alue

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alovëh. Equivalent to ala +‎ -ue. First attested in 1829 in an edition of the newspaper Oulun Wiikko-Sanomia. According to SSA, the form alue may have been adopted in the standard language as a result of Karelian influence (Karelian aloveh), being native only in the 'easternmost' of dialects;^[1] the Tavastian dialectal word aloo is probably related, however.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlueˣ/, [ˈɑ̝lue̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlue
• Hyphenation^(key): alue

Noun

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alue

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alue

1. area, region (any considerable and connected part of a space or surface)
2. region, area (regional subdivisions)
   1. oblast (regional administrative unit in Russia)

      Synonym: oblasti

3. (usually in compounds) reserve (tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose)

   metsätalousalue ― forestry reserve

4. area, region, extent (range of values or locations)

   Synonym: ala

5. domain (geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization)
6. (physics) band (wavelength band)

   mikroaaltoalue ― microwave band

7. (mathematics, topology) domain
8. (music, in compounds) register (range of a voice or instrument)

   Synonyms: rekisteri, ääniala

   bassoalue ― bass register

   diskanttialue ― treble register

9. Synonym of ala (“field; course of study or domain of knowledge or practice”)

References

Further reading

• “alue”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Verb

alue

1. inflection of aluar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative