalu, Maori ngaru, Tahitian ʻaru, Tongan ngalu), from Proto-Oceanic *ŋalun (“mountain wave”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun (“long rolling wave; swell”) (compare with Malay alun, Tagalog álon).[1][2][3]
Noun[edit]
galu
References[edit]
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “galu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 99
Categories:
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa nouns
- Chichewa class 1a nouns
- ny:Mammals
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian noun forms
- Lingala terms borrowed from French
- Lingala terms derived from French
- Lingala lemmas
- Lingala nouns
- Lingala class 9 nouns
- ln:Chemical elements
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan lemmas
- Samoan nouns