palu

See also: pału and Palu

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pālus.

Noun

palu m (plural palos)

  1. stick, staff
  2. wood
  3. (nautical) mast
  4. hit (with a stick)
  5. baguette

French

Etymology

Clipping of paludisme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ly/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

palu m (plural palus)

  1. (informal) malaria
    Synonyms: paludisme, malaria

Further reading

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Verb

palu

  1. to lick

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay palu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palu (to hammer, to hit with a hard implement), from Proto-Austronesian *palu (to hammer, pound, hit). Cognate with Tagalog palo and Javanese palu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.lu/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

palu (plural palu-palu)

  1. hammer (tool)
    Synonyms: martil, tukul
    • 2000, Goenawan Mohamad, Marx:
      Dalam film kartun Tom & Jerry, palu dan dinamit dipakai buat menekankan efek lucu
      In the Tom & Jerry cartoon, hammers and dynamites are used to emphasize funny effects

Derived terms

  • berpalu-palu
  • berpalu-paluan
  • memalu
  • palu-memalu
  • paluan
  • terpalu

See also

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese palu.

Noun

palu

  1. hammer

Kambera

Verb

palu

  1. (transitive) to hit

References

  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 199

Kokota

Numeral

palu

  1. two

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palu (to hammer, to hit with a hard implement), from Proto-Austronesian *palu (to hammer, pound, hit). Cognate with Tagalog palo and Javanese palu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palu/
  • Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u

Noun

palu (Jawi spelling ڤالو, plural palu-palu)

  1. hammer
    Synonym: tukul
    Palu besiMetal hammer

Verb

palu (Jawi spelling ڤالو)

  1. (transitive) to hit; to strike
    Synonyms: pukul, hentak, ketuk
    Ali memalu Adi sebagai balasan kepada kekecamannya semasa zaman persekolahan dahulu.
    Ali's hitting Adi as a form of revenge for his bullying during their school days.

Derived terms

  • dipalu
  • memalu
  • paluan
  • pemalu

Descendants

  • Indonesian: palu

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palu.

Noun

palu

  1. hammer

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish palo and Dutch paal.

Noun

palu

  1. stick, pole
  2. tree
  3. wood

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.lu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Syllabification: pa‧lu

Noun

palu

  1. locative/vocative singular of pal

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *palad, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaleti. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to turn).

Pronunciation

Verb

palu (first-person singular present palaf)

  1. to dig (up), unearth, excavate
    Synonyms: cloddio, turio

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future palaf peli pala palwn pelwch, palwch palant pelir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
palwn palit palai palem palech palent pelid
preterite pelais pelaist palodd palasom palasoch palasant palwyd
pluperfect palaswn palasit palasai palasem palasech palasent palasid, palesid
present subjunctive palwyf pelych palo palom paloch palont paler
imperative pala paled palwn pelwch, palwch palent paler
verbal noun palu
verbal adjectives paledig
paladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future pala i,
palaf i
pali di palith o/e/hi,
paliff e/hi
palwn ni palwch chi palan nhw
conditional palwn i,
palswn i
palet ti,
palset ti
palai fo/fe/hi,
palsai fo/fe/hi
palen ni,
palsen ni
palech chi,
palsech chi
palen nhw,
palsen nhw
preterite palais i,
pales i
palaist ti,
palest ti
palodd o/e/hi palon ni paloch chi palon nhw
imperative pala palwch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of palu
radical soft nasal aspirate
palu balu mhalu phalu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “palu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “palu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies