almu

Finnish

Etymology

From a Germanic language, compare German Almosen, Swedish almosa, ultimately from Ancient Greek, probably via New Testament, see etymology section for alms.

Noun

almu

  1. alms
    almujen antaminenalmsgiving

Declension

Inflection of almu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative almu almut
genitive almun almujen
partitive almua almuja
illative almuun almuihin
singular plural
nominative almu almut
accusative nom. almu almut
gen. almun
genitive almun almujen
partitive almua almuja
inessive almussa almuissa
elative almusta almuista
illative almuun almuihin
adessive almulla almuilla
ablative almulta almuilta
allative almulle almuille
essive almuna almuina
translative almuksi almuiksi
instructive almuin
abessive almutta almuitta
comitative almuineen

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish almú, variant of Spanish almud, from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (almúdd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), from Latin modius.

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl almo̱n.

Noun

almu

  1. Almud, a unit of volume.

References

  • Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971, page 107
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