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alo

(Îngilîzî)

hello (only when picking up the phone)

Pircarînî

A1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈɑlʲo/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Borrowed from French allô. The stress on the first syllable and the palatalization of the /l/ is a result of perceiving the sound as its more characteristics variant due to existence of allophonic /ɫ/

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