ala
noun
a wing.
alae
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pluralof ala.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The wildlife refuge is a wetland that provides nesting, feeding and resting habitat to the endangered Hawaiian stilt, known as aeo, and the Hawaiian coot or alae keokeo.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Then answered the alae: “If you kill me the secret dies with me, and you won’t get the fire.”
From Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends by Thomas G. (Thomas George) Thrum
From sixty to eighty feet, divide the length by four and one half and let the result be the width of the alae.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The face is fairly broad, with prominent cheek-bones and brow ridges; the low broad nose has spreading alae and short concave ridge; the lips are thick but not everted.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
The name of this god was Pua; its body was made of a bird, now eaten by the Hawaiians, and called in their language alae.
From Roughing It, Part 7. by Mark Twain
