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salu

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsalu/
  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Syllabification: sa‧lu

Verb

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salu

  1. imperative of sali

Kapampangan

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Noun

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sálû

  1. (anatomy) chest

Kavalan

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Noun

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salu

  1. pumpkin

Latvian

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Noun

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salu m

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of sals

Noun

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salu f

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

Verb

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salu

  1. first-person singular past indicative of salt

Lindu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saluʀ. Compare Central Bikol salog, Cebuano salog, Malay salur, and Remontado Agta salu.

Noun

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salu

  1. brook; tributary

Makasar

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *salu (“river”). Cognate Toraja-Sa'dan salu, Buginese saloʼ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsalu/, [ˈsa.lu]
  • Syllabification: sa‧lu

Noun

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salu (Lontara spelling ᨔᨒᨘ or 𑻰𑻮𑻴, definite salua)

  1. (archaic, poetic) river
    Synonyms: (Standard, Makasar) binanga, (Konjo) kaloroʼ
    Jeʼneʼ salu assolong mange ribinanga
    The river water flows upstream.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 646

Maltese

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Verb

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salu

  1. third-person plural perfect of sal

Middle English

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Noun

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salu

  1. alternative form of salow

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sal(w)-. Cognate with Irish salach, Latin saliva, English sallow.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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salu

  1. dusky
    • c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 80:
      Good is mīn wīse ond iċ sylfa salo. Saga hwæt iċ hātte.
      My way is good and I am myself dusky. Say what I am.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: salwe, salow

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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    Derived from Portuguese sal, Spanish sal, and Kabuverdianu sal.

    Noun

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    salu

    1. salt

    Remontado Agta

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saluʀ. Compare Central Bikol salog, Cebuano salog, Lindu salu, and Malay salur.

    Noun

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    sálu

    1. river

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Noun

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    salu (Cyrillic spelling салу)

    1. dative/locative singular of salo

    Noun

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    salu (Cyrillic spelling салу)

    1. accusative singular of sala

    Swedish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Petrified genitive of Old Swedish sala (“sale; selling”). First attested in the early half of the 14th century.[1]

    Noun

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    salu ? needs gender

    1. sale, selling
      hus till salu
      house for sale
      saluhall
      market hall
      (literally, “sale hall”)
      salugröda
      cash crop
      (literally, “for-sale crop”)

    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ “salu”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

    Further reading

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    | “salu”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)