nalo
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈna.lo/, [ˈnɐ.lo]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *laŋo (“houseflies, bees, wasps”) with metathesis, from Proto-Central Pacific *laŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋaw, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋaw.[1][2] Cognates include Māori ngaro, rango, Tongan lango and Samoan lago.
Sense of “bee” is due to semantic extension; compare also the connection between Māori ngaro and ngaro huruhuru for similar semantic overlap.
Noun
nalo
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *ŋalo (“out of sight, forgotten, lost”),[4] from Proto-Oceanic *mʷaloq (“submerged rock or coral reef”). Cognates include Samoan galo and Tokelauan galo.
Verb
nalo(stative)
Derived terms
- hoʻonalo (causative)
- nalonalo (reduplicated form)
- pōnalo (“misfortune”)
References
- ^ Pond, Wendy (1983), “Solving A Linguistic Murder With The Aid of Entomology”, in The Wētā[1], volume 6, number 1, The Entomological Society of New Zealand, pages 6–7
- ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2011), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic[2], volume 4: Animals, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 385–6
- ^ Schütz, Albert J. (1994), The voices of Eden: a history of Hawaiian language studies, →ISBN, page 190
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “GALO.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
Further reading
- Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “nalo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Prepositional phrase
nalo
- ji class(V) inflected form of na; with it, and it
See also
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | nami | nasi | |
| 2nd person | nawe | nanyi | |
| 3rd person |
m-wa(I/II) | naye | nao |
| m-mi(III/IV) | nao | nayo | |
| ji-ma(V/VI) | nalo | nayo | |
| ki-vi(VII/VIII) | nacho | navyo | |
| n(IX/X) | nayo | nazo | |
| u(XI) | nao | see n(X) or ma(VI) | |
| ku(XV/XVII) | nako | ||
| pa(XVI) | napo | ||
| mu(XVIII) | namo | ||
For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.