nalo
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *laŋo “houseflies, bees, wasps” by metathesis (compare with Maori ngaro and rango, Tongan lango, Samoan lago) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋaw (compare with Malay langau “horsefly”, Tagalog langaw “fly”).[1][2]
Sense of bee is extension, compare also with connection between Maori ngaro and ngaro huruhuru for similar semantic overlap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈna.lo/, [ˈnɐ.lo]
Noun
nalo
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pond, Wendy (1983) “Solving A Linguistic Murder With The Aid of Entomology”, in The Wētā[1], volume 6, number 1, The Entomological Society of New Zealand, pages 6-7
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D. (2011) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 4, Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 385-6; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)
- ^ Schütz, Albert J. (1994) The voices of Eden: a history of Hawaiian language studies, →ISBN, page 190
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “nalo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Prepositional phrase
nalo
- ji class(V) inflected form of na; with it, and it
See also
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | nami | nasi | |
| 2nd person | nawe | nanyi | |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) | naye | nao |
| m-mi(III/IV) | nao | nayo | |
| ji-ma(V/VI) | nalo | nayo | |
| ki-vi(VII/VIII) | nacho | navyo | |
| n(IX/X) | nayo | nazo | |
| u(XI) | nao | see n(X) or ma(VI) | |
| ku(XV/XVII) | nako | ||
| pa(XVI) | napo | ||
| mu(XVIII) | namo | ||
For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.