pahali
See also: pahalı
Bikol Central
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈhaliʔ/ [paˈha.l̪iʔ]
- IPA(key): /paˈʔaliʔ/ [paˈʔa.l̪iʔ] (h-dropping)
- Hyphenation: pa‧ha‧li
Noun
pahalì
- dismissal, firing someone from work
- eviction, act of sending away someone
- Synonym: palayas
Derived terms
- magpahali
- pahalion
Swahili
Alternative forms
Etymology
From pa- merged with the older form mahali, in turn from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
pahali class XVI (no plural)
- place (location, position)
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80 Nr. 695