pallissa

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan palissa (fence, palisade) (especially in the context of jousting), either borrowed from Spanish paliza or an indigenous formation, in either case etymologically Latin pālus (stake) and perhaps -icea. The change from /l/ to /ʎ/ is likely by analogy with lliça or vall.

Noun

pallissa f (plural pallisses)

  1. beating
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From palla +‎ -issa.

Noun

pallissa f (plural pallisses)

  1. hayloft
    Synonyms: herbera, paller

References

  1. ^ “pallissa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  2. ^ pallissa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

pallissa

  1. inessive singular of palli