palei

Central Melanau

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palihi, from Proto-Austronesian *paliSi.

Noun

palei

1. taboo

References

• The Sarawak Museum Journal (U.S. Government Printing Office; 1970), pages 348-349 (a story explaining the taboo on eating the ikan udun freshwater fish)

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨚꨤꨬ

Etymology

Cognate with Western Cham plai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.leɪ/

Noun

palei

1. village

Lithuanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Smoczyński suggests either a contraction of pagaliai̇̃ (“along”) or a borrowing from Belarusian по́дле (pódlje) or Polish podle (“beside, near”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɐˈlʲɛɪ/, /ˈpaːlʲɛɪ/

Preposition

palei̇̃ or pãlei [with accusative]

1. along
2. beside, near, next to

Further reading

• “palei”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
• Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “palei̇̃”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 846

Romanian

Noun

palei

1. definite genitive/dative singular of pală