palau

See also: Palau

English

Noun

palau (countable and uncountable, plural palaus)

1. Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”).

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan palau, from Latin palātium. Compare Occitan palatz, French palais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pəˈlaw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈlaw]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

palau m (plural palaus)

1. palace

Related terms

• palatí

References

• “palau”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “palau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “palau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “palau”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalau̯]
• Hyphenation: pa‧lau

Proper noun

palau m inan (indeclinable)

1. Palauan (Austronesian language)

   Synonym: palauština

Related terms

• Palau n sg
• Palauan m anim
• Palauanka f
• palauský

Further reading

• “palau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Finnish

Etymology

From Palau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑu̯/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑu
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧lau
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧lau

Noun

palau

1. Palauan (language)

Declension

Inflection of palau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		palau	—
genitive		palaun	—
partitive		palauta	—
illative		palauhun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		palau	—
accusative	nom.	palau	—
	gen.	palaun
genitive		palaun	—
partitive		palauta	—
inessive		palaussa	—
elative		palausta	—
illative		palauhun	—
adessive		palaulla	—
ablative		palaulta	—
allative		palaulle	—
essive		palauna	—
translative		palauksi	—
abessive		palautta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of palau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative palauni — accusative nom. palauni — gen. palauni genitive palauni — partitive palautani — inessive palaussani — elative palaustani — illative palauhuni — adessive palaullani — ablative palaultani — allative palaulleni — essive palaunani — translative palaukseni — abessive palauttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative palausi — accusative nom. palausi — gen. palausi genitive palausi — partitive palautasi — inessive palaussasi — elative palaustasi — illative palauhusi — adessive palaullasi — ablative palaultasi — allative palaullesi — essive palaunasi — translative palauksesi — abessive palauttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palaumme — accusative nom. palaumme — gen. palaumme genitive palaumme — partitive palautamme — inessive palaussamme — elative palaustamme — illative palauhumme — adessive palaullamme — ablative palaultamme — allative palaullemme — essive palaunamme — translative palauksemme — abessive palauttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palaunne — accusative nom. palaunne — gen. palaunne genitive palaunne — partitive palautanne — inessive palaussanne — elative palaustanne — illative palauhunne — adessive palaullanne — ablative palaultanne — allative palaullenne — essive palaunanne — translative palauksenne — abessive palauttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative palaunsa — accusative nom. palaunsa — gen. palaunsa genitive palaunsa — partitive palautaan palautansa — inessive palaussaan palaussansa — elative palaustaan palaustansa — illative palauhunsa — adessive palaullaan palaullansa — ablative palaultaan palaultansa — allative palaulleen palaullensa — essive palaunaan palaunansa — translative palaukseen palauksensa — abessive palauttaan palauttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• palaun kieli

Derived terms

• palaunkielinen (expressed in Palauan, being Palauan-speaking)

Anagrams

• Lapua, Paula, lupaa, paalu, paula, pulaa

Iban

Adjective

palau

1. drunk

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palau/
• Rhymes: -au̯

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

palau (Jawi spelling ڤالاو, plural palau-palau or palau²)

1. scar

   Synonym: parut

Etymology 2

A slang variant of pulau.

Verb

palau (Jawi spelling ڤالاو)

1. (slang, nonstandard) to ignore or to ghost.

   Synonym: pulau

Further reading

• "palau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "palau" at PRPM first version)