Palau
English
Etymology
Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈlaʊ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊ
Proper noun
Palau
- A country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau.
Derived terms
- Palauan
Translations
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See also
- Ngerulmud
- Countries of the world
Anagrams
- Lapua, Paula
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Proper noun
Palau
- Palau (a country in Oceania)
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Proper noun
Palau
- Palau
Related terms
- palauský
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑu/, [ˈpɑlɑu]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑu
- Syllabification(key): Pa‧la‧u
Proper noun
Palau
- Palau
Declension
Inflection of Palau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Palau | — | |
genitive | Palaun | — | |
partitive | Palauta | — | |
illative | Palauhun | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Palau | — | |
accusative | nom. | Palau | — |
gen. | Palaun | ||
genitive | Palaun | — | |
partitive | Palauta | — | |
inessive | Palaussa | — | |
elative | Palausta | — | |
illative | Palauhun | — | |
adessive | Palaulla | — | |
ablative | Palaulta | — | |
allative | Palaulle | — | |
essive | Palauna | — | |
translative | Palauksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Palautta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Palau (type rosé) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Palauni | Palaumme |
2nd person | Palausi | Palaunne |
3rd person | Palaunsa |
Derived terms
- palaulainen
Anagrams
- Lapua, Paula, lupaa, paalu, paula, pulaa
German
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Palau n (proper noun, genitive Palaus or (optionally with an article) Palau)
- Palau (a country and archipelago in Micronesia)
Declension
singular | |||
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indef. | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Palau |
genitive | eines | des | Palaus |
dative | einem | dem | Palau |
accusative | ein | das | Palau |
Derived terms
- palauisch
Hungarian
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɒlɒu]
- Hyphenation: Pa‧lau
- Rhymes: -u
Proper noun
Palau
- Palau (a country in Micronesia, Oceania)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Palau | — |
accusative | Palaut | — |
dative | Palaunak | — |
instrumental | Palauval | — |
causal-final | Palauért | — |
translative | Palauvá | — |
terminative | Palauig | — |
essive-formal | Palauként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Palauban | — |
superessive | Palaun | — |
adessive | Palaunál | — |
illative | Palauba | — |
sublative | Palaura | — |
allative | Palauhoz | — |
elative | Palauból | — |
delative | Palauról | — |
ablative | Palautól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular | Palaué | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural | Palauéi | — |
Possessive forms of Palau | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Palaum | — |
2nd person sing. | Palaud | — |
3rd person sing. | Palauja | — |
1st person plural | Palaunk | — |
2nd person plural | Palautok | — |
3rd person plural | Palaujuk | — |
Derived terms
- palaui
Italian
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Proper noun
Palau m
- Palau
Derived terms
- palauano
Anagrams
- apula
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Proper noun
Palau
- Palau
Related terms
- Karolinene
- palauer
- palauisk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Proper noun
Palau
- Palau
Related terms
- palauar
- palauisk
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Palau, from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.law/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alaw
- Syllabification: Pa‧lau
Proper noun
Palau n (indeclinable)
- Palau (an archipelago and country in Micronesia)
- Palau (a commune and city in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy)
Further reading
- Palau in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Palau in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈlaw/ [paˈlaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˈlaw/
- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: Pa‧lau
Proper noun
Palau m
- Palau (a country in Oceania)
Derived terms
- palauano
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Proper noun
Palau n (genitive Palaus)
- Palau
Anagrams
- Paula
Turkish
Proper noun
Palau
- Palau (a country in Oceania)
Declension
singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz) | |
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nominative (yalın) | Palau |
accusative (belirtme) | Palau'yu |
dative (yönelme) | Palau'ya |
locative (bulunma) | Palau'da |
ablative (çıkma) | Palau'dan |
genitive (tamlayan) | Palau'nun |
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Palau'm | Palaularım / Palau'larım |
senin (your) | Palau'n | Palauların / Palau'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Palau'su | Palauları / Palau'ları |
bizim (our) | Palau'muz | Palaularımız / Palau'larımız |
sizin (your) | Palau'nuz | Palaularınız / Palau'larınız |
onların (their) | Palau'su / Palauları / Palau'ları | Palauları / Palau'ları |
Derived terms
- Palaulu
See also
- (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, VanuatuYeni Zelanda,
Turkmen
Etymology
Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).
Proper noun
Palau
- Palau