palha

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin palea (“straw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʎo/

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Noun

palha f (plural palhas)

1. straw

Derived terms

• palhós

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin paleam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -aʎa

Noun

palha f

1. straw

Descendants

• Galician: palla
• Portuguese: palha

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "palha"

Portuguese

palha

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese palha, from Latin palea (“straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Cognate with Galician palla and Spanish paja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʎɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʎɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧lha

Noun

palha f (plural palhas)

1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
2. (uncountable) straw considered collectively
3. textile made of straw

   Synonym: palhinha

4. (Portugal, colloquial) padding, waffle
5. (colloquial) trifle (something without importance)
   1. (card games) cards that give no points in sueca

Derived terms

• palha de abade
• palha de aço
• palha de arroz
• palha de frade
• palha-de-água
• palha-de-arco
• palha-de-camelo
• palha-de-penacho
• palha-de-prata
• palha-de-santa-fé
• palhal
• palhoça
• palhota
• palhote

 

Related terms

• empalhado
• empalhamento
• empalhar
• palhaço
• palhagem
• palheiro
• palhiço
• palhinha
• palhoso

 

Further reading

• “palha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913