paal

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See also: Pål and pa'al

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch paal, from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paal (plural pale, diminutive paaltjie)

  1. post, pole, beam

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Tsonga: pala
  • Xhosa: ipala

Cahuilla

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Noun

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páal

  1. mortar (for pounding and grinding)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Noun

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paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

  1. post, stake, pole, pile
  2. (sports) goalpost
    Synonym: doelpaal
  3. (heraldry) pale, perpendicular stripe
  4. (euphemistic) erect phallus
  5. an Indonesian measure of distance
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: paal
  • Caribbean Hindustani: pál
  • Caribbean Javanese: pal
  • Guyanese Creole English: paal
  • Indonesian: pal (milestone)
  • Papiamentu: palu

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.

Noun

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paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

  1. peel, baker's instrument
    Synonym: ovenpaal
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed French pâle (pale).

Adjective

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paal (comparative paler, superlative paalst)

  1. pale
  2. faded, discolored
Declension
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Declension 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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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paal

  1. inflection of palen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Laven

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Noun

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paal

  1. (Laven and Juk) shoulder

Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /pàːl/

Noun

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paal (plural paalal or paaloʼob or paalaloʼob)

  1. 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.