paal
See also: Pål and pa'al
Cahuilla
Noun
páal
- mortar (for pounding and grinding)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paːl/
- Rhymes: -aːl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.
Noun
paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)
- post, stake, pole, pile
- (sports) goalpost
- Synonym: doelpaal
- (heraldry) pale, perpendicular stripe
- (euphemistic) erect phallus
- an Indonesian measure of distance
Derived terms
- bepalen
- grenspaal
- laadpaal
- lantaarnpaal
- mijlpaal
- paaldans
- paalfundering
- paalvast
- paalwerk
- paalwoning
- paalworm
- als een paal boven water staan
- paal en perk stellen aan
- voor paal staan
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.
Noun
paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)
- peel, baker's instrument
- Synonym: ovenpaal
Derived terms
- palen
- handpaal
- koekepaal
- paaloren
- paaloore
Etymology 3
Borrowed French pâle (“pale”).
Adjective
paal (comparative paler, superlative paalst)
- pale
- faded, discolored
Inflection
| Inflection of paal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | paal | |||
| inflected | pale | |||
| comparative | paler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | paal | paler | het paalst het paalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | pale | palere | paalste |
| n. sing. | paal | paler | paalste | |
| plural | pale | palere | paalste | |
| definite | pale | palere | paalste | |
| partitive | paals | palers | — | |
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
paal
- first-person singular present indicative of palen
- imperative of palen
Laven
Noun
paal
- (Laven and Juk) shoulder
Further reading
- Theraphan L-Thongkum, A brief look at thirteen Mon-Khmer languages of Xekong province, southern Laos (2002), Collected Papers on Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages (edited by Robert Stuart Bauer)