palo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "palo"

English

Noun

palo (plural palos)

1. Any of the traditional musical forms in flamenco.

See also

• palo blanco
• palo verde

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈpalo/ [ˈpa.l̪o]

Noun

pálo

1. post (on a fence)
2. stake

   Synonym: sugyang

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish palo (“stick”), from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaloʔ/, [ˈpa.loʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧lo

Noun

palò

1. wood
2. tree

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *palo, equivalent to palaa (“to burn”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlo/, [ˈpɑ̝lo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧lo

Noun

palo

1. (a) fire (event of something burning, an occurrence of fire)

   Jotkut kemikaalipalot ovat hankalia sammuttaa.

   Some chemical fires are difficult to put out.

2. ardor (great warmth of feeling)

   tunteen palo ― fervor, passion (lit. fire of feeling)

3. (baseball, pesäpallo) out
4. (cricket) dismissal
5. (agriculture, historical, dialectal) swidden, area cleared by slash-and-burn cultivation; especially a fresh swidden that has not yet been sown

Declension

Inflection of palo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		palo	palot
genitive		palon	palojen
partitive		paloa	paloja
illative		paloon	paloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		palo	palot
accusative	nom.	palo	palot
	gen.	palon
genitive		palon	palojen
partitive		paloa	paloja
inessive		palossa	paloissa
elative		palosta	paloista
illative		paloon	paloihin
adessive		palolla	paloilla
ablative		palolta	paloilta
allative		palolle	paloille
essive		palona	paloina
translative		paloksi	paloiksi
abessive		palotta	paloitta
instructive		—	paloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of palo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paloni paloni accusative nom. paloni paloni gen. paloni genitive paloni palojeni partitive paloani palojani inessive palossani paloissani elative palostani paloistani illative palooni paloihini adessive palollani paloillani ablative paloltani paloiltani allative palolleni paloilleni essive palonani paloinani translative palokseni paloikseni abessive palottani paloittani instructive — — comitative — paloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative palosi palosi accusative nom. palosi palosi gen. palosi genitive palosi palojesi partitive paloasi palojasi inessive palossasi paloissasi elative palostasi paloistasi illative paloosi paloihisi adessive palollasi paloillasi ablative paloltasi paloiltasi allative palollesi paloillesi essive palonasi paloinasi translative paloksesi paloiksesi abessive palottasi paloittasi instructive — — comitative — paloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palomme palomme accusative nom. palomme palomme gen. palomme genitive palomme palojemme partitive paloamme palojamme inessive palossamme paloissamme elative palostamme paloistamme illative paloomme paloihimme adessive palollamme paloillamme ablative paloltamme paloiltamme allative palollemme paloillemme essive palonamme paloinamme translative paloksemme paloiksemme abessive palottamme paloittamme instructive — — comitative — paloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palonne palonne accusative nom. palonne palonne gen. palonne genitive palonne palojenne partitive paloanne palojanne inessive palossanne paloissanne elative palostanne paloistanne illative paloonne paloihinne adessive palollanne paloillanne ablative paloltanne paloiltanne allative palollenne paloillenne essive palonanne paloinanne translative paloksenne paloiksenne abessive palottanne paloittanne instructive — — comitative — paloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative palonsa palonsa accusative nom. palonsa palonsa gen. palonsa genitive palonsa palojensa partitive paloaan paloansa palojaan palojansa inessive palossaan palossansa paloissaan paloissansa elative palostaan palostansa paloistaan paloistansa illative paloonsa paloihinsa adessive palollaan palollansa paloillaan paloillansa ablative paloltaan paloltansa paloiltaan paloiltansa allative palolleen palollensa paloilleen paloillensa essive palonaan palonansa paloinaan paloinansa translative palokseen paloksensa paloikseen paloiksensa abessive palottaan palottansa paloittaan paloittansa instructive — — comitative — paloineen paloinensa

Synonyms

• (fire): tulipalo

Derived terms

• Palola
• Palonen
• paloton

compounds

• huoneistopalo
• jätepalo
• kaupunkipalo
• kulopalo
• latvapalo
• liikennevälinepalo
• maailmanpalo
• maastopalo
• metsäpalo
• miljoonapalo
• nokipalo
• paloaika
• paloaines
• paloala
• paloalue
• paloasema
• paloaukio
• paloauto
• paloeriste
• paloeristys
• paloesimies
• palohaava
• palohaka
• paloharjoitus
• Paloheimo
• Paloheinä
• palohälytin
• palohälytys
• paloikkuna
• paloilmaisin
• paloilmoitin
• paloilmoitus
• Palojoki
• palojälki
• palojärjestys
• Palojärvi
• palokaasu
• palokaivo
• palokalusto
• Palokangas
• palokatko
• palokatu
• palokeksi
• palokello
• palokirves
• palokoira
• palokolmio
• palokuja
• palokunta
• palokuolema
• palokuoppa
• palokuorma
• palokypärä
• palokärki
• palokärpäset
• palolaitos
• palolattia
• palolautakunta
• paloletku
• palolevy
• palolinja
• paloluokitus
• paloluokka
• paloluukku
• Palomaa
• palomestari
• palomiehistö
• palomies
• palomuuri
• Palomäki
• palonalku
• palonarka
• palonehkäisy
• palonestoaine
• Paloneva
• Paloniemi
• Paloniitty
• palonkestävä
• palonsammutus
• palonsuoja-aine
• palonsuojalasi
• palontorjunta
• Palo-oja
• palo-opisto
• palo-osasto
• palo-osastointi
• palo-ovi
• palopaikka
• palopelti
• palopesäke
• palopiste
• palopommi
• palopommitus
• paloportaat
• Paloposki
• paloposti
• palopuhe
• palopuhuja
• palopurje
• palopäällikkö
• palopäällystö
• palorakko
• palorakkula
• Paloranta
• paloruisku
• palorypälehappo
• Palosaari
• palosammutin
• palosammutusyksikkö
• palosanko
• paloseinä
• palosireeni
• palosirkka
• palosola
• palosotilas
• palosulku
• palosuoja-aine
• palosuojalevy
• palosuojata
• palosuojaus
• palosuojelu
• palotarkastaja
• palotarkastus
• palotie
• palotikkaat
• palotila
• palotoimi
• palotorni
• paloturvakaappi
• paloturvallinen
• paloturvallisuus
• palouretaani
• palovaara
• Palovaara
• palovaarallinen
• palovahinko
• palovahti
• palovakuuttaa
• palovakuutus
• palovamma
• palovanko
• palovaroitin
• palovartija
• palovartio
• palovartiointi
• palovaurio
• paloviina
• Paloviita
• palovilla
• paloviranomainen
• paloämpäri
• paloöljy
• pintapalo
• Pohjanpalo
• rakennuspalo
• rasvapalo
• ruohikkopalo
• saunapalo
• sielunpalo
• suurpalo
• sähköpalo
• tehdaspalo
• tulipalo
• turvepalo

See also

• liekki
• roihu

Further reading

• “palo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑloˣ/, [ˈpɑ̝lo̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧lo

Verb

palo

1. inflection of paloa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• Alpo, lapo, pola

Ingrian

Palo.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *palo, equivalent to pallaa (“to burn”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish palo and Estonian palu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlo/, [ˈpɑɫo̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlo/, [ˈpɑɫo̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Hyphenation: pa‧lo

Noun

palo

1. fire (event of something burning)

Declension

Declension of palo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	palo	palot
genitive	palon	palloin, paloloin
partitive	palloa	paloja, paloloja
illative	palloo	palloi, paloloihe
inessive	palos	palois, palolois
elative	palost	paloist, paloloist
allative	palolle	paloille, paloloille
adessive	palol	paloil, paloloil
ablative	palolt	paloilt, paloloilt
translative	paloks	paloiks, paloloiks
essive	palonna, palloon	paloinna, paloloinna, palloin, paloloin
exessive1)	palont	paloint, paloloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• palolintu
• palomašina
• tulipalo

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 380

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lo/
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: pà‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

Noun

palo m (plural pali)

1. stake, pole, pile, spar
2. (soccer) goalpost
3. (heraldry) pale
4. (slang) lookout (person on watch)

   fare il palo ― to stand guard (literally, “to be a lookout”)

5. (slang) €1000

Related terms

• impalare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

palo

1. first-person singular present indicative of palare

Anagrams

• Lapo, Pola, aplo-, oplà

K'iche'

Noun

palo

1. sea

References

• Michael Dürr, “Einführung in das kolonialzeitliche K’iche’ (Quiché)”

Koasati

Noun

palo

1. flying squirrel

Latin

Etymology

From pālus (“stake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.lo]

Verb

pālō (present infinitive pālāre, perfect active pālāvī, supine pālātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to support with stakes, pales or props, prop up

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pālō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pālō		pālās		pālat		pālāmus		pālātis		pālant
	imperfect	pālābam		pālābās		pālābat		pālābāmus		pālābātis		pālābant
	future	pālābō		pālābis		pālābit		pālābimus		pālābitis		pālābunt
	perfect	pālāvī		pālāvistī		pālāvit		pālāvimus		pālāvistis		pālāvērunt, pālāvēre
	pluperfect	pālāveram		pālāverās		pālāverat		pālāverāmus		pālāverātis		pālāverant
	future perfect	pālāverō		pālāveris		pālāverit		pālāverimus		pālāveritis		pālāverint
passive	present	pālor		pālāris, pālāre		pālātur		pālāmur		pālāminī		pālantur
	imperfect	pālābar		pālābāris, pālābāre		pālābātur		pālābāmur		pālābāminī		pālābantur
	future	pālābor		pālāberis, pālābere		pālābitur		pālābimur		pālābiminī		pālābuntur
	perfect	pālātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pālātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pālātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pālem		pālēs		pālet		pālēmus		pālētis		pālent
	imperfect	pālārem		pālārēs		pālāret		pālārēmus		pālārētis		pālārent
	perfect	pālāverim		pālāverīs		pālāverit		pālāverīmus		pālāverītis		pālāverint
	pluperfect	pālāvissem		pālāvissēs		pālāvisset		pālāvissēmus		pālāvissētis		pālāvissent
passive	present	pāler		pālēris, pālēre		pālētur		pālēmur		pālēminī		pālentur
	imperfect	pālārer		pālārēris, pālārēre		pālārētur		pālārēmur		pālārēminī		pālārentur
	perfect	pālātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pālātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pālā		—		—		pālāte		—
	future	—		pālātō		pālātō		—		pālātōte		pālantō
passive	present	—		pālāre		—		—		pālāminī		—
	future	—		pālātor		pālātor		—		—		pālantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pālāre			pālārī			pālāns			—
future		pālātūrum esse			pālātum īrī			pālātūrus			pālandus
perfect		pālāvisse			pālātum esse			—			pālātus
future perfect		—			pālātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		pālātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pālandī		pālandō		pālandum		pālandō		pālātum		pālātū

Related terms

• impālō
• pālāris
• pālātiō
• pālus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: palare

References

• “palo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “palo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

palo (Cyrillic spelling пало)

1. neuter singular active past participle of pȁsti

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with English pole and pale (“fence post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalo/ [ˈpa.lo]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: pa‧lo

Noun

palo m (plural palos)

1. stake, stick, wood

   Mamá, me pegó con un palo.

   Mom, he hit me with a stick.

2. (card games) suit

   Las barajas suelen tener cuatro palos.

   Decks usually have four suits.

3. hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick)
4. (figurative) blow
5. (nautical) mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)

   Synonyms: mástil, árbol

6. (sports) post; goalpost; woodwork
7. (historical) execution by hanging or beheading
9. (music) style (of flamenco)
10. (colloquial, El Salvador) tree

    Ella está por el palo de hule.

    She's by the rubber tree.

11. (slang, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) shot (a small serving of alcoholic spirits)

    Synonyms: trago, chupito

    Sírvame un palo de ron.

    Get me a shot of rum.

12. (vulgar, Latin America) penis

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Derived terms

• de tal palo, tal astilla
• guerra de palos
• insecto palo
• jarabe de palo
• juez de palo
• letra de palo
• mierda pinchada en un palo
• ni a palos
• no dar un palo al agua
• palado
• palillo
• paliza
• palo a pique
• palo boniato
• palo borracho
• palo de agua
• palo de áloe
• palo de amasar
• palo de balsa
• palo de Campeche
• palo de ciego
• palo de favor
• palo de Fernambuco
• palo de golf
• palo de hule
• palo de jabón
• palo de Pernambuco
• palo de piso
• palo de rosa
• palo de San Antonio
• palo de velas
• palo de yegua
• palo del águila
• palo del Brasil
• palo mataco
• palo mayor
• palo negro
• palo rosa
• palo santo
• palo víbora
• palos de ciego
• pata de palo
• poner palos en las ruedas
• rosa palo

Related terms

• pala

See also

• asta
• pilar

Further reading

• “palo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palu, from Proto-Austronesian *palu (cf. Malay palu (“hammer”)). Some writers (e.g. English 1985) treat this as a borrowing from Spanish palo (“stick, cudgel”), but it is most likely a chance resemblance.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpaloʔ/ [ˈpaː.loʔ]
• Rhymes: -aloʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧lo

Noun

palò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓ)

1. stroke with the hand or a stick, usually as punishment; spank

   Synonyms: gulpi, hampas

Derived terms

• makapalo
• mamalo
• mapalo
• nakapalo
• napalo
• paluin
• palupalo
• pamalo
• pamamalo
• pinalo
• pumalo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish palo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpalo/ [ˈpaː.lo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: pa‧lo

Noun

palo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓ) (nautical)

1. mast

   Synonyms: puliagan, albor, (obsolete) panglalayan, (obsolete) panlalayanan

Derived terms

• palo-sebo

Further reading

• “palo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palu₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *palo, equivalent to palada +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish palo.

Noun

palo

1. destructive fire, conflagration

Declension

Inflection of palo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	palo
genitive sing.	palon
partitive sing.	palod
partitive plur.	paloid
	singular	plural
nominative	palo	palod
accusative	palon	palod
genitive	palon	paloiden
partitive	palod	paloid
essive-instructive	palon	paloin
translative	paloks	paloikš
inessive	palos	paloiš
elative	palospäi	paloišpäi
illative	palho paloho	paloihe
adessive	palol	paloil
ablative	palolpäi	paloilpäi
allative	palole	paloile
abessive	palota	paloita
comitative	palonke	paloidenke
prolative	palodme	paloidme
approximative I	palonno	paloidenno
approximative II	palonnoks	paloidennoks
egressive	palonnopäi	paloidennopäi
terminative I	palhosai palohosai	paloihesai
terminative II	palolesai	paloilesai
terminative III	palossai	—
additive I	palhopäi palohopäi	paloihepäi
additive II	palolepäi	paloilepäi

Votic

Alternative forms

• põlo

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *palo.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlo/, [ˈpɑɫo]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Hyphenation: pa‧lo

Noun

palo

1. a fire, destructive fire

Inflection

Declension of palo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	palo	palod
genitive	palo	palojõ, paloi
partitive	palloa	paloitõ, paloi
illative	pallosõ, pallo	paloisõ
inessive	paloz	paloiz
elative	palossõ	paloissõ
allative	palolõ	paloilõ
adessive	palollõ	paloillõ
ablative	paloltõ	paloiltõ
translative	palossi	paloissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “palo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.l̪o/

Noun

palo

1. sibling-in-law of the opposite gender

References

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[3], Pacific linguistics