amalo

amalo

1. first-person singular present indicative of amalar

Probably cognate with Nkonya ɩmɔ, Gikyode ɔmɔlɔgɔ, Chumburung e̱mwɛɛ, Akan ɛmo, Ewe mɔlu, Saxwe Gbe mɔlu, Adja mɔlu.

amalo

1. rice

   Synonym: shiŋkafa

From Gorontalo [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈamalo/
• Hyphenation: ama‧lo
• Rhymes: -lo, -o

amalo (plural amalo-amalo)

1. handful of rice

• “amalo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Cognate with Malay malung. The "vanilla orchid" sense comes from the shape of its seed pods.

amalo

1. (dialectal, Bara) eel
2. (dialectal, Sakalava) any native orchid of the Vanilla species

• amalo in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

• amalà (Vallader)

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amalo m (plural amalos)

1. (Puter) patient

• (gender): amaleda

amalo

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of amar combined with lo