palopalo
Cebuano
Etymology
Reduplication of palo, from Spanish palo, from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧lo‧pa‧lo
Noun
palopalo
- a batlet; a short bat for beating clothes when washing them
Verb
palopalo
- to beat clothes when washing