pâl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pal"

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pālus.

Noun

pâl m (plural pâls)

  1. pole, post
  • palâ
  • impalâ

Tho

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *pər, cognate with Vietnamese bay, Muong păl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʌl¹/

Verb

pâl

  1. (Cuối Chăm) to fly

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”).[1]

Noun

pâl f or m (plural palau)

  1. (South Wales) spade, shovel
    Synonyms: rhaw, rhaw-bal
  2. (rowing) oar blade
    Synonym: palf

Etymology 2

Uncertain, has been extension of Etymology 1 on account of the shape of a puffin's beak.[1] However, the use of the same word for a Manx shearwater and a puffin parallels a shift in English where puffin used to mean a Manx shearwater until the 19th century, before coming to refer to Fratercula arctica.

Pâl ar garreg.

Noun

pâl m (plural palod or palau)

  1. Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
    Synonyms: pâl Manaw, aderyn drycin Manaw
  2. Atlantic puffin, puffin (Fratercula arctica)[2]
    Synonyms: pwffin, cornicyll y dŵr, pwffingen, aderyn du, aderyn y pâl, cyw esgob, paledn
Derived terms
  • croesfan pâl (“puffin crossing”)
  • pâl du (“sooty shearwater”)
  • pâl yr Iwerydd (“Cory's shearwater”)
  • pâl Manaw (“Manx shearwater”)
  • y pâl leiaf (“litle shearwater”)
  • y pâl mwyaf (“great shearwater”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pâl bâl mhâl phâl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pâl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 139
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