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palu

See also: pału and Palu

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin pālus.

Noun

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palu m (plural palos)

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

French

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Etymology

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Clipping of paludisme.

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  • IPA(key): /pa.ly/
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palu m (plural palus)

  1. (informal) malaria
    Synonyms: paludisme, malaria

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Hawaiian

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Verb

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palu

  1. to lick

Indonesian

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Etymology

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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.

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palu (first-person possessive paluku, second-person possessive palumu, third-person possessive palunya)

  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

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Javanese

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Etymology

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From Old Javanese palu.

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palu

  1. hammer

Kambera

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palu

  1. (transitive) to hit

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

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Numeral

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palu

  1. two

Malay

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Etymology

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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.

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palu (Jawi spelling ڤالو, plural palu-palu, informal 1st possessive paluku, 2nd possessive palumu, 3rd possessive palunya)

  1. hammer
    Synonym: tukul
    Palu besi ― Metal hammer

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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.

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: palu

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palu.

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palu

  1. hammer

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Spanish palo and Dutch paal.

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palu

  1. stick, pole
  2. tree
  3. wood

Polish

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

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palu

  1. locative/vocative singular of pal

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kʷaleti. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”).[1]

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palu (first-person singular present palaf)

  1. to dig (up), unearth, excavate

Conjugation

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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.
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
palu balu mhalu phalu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ 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
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