aluwa

English

Noun

aluwa

  1. A Sri Lankan sweet, made from rice flour or potatoes with treacle, cardamom and usually cashew nuts, and served in a flat cookie-like form. It is similar to halva.

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay arwah, from Classical Malay ارواح (arwah), from Arabic أَرْوَاح (ʔarwāḥ), plural of رُوح (rūḥ).

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔalua/ [ʔɑˈlwɑ]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧lu‧wa

Noun

aluwa (Sulat Sūg spelling اَلُوَ)

  1. spirit (usually of a dead person)
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