alelo

Hawaiian

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈle.lo/, [əˈlɛ.lo]

Noun

alelo

Synonyms

ʻōlelo

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈlelo/

Noun

alelo (plural aleli)

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

Portuguese

Noun

alelo m (plural alelos)

(genetics) allele

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Clipping of alelomorfo.

Noun

alelo m (plural alelos)

(genetics) allele (variant of a gene)
Synonym: alelomorfo

Derived terms

Verb

alelo

first-person singular present indicative of alelar

Further reading

“alelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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