different between alow vs aloo

alow

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??l??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English aloue, equivalent to a- +? low.

Adverb

alow (not comparable)

  1. (now chiefly Scotland) Low down. [from 14th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.8:
      Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow, / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […].
  2. (nautical) Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks. [from 16th c.]
    • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 26, [1]
      Ay, Ay, Ay, all is up; and I must up too / Early in the morning, aloft from alow.

Preposition

alow

  1. (Scotland) Below.

See also

  • aloft

Etymology 2

a- +? low, from low (flame).

Adjective

alow (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland) alight; ablaze

Anagrams

  • AWOL, awol

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aloo

English

Alternative forms

  • alu

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (?l?) / Urdu ????, from Sanskrit ??? (?l?), said to mean the edible root of a variety of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æ.lu?/, /???.lu?/
  • enPR: ??lo?o, ä?lo?o

Noun

aloo (plural aloos)

  1. (India, Indian cooking) potato

Related terms

  • aloo bokhara
  • aloo chaat
  • aloo gobi
  • aloo pie
  • aloo saag (or saag aloo)
  • aloo tikki

Anagrams

  • Oola

Esperanto

Noun

aloo (accusative singular aloon, plural alooj, accusative plural aloojn)

  1. (botany) aloe

Ido

Noun

aloo (plural aloi)

  1. (botany) aloe

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