pâl

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin pālus.

Noun

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pâl m (plural pâls)

  1. pole, post
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Tho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *pər, cognate with Vietnamese bay, Muong păl.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pâl

  1. (Cuối Chăm) to fly

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin pala; compare Breton pal, Cornish pal.

Noun

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pâl f (plural palau)

  1. (South Wales) spade
    Synonyms: rhaw, rhaw-bâl
  2. (rowing) oar blade
    Synonym: palf

Etymology 2

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Uncertain, has been extension of Etymology 1 on account of the shape of a puffin's beak.[1] However, the use of the same word for a Manx shearwater and a puffin parallels a shift in English where puffin used to mean a Manx shearwater until the 19th century, before coming to refer to Fratercula arctica.

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Pâl ar garreg.

Noun

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pâl m (plural palod or palau)

  1. Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
    Synonyms: pâl Manaw, aderyn drycin Manaw
  2. Atlantic puffin, puffin (Fratercula arctica)[2]
    Synonyms: pwffin, cornicyll y dŵr, pwffingen, aderyn du, aderyn y pâl, cyw esgob, paledn
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pâl bâl mhâl phâl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GPC
  2. ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 139