nalu

Bulu (New Guinea)

Noun

nalu

  1. water

References

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nalu- (“not knowing, unknown”), from Proto-Eskimo *naɫu- (“not knowing”). Compare naluvoq (“is ignorant, does not know”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.lu/

Noun

nalu

  1. ignorance

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋalu (“mounting wave, ocean wave”) (compare with Maori ngaru, Tahitian ʻaru, Tongan ngalu, Samoan galu), from Proto-Oceanic *ŋalun (“mountain wave”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun (“long rolling wave; swell”) (compare with Malay alun, Tagalog alon).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.lu/, [ˈnɐ.lu]

Noun

nalu

  1. wave
  2. surf

Verb

nalu

  1. (intransitive) to form waves
  2. (transitive) to ponder, speculate

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “nalu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 260
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “galu.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  4. ^ 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
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