lalo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lalo"

English

Etymology

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Noun

lalo (uncountable)

1. The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used in soups in Africa.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lalo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• 'allo, -alol, Lola, allo, allo-, olla

Haitian Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lalo/

Noun

lalo

1. jute or amaranth leaves, sometimes okra pods
2. a stew similar to callaloo or gumbo made from the above

Related terms

callaloo, calalú, lalo

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /láː.lòː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [láː.lòː]

Noun

lālṑ m (possessed form lālòn)

1. jute

References

• Paul Newman (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 139

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lalo (compare with Maori raro), from Proto-Oceanic *ralom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm (compare with Malay dalam), from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧lo

Noun

lalo

1. depth
2. lowness

Preposition

lalo

1. below
2. under

Derived terms

• malalo

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.lɔ/
• Rhymes: -alɔ
• Syllabification: la‧lo

Noun

lalo f

1. vocative singular of lala

Sambali

Noun

lalò

1. interior

Spanish

Verb

lalo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lalar

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lalu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaloʔ/, [ˈla.loʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧lo

Adverb

lalò (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜓ)

1. more; surpassingly; much; to a greater degree

   Synonym: higit

Derived terms

• di-palalo
• kalaluan
• kapalaluan
• lalo na
• lalo pa
• lalo sa lahat
• lalo't lalo
• laluan
• lumalo
• makalalo
• malaluan
• mapagpalalo
• pagpalaluan
• pagpapalalo
• palalo

 

Adjective

lalò (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜓ)

1. surpassing; exceeding

   Synonyms: lampas, daig, higit