palha
Portuguese
palha
Etymology
From Old Portuguese palla, from Latin palea (“straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʎa/, /ˈpa.ʎɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʎɐ/
- Hyphenation: pa‧lha
- Rhymes: -aʎa
Noun
palha f (plural palhas)
- straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- (uncountable) straw considered collectively
- textile made of straw
Synonyms
- (textile): palhinha
Derived terms
- palha de abade
- palha de aço
- palha-de-água
- palha-de-arco
- palha de arroz
- palha-de-camelo
- palha de frade
- palha-de-penacho
- palha-de-prata
- palha-de-santa-fé
- palhaço
Related terms
- empalhado
- empalhamento
- empalhar
- palhagem
- palhal
- palheiro
- palhiço
- palhinha
- palhoça
- palhoso