alun

See also: Alun, ałun, and alún

Finnish

Noun

alun

1. genitive singular of alku

Derived terms

• alun alkaen
• alun perin
• alun pitäen

Further reading

• “alun”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lœ̃/

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• Rhymes: -œ̃
• Hyphenation: a‧lun

Noun

alun m (plural aluns)

1. alum

Derived terms

• alunage
• alunation
• aluner
• alunerie

 

Further reading

• “alun”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay alun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈalun/ [ˈa.lʊn]
• Rhymes: -alun
• Syllabification: a‧lun

Noun

alun

1. wave

Derived terms

• alunan
• beralun
• beralun-alun
• mengalun
• mengalunkan
• sealun
• teralun

 

Further reading

• “alun” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

alun

1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalun/ [ˈäː.lun]
• Hyphenation: a‧lun

Noun

álun

1. wave

Derived terms

• alun-alun
• mayalun

 

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

Noun

alun (Jawi spelling الون, plural alun-alun, informal 1st possessive alunku, 2nd possessive alunmu, 3rd possessive alunnya)

1. wave

   Synonyms: ombak, gelombang

Verb

alun

1. to roll, to swell

Derived terms

• alunan

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “الن aloen”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 18
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “الن alun”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 32
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “alun”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 21

Further reading

• “alun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• allume
• alum

Etymology

Old French alum.

Noun

alun m (plural aluns)

1. alum

Descendants

• English: alum
• French: alun

References

• alun on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (alun, supplement)

Old French

Noun

alun oblique singular, m (oblique plural aluns, nominative singular aluns, nominative plural alun)

1. Alternative form of alum

Old Javanese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun. Cognate with Malay mengalun.

Noun

alun

1. long rolling wave
2. swell of the sea

Alternative forms

• halun

Derived terms

• aṅalun
• aṅalun-alun
• malunan
• mālun

 

• alun tuha

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ (alun) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Root

alun

1. palace square

Derived terms

• alun-alun

 

Further reading

• "alun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Romanian

alun

Etymology

Back-formation from alună (“hazelnut”).

Noun

alun m (plural aluni)

1. hazel (tree Corylus avellana)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alun	alunul		aluni	alunii
genitive-dative	alun	alunului		aluni	alunilor
vocative	alunule			alunilor

Synonyms

• fundici

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːlɵn/, /ˈɑːlɵn/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːlɵn, -¹ɑːlɵn

Noun

alun n or c

1. (uncountable) alum

Declension

Declension of alun

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	alun	aluns
	definite	alunet	alunets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of alun

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	alun	aluns
	definite	alunen	alunens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• alun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• alun in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• alun in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)