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English
Noun
palau (countable and uncountable, plural palaus)
- Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”)
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan palau, from Latin palātium. Compare Occitan palatz, French palais.
Pronunciation
Noun
palau m (plural palaus)
Related terms
References
- “palau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “palau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “palau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “palau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
palau m inan (indeclinable)
- Palauan (Austronesian language)
- Synonym: palauština
Related terms
Further reading
- “palau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Finnish
Etymology
< Palau
Pronunciation
Noun
palau
- Palauan (language)
Declension
| Inflection of palau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | palau | — | |
| genitive | palaun | — | |
| partitive | palauta | — | |
| illative | palauhun | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | palau | — | |
| accusative | nom. | palau | — |
| gen. | palaun | ||
| genitive | palaun | — | |
| partitive | palauta | — | |
| inessive | palaussa | — | |
| elative | palausta | — | |
| illative | palauhun | — | |
| adessive | palaulla | — | |
| ablative | palaulta | — | |
| allative | palaulle | — | |
| essive | palauna | — | |
| translative | palauksi | — | |
| abessive | palautta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
- palaun kieli
Derived terms
- palaunkielinen (expressed in Palauan, being Palauan-speaking)
Anagrams
Iban
Adjective
palau
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Noun
palau (Jawi spelling ڤالاو, plural palau-palau, informal 1st possessive palauku, 2nd possessive palaumu, 3rd possessive palaunya)
Etymology 2
A slang variant of pulau.
Verb
palau (Jawi spelling ڤالاو)
- (slang, nonstandard) to ignore or to ghost.
- Synonym: pulau
Further reading
- “palau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.