palopalo

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• palo-palo

Etymology

From older palo-palo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧lo‧pa‧lo

Noun

palopalo

1. a batlet; a short bat for beating clothes when washing them; a washing paddle
2. arrowfin goby; any member of the genus Oxyurichthys

Verb

palopalo

1. to beat clothes when washing

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• palo-palo
• palo palo

Etymology

Reduplication of palo (“spank”). Compare Cebuano palopalo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paloˈpaloʔ/ [pɐ.loˈpaː.loʔ]
• Rhymes: -aloʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧lo‧pa‧lo

Noun

palòpalò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓᜉᜎᜓ)

1. batlet; washing paddle (a short bat for beating clothes when washing them)
2. arrowfin goby; any member of the genus Oxyurichthys

Further reading

• “palopalo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018