alku — meaning in English

English meaning

beginning noun The point or period at which something starts.
birth noun The event of being born; the moment a baby or animal comes into the world.
commencement noun The beginning or start of something (formal).
edge noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
embryo noun An organism in the earliest stage of development, before it is recognizably formed — in humans, roughly the first eight weeks after conception.
genesis noun The origin or beginning of something.
inception noun The beginning or establishment of something.
offset noun Something that balances out or compensates for something else.
opening noun A gap or hole that allows passage or access.
prefatory adj Written or spoken as an introduction to something else.
prime adj Of the highest quality or importance; excellent.
primeval adj Belonging to the earliest ages of the world; ancient and primitive.
primordial adj Existing from the very beginning; original and fundamental.
seed noun A small hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow.
start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.

alku is used for these senses in English:

beginning (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
beginning That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
beginning That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
beginning The initial portion of some extended thing.
birth (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
commencement The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
edge The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
embryo In humans, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy.