alelo

From Proto-Polynesian *qalelo (compare Maori arero), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *deləq (compare Kiput deleiʔ), doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Tagalog dila, Malay lidah).

• IPA^(key): /aˈle.lo/, [əˈlɛ.lo]

alelo

1. tongue
2. language

• ʻōlelo

Borrowed from English allele, French allèle, German Allel, Italian allele, Russian алле́ль (allélʹ), Spanish alelo.

• IPA^(key): /aˈlelo/

alelo (plural aleli)

1. (genetics, neologism) allele (variant of a gene)

alelo m (plural alelos)

1. (genetics) allele

• IPA^(key): /aˈlelo/ [aˈle.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: a‧le‧lo

Clipping of alelomorfo.

alelo m (plural alelos)

1. (genetics) allele (variant of a gene)

   Synonym: alelomorfo

alelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of alelar

• “alelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024