Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko
alu[aˈlu]
• n. type of long wooden pestle that is used for pounding rice or maize.sejenis aluk terbuat dari kayu.
Kalang bong medisi alu gpai.Make a pestle with the wood of the gum-lac tree., Bikin aluk dengan kayu kusambi.
Etymology: Austronesian, cf. PMP *qahelu 'pestle' (ACD). Possible source languages for this borrowing can be found on all sides of Alor, e.g., Tokodede, Erai, Alorese |fn{alu} 'pestle'.
Etymology: bibref R003