paal

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See also: Pål and pa'al

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch paal, from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Pronunciation

Noun

paal (plural pale, diminutive paaltjie)

  1. post, pole, beam

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tsonga: pala
  • Xhosa: ipala

Cahuilla

Noun

páal

  1. mortar (for pounding and grinding)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Noun

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

  1. post, stake, pole, pile
  2. (sports) goalpost
    Synonym: doelpaal
  3. (heraldry) pale, perpendicular stripe
  4. (euphemistic) erect phallus
  5. an Indonesian measure of distance
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: paal
  • Caribbean Hindustani: pál
  • Caribbean Javanese: pal
  • Guyanese Creole English: paal
  • Indonesian: pal (milestone)
  • Papiamentu: palu

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.

Noun

paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

  1. peel, baker's instrument
    Synonym: ovenpaal
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed French pâle (pale).

Adjective

paal (comparative paler, superlative paalst)

  1. pale
  2. faded, discolored
Declension
Declension of paal
uninflected paal
inflected pale
comparative paler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial paal paler het paalst
het paalste
indefinite m./f. sing. pale palere paalste
n. sing. paal paler paalste
plural pale palere paalste
definite pale palere paalste
partitive paals palers

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paal

  1. inflection of palen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Laven

Noun

paal

  1. (Laven and Juk) shoulder

Further reading

  • Theraphan L-Thongkum, A brief look at thirteen Mon-Khmer languages of Xekong province, southern Laos (2002), Collected Papers on Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages (edited by Robert Stuart Bauer)

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /pàːl/

Noun

paal (plural paalal or paaloʼob or paalaloʼob)

  1. child
    • 2008, Briceida Cuevas Cob, “Je’ bix k’iin”, in Tiʼ u billil in nookʼ. Del dobladillo de mi ropa, Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, page 94:
      ka pulik u ok’om óolal jo’oljeak ka jíits’tik tu billil a nook’, / a paalal túune’ tu wenel.
      you throw yesterday's sorrows, drawn from the hem of your clothes, / while your children sleep.
    • 2023 February 13, Cecilia Abreu, “Múuch’kabilo’obe’ ku múul meyajo’ob ti’al uti’al u séeb ila’al wa tsaayal ts’unus ti’ paalal”, in Sasil Sánchez Chan, transl., La Jornada Maya, archived from the original on 2023-03-19:
      Walkila’ yaan kex 100 u túul paalal táan u ts’a’akalo’ob, ba’ale’ ja’ab man ja’abe’ ku yantal kex 75 uláak’ túumben paalal yéetel le k’oja’anila’.
      Currently, there are about 100 children receiving treatment, but each year there are around 75 more children with this disease.