pallaso

Galician

Alternative forms

• palhaço, palhasso (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Attested since circa 1865. Borrowed from Italian pagliaccio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɟaso/ [paˈɟa.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Hyphenation: pa‧lla‧so

Noun

pallaso m (plural pallasos)

1. clown
2. buffoon

   Synonyms: bufón, alvardán

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pallaso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pallaso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pallaso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “pallaso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Makasar

Etymology

From paN- +‎ laso (“projection; tenon; penis”).

Noun

pallaso (Lontara spelling ᨄᨒᨔᨚ or 𑻣𑻮𑻰𑻶, definite pallasoa)

1. forming a main shaft or core projection (in akaʼ pallaso, the taproot of a tree, equivalent to laso pallaki)
2. (carpentry) forming a tongue or tenon (in kattang pallaso, a tongue plane or rabbet plane used to cut a ridge along the edge of a board that fits into a groove made by a grooving plane)

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 381