paralis

paralis

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parales, plural of paral (“scaffolding pole”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧lis
• IPA^(key): /paˈɾalis/, [pɐˈɾa.lɪs]

Noun

paralis (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. wooden roller

   Synonyms: rodilyo, pulin

2. (figuratively) a go-between (especially in courtship)

Further reading

• “paralis” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
• Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎, volume 14, DOI:10.1016/0024-3841(65)90058-6, ISSN 0024-3841, page 467–504