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galu

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See also: gaļu

Chichewa

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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galú class 1a (plural agalú class 2)

  1. dog

Latvian

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Noun

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galu m

  1. inflection of gals:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Lingala

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Chemical element
Ga

Etymology

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From French gallium.

Noun

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galu class 9 (plural galu class 10, colloquial plural bagalu class 2)

  1. (chemistry) gallium

Samoan

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Etymology

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

Noun

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galu

  1. wave

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “galu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  3. ^ 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