palha

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Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin palea (“straw”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʎo/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

palha f (plural palhas)

  1. straw

Derived terms[edit]

Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin paleam.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

palha f

  1. straw

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: palla
  • Portuguese: palha

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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palha

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese palha, from Latin palea (“straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Cognate with Galician palla and Spanish paja.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -aʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧lha

Noun[edit]

palha f (plural palhas)

  1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  2. (uncountable) straw considered collectively
  3. textile made of straw
    Synonym: palhinha
  4. (Portugal, colloquial) padding, waffle
  5. (colloquial) trifle (something without importance)
    1. (card games) cards that give no points in sueca

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “palha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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