פּאַלאַו

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).

Proper noun

פּאַלאַו • (palau) n

Palau (a country in Oceania)
- 2024 March 5, Dor Shabashewitz, “פֿאַר וואָס זענען די דרײַ פּאַציפֿישע אינדזלען צווישן ישׂראלס בעסטע פֿרײַנד? [far vos zenen di dray patsifishe indzlen tsvishn ysrals beste fraynd?]”, in Forverts‎^[1]:
  אין פּאַלאַו, למשל, האַלט מען דעם ייִדן סטיואַרט בעק פֿאַר אײנעם פֿון די גרינדער פֿון דער נאַציאָנאַלער מלוכהשאַפֿט.
  in palau, lmshl, halt men dem yidn styuart bek far eynem fun di grinder fun der natsyonaler mlukhhshaft.
  In Palau, for example, Stuart Beck, a Jew, is considered one of the founders of the national statehood.

Related terms

פּאַלאַויִש (palauish)