paal
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch paal, from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpaal (plural pale, diminutive paaltjie)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editCahuilla
editNoun
editpáal
- mortar (for pounding and grinding)
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.
Noun
editpaal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)
- post, stake, pole, pile
- (sports) goalpost
- Synonym: doelpaal
- (heraldry) pale, perpendicular stripe
- (euphemistic) erect phallus
- an Indonesian measure of distance
Derived terms
edit- als een paal boven water staan
- als puntje bij paaltje komt
- bepalen
- doelpaal
- elektriciteitspaal
- flitspaal
- folterpaal
- geselpaal
- grenspaal
- hectometerpaal
- heipaal
- kilometerpaal
- klimpaal
- krabbaal
- laadpaal
- lantaarnpaal
- meerpaal
- mijlpaal
- paal en perk stellen aan
- paaldans
- paaldorp
- paalfundering
- paalvast
- paalwerk
- paalwoning
- paalworm
- palen
- pispaal
- praatpaal
- schandpaal
- seinpaal
- strandpaal
- telefoonpaal
- telegraafpaal
- voor paal staan
Descendants
edit- Afrikaans: paal
- → Caribbean Hindustani: pál
- → Caribbean Javanese: pal
- → Guyanese Creole English: paal
- → Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)
- → Papiamentu: palu
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.
Noun
editpaal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editBorrowed French pâle (“pale”).
Adjective
editpaal (comparative paler, superlative paalst)
Inflection
editDeclension 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
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editpaal
- inflection of palen:
Laven
editNoun
editpaal
- (Laven and Juk) shoulder
Further reading
edit- 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpaal (plural paalal or paaloʼob or paalaloʼob)
- 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[1], 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 [diagnosed] with this disease.
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