salo

Etymology

From Russian са́ло (sálo) or Ukrainian са́ло (sálo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sadlo.

Noun

salo (uncountable)

1. a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
   • 2009 January 31, Michael Schwirtz, “Russia and Cuba Take Steps to Revive a Bond”, in New York Times‎:

     […] Mr. Castro waxed nostalgic, recounting the time he and Soviet comrades sat around a campfire in the forest eating salo, the cured pig fat that is a staple chaser of Russian vodka.

Anagrams

• ASLO, LAOS, LOAs, Laos, Loas, also, loas, soal, sola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsa.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsa.lo]

Verb

salo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salar

Etymology

From Italian sale, from Latin sāl (“salt”). Doublet of saŭco and salso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalo/

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• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: sa‧lo

Noun

salo (accusative singular salon, plural saloj, accusative plural salojn)

1. salt

Anagrams

• laso, sola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlo/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): sa‧lo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *salo, probably borrowed from Baltic.

Etymology 2

From Slavic.

Anagrams

• Laos, olas, sola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá.lóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sə́.lóː]

Noun

salō m (possessed form salon)

1. style, fashion, pattern
2. affectation

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 177.

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto salo, Latin sāl, Italian sale, Spanish sal.

Noun

salo (plural sali)

1. salt

Verb

salo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salare

Anagrams

• Laos, sola

Noun

salō

1. dative/ablative singular of salum

References

• “salo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “salo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “salo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saləʀ. Cf. Tagalog sahig.

Noun

salo (mutated form zalo)

1. floor

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 181.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz.

Adjective

salo

1. dusky, grey

References

“salo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sadlo.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalo/ [ˈsa.lo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: sa‧lo

Verb

salo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salar

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *salú (“catch in hand”). Compare Bikol Central salo, Cebuano salo, and Hiligaynon salo.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Central Philippine *sálu (“to eat together”). Compare Kapampangan salu, Bikol Central salo, Aklanon saeo, Cebuano salo, Hiligaynon salo, Waray-Waray saro, and Tausug sāw.

Etymology 3

Further reading

• “salo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• Laos, laos, also, laso

Etymology

Compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq (“torch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.lo/

Noun

salo

1. resin
2. a resin-torch

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate salo (“resin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪a.ˈl̪o/

Noun

salo

1. resin

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as saló)