palu

See also: pału

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pālus.

Noun

palu m (plural palos)

1. stick, staff
2. wood
3. (nautical) mast
4. hit (with a stick)
5. baguette

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French

Noun

palu m (plural palus)

1. (informal) malaria

Synonyms

• paludisme, malaria

Further reading

• “palu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Paul, Pula

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Hawaiian

Verb

1. to lick

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Indonesian

Noun

palu (first-person possessive paluku, second-person possessive palumu, third-person possessive palunya)

1. hammer (tool)

Derived terms

• palu godam (“jackhammer”)

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Kambera

Verb

palu

1. (transitive) to hit

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 199

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish palo and Dutch paal.

Noun

palu

1. stick, pole
2. tree
3. wood

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lu/

Noun

palu

1. locative/vocative singular of pal

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷaleti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːli/, /ˈpali/

Verb

palu (first-person singular present palaf)

1. to dig (up), unearth, excavate

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	palaf	pali	pala	palwn	palwch	palant	palir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	palwn	palit	palai	palem	palech	palent	palid
preterite	palais	palaist	palodd	palasom	palasoch	palasant	palwyd
pluperfect	palaswn	palasit	palasai	palasem	palasech	palasent	palasid, palesid
present subjunctive	palwyf	palych	palo	palom	paloch	palont	paler
imperative	—	pala	paled	palwn	palwch	palent	paler
verbal noun	palu
verbal adjectives	paledig paladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	pala i, palaf i	pali di	palith o/e/hi, paliff e/hi	palwn ni	palwch chi	palan nhw
conditional	palwn i, palswn i	palet ti, palset ti	palai fo/fe/hi, palsai fo/fe/hi	palen ni, palsen ni	palech chi, palsech chi	palen nhw, palsen nhw
preterite	palais i, pales i	palaist ti, palest ti	palodd o/e/hi	palon ni	paloch chi	palon nhw
imperative	—	pala	—	—	palwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• pâl (“spade, shovel”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
palu	balu	mhalu	phalu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “palu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies