alula

• IPA^(key): /ˈæljuːlə/

From Latin ala (“wing”) +‎ -ula.

alula (plural alulae or alulas)

1. (ornithology) A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds. [from 18th c.]
   • 2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     On the wing, even the tiny “thumb feather” or alula can be seen.

• bastard wing

• alular

From Hawaiian ʻŌlulu.

alula (plural alulas)

1. A flower, a species of Hawaiian lobelioid

• vulcan palm
• cabbage on a stick
• Brighamia insignis / B. insignis / insignis

• Brighamia
• lobelioid
• Hawaiian lobelioid

Learned borrowing from New Latin alula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlulɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lulɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧lu‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): alu‧la

alula

1. (ornithology) alula

• pikkusiipi

• laula

alula f (plural alulas)

1. alula (feather)

From allocco (“tawny owl”) +‎ -erello (diminutive suffix).

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ālula, diminutive of Latin āla (“wing”). First attested in 1955.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lu.la/
• Rhymes: -alula
• Hyphenation: à‧lu‧la

alula f (plural alule)

1. (ornithology) bastard wing, alula
2. (entomology) alula, axillary lobe (broad lobe at the proximal posterior margin of the wing stalk of Diptera)
3. (aeronautics) leading-edge slot (aerodynamic feature of an aircraft's wing)

• ala

• alula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana