alus

alus

1. plural of alu

• Auls, Luas, Saul, ULAS, ULAs, auls, saul

alus

1. Romanization of ᬳᬮᬸᬲ᭄

From ala- +‎ -us.

alus (genitive aluse, partitive alust)

1. base, bottom (something on which an object stands or is attached to)

   Samba alus on graniidist. ― The base of the statue is made of granite.

2. foundation, base, fundamental (in an abstract sense)

   Programmeerimise alused. ― Fundamentals of programming.

3. watercraft, vessel
4. (grammar) subject
5. (chemistry) base

   Tugevaid aluseid nimetatakse leelisteks. ― Strong bases are called alkali.

From Proto-Finnic *alus. Equivalent to ala- (“under”) +‎ -us.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑ̝lus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlus
• Syllabification^(key): a‧lus

alus

1. (in compounds) underlay, base, under- (anything underlaid)

   Synonyms: alunen, alusta, (dialectal) alu-

   Antonyms: päällys, (dialectal) pääly-

   aluskerros ― underlayer

   alushousut ― underpants

   aluspatja ― bed base (literally, “undermattress”)

2. the space under(neath) something
3. vessel, craft, ship (vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)

   Synonym: laiva (“ship”)

4. (grammar, dated) subject

   Synonyms: subjekti, tekijä

• “alus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• lasu, lusa, sula

From ala- (“under-”) +‎ -us. Akin to Finnish alus and Estonian alus.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑɫuz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑɫuʒ̥]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑɫuʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑlus
• Hyphenation: a‧lus

alus

1. vessel, ship
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Ennen meil oli paljo alusmeehiä. Ken oli rikas - katsot, i alus oli.

     Before, we had a lot of sailors. Whoever was rich - you take one look, and [he has] a ship.

2. lining (of a garment)
3. bedding (base on which one sleeps)

• (ship): laiva, soimi
• (bedding): tila

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlusːɑ/, [ˈɑɫus̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑɫuʒ̥]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑluːs/, [ˈɑɫːuːʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑlusː, -ɑlus
• Hyphenation: a‧lus

alus

1. inessive singular of alku

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 14
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 20

From Proto-Baltic *álu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“bitter”). A minority view considers the Latvian and Lithuanian terms to be ultimately borrowings from Germanic, via Old Prussian. Cognates include Lithuanian alùs, Old Prussian alu (“honey drink”), Old East Slavic олъ (olŭ, “strong drink”), Bulgarian олови́на (olovína, “beer yeast”), Slovene ôl (“beer”)|ol, Old English ealu, alu, English ale, Old Norse ǫl (“beer; feast”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [alus]

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alus m (3rd declension)

1. beer (alcoholic beverage usually made with barley malt and hops)

   gaišais alus ― lager (literally, “light beer”)

   tumšais alus ― dark beer

   mājas alus ― home beer

   amatnieku alus ― craft beer

   medalus ― honey beer

   alus muca ― beer barrel, keg

   alus kauss ― beer mug

   alus darītava ― brewery (literally, “beer making place”)

   alus rūpniecība ― beer industry

   darīt, vārīt alu ― to make (literally, “to do”), to brew (literally, “to boil”) beer

   Jāņiem tika brūvēts alus, un nu staigāja no mutes uz muti liela, zaļa māla krūze, putām pārsegta, rūgteni smaržīga dzēriena pilna

   in midsummer beer was brewed, and then a big, green clay jug went from mouth to mouth, covered with foam and full of (that) bitter, aromatic drink

• alus darītava

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.[1]

Cognate with Latvian alus (“beer”), Old Prussian alu (“beer”), and Proto-Slavic *ȍlъ (“beer”).[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈlʊs]

alùs m (plural ãlūs) stress pattern 4

1. beer

• “alus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “alus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

From Malay halus or Javanese ꦲꦭꦸꦱ꧀ (alus).

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.lus]

alus

1. (stative) to be smooth
2. (stative) to be polite
3. (stative) to be refined (culturally)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh