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halu

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See also: hal-u and halû

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halu, possibly from halata (to want) + -u

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑlu/, [ˈhɑ̝lu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlu
  • Syllabification(key): ha‧lu
  • Hyphenation(key): ha‧lu

Noun

halu [with illative or allative ‘for’; or with translative ‘to become’; or with first infinitive ‘to do’; or with translative of verbal noun ‘to do’ (to emphasize the result)]

  1. desire, wish, want
  2. urge, itch

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈlu/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lu
  • Audio (Indonesia):(file)

Noun

halu (plural halu-halu)

  1. (slang) apocopic form of halusinasi (hallucination; delusion)

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halu. Cognates include Finnish halu.

Pronunciation

Noun

halu

  1. desire, wish

Declension

More information Declension of (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination), singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 83
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43

Middle English

Noun

halu

  1. alternative form of halwe

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahelu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.lu/
  • Rhymes: -lu
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lu

Noun

halu

  1. club
  2. title of a high functionary at the court

Derived terms

  • aṅhalwakĕn
  • humalu
  • bwat alu
  • gulaṅ halu
  • halu warak

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦲꦭꦸ (alu, pestle)

Further reading

  • "halu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu. Cognate of Indonesian alu.

Noun

halu (Sundanese script ᮠᮜᮥ)

  1. pestle

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qahelu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *salu. Cognates include Tuvaluan halu and Samoan salu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhʲa.lu]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lu

Noun

halu

  1. broom
  2. rake
  3. spokeshave

Verb

halu

  1. (transitive) to sweep
  2. (transitive) to rake
  3. (transitive) to shave with a spokeshave
  4. (transitive) to collect, gather

Derived terms

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 297
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