paal

See also: Pål and pa'al

Cahuilla

Noun

páal

  1. 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)

  1. post, stake, pole, pile
  2. (sports) goalpost
    Synonym: doelpaal
  3. (heraldry) pale, perpendicular stripe
  4. (euphemistic) erect phallus
  5. an Indonesian measure of distance
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.

Noun

paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

  1. 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)

  1. pale
  2. faded, discolored
Inflection
Inflection of paal
uninflected paal
inflected pale
comparative paler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial paalpalerhet paalst
het paalste
indefinite m./f. sing. palepalerepaalste
n. sing. paalpalerpaalste
plural palepalerepaalste
definite palepalerepaalste
partitive paalspalers—

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

paal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palen
  2. imperative of palen

Laven

Noun

paal

  1. (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)
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