paal

See also: Pål and pa'al

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch paal, from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːl/

Noun

paal (plural pale, diminutive paaltjie)

1. post, pole, beam

Derived terms

• doelpaal
• paaldanser

Descendants

• → Tsonga: pala
• → Xhosa: ipala

Cahuilla

Noun

páal

1. mortar (for pounding and grinding)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːl/
• Hyphenation: paal
• Rhymes: -aːl
• Homophone: Paal

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

• afzetpaal
• als een paal boven water staan
• als puntje bij paaltje komt
• bepalen
• doelpaal
• elektriciteitspaal
• flitspaal
• folterpaal
• geselpaal
• grenspaal
• hectometerpaal
• heipaal
• kilometerpaal
• klimpaal
• krabbaal
• laadpaal
• lantaarnpaal
• meerpaal
• mijlpaal
• paal en perk stellen aan
• paaldans
• paaldorp
• paalfundering
• paalvast
• paalwerk
• paalwoning
• paalworm
• palen
• pispaal
• praatpaal
• schandpaal
• seinpaal
• strandpaal
• telefoonpaal
• telegraafpaal
• voor paal staan

Descendants

• Afrikaans: paal
  • → Tsonga: pala
  • → Xhosa: ipala
• → Betawi: pal
• → Caribbean Hindustani: pál
• → Caribbean Javanese: pal
• → Guyanese Creole English: paal
• → Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)
• → Musi: pal
• → Papiamentu: palu

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

Declension

Declension of paal
uninflected	paal
inflected	pale
comparative	paler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		paal	paler	het paalst het paalste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	pale	palere	paalste
	n. sing.	paal	paler	paalste
	plural	pale	palere	paalste
definite		pale	palere	paalste
partitive		paals	palers	—

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paal

1. inflection of palen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

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)

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pàːl/

Noun

paal (plural paalal or paaloʼob or paalaloʼob)

1. child
   • 2008, Briceida Cuevas Cob, “Je’ bix k’iin”, in Tiʼ u billil in nookʼ. Del dobladillo de mi ropa, Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, page 94:

     ka pulik u ok’om óolal jo’oljeak ka jíits’tik tu billil a nook’, / a paalal túune’ tu wenel.

     you throw yesterday's sorrows, drawn from the hem of your clothes, / while your children sleep.

   • 2023 February 13, Cecilia Abreu, “Múuch’kabilo’obe’ ku múul meyajo’ob ti’al uti’al u séeb ila’al wa tsaayal ts’unus ti’ paalal”, in Sasil Sánchez Chan, transl., La Jornada Maya‎, archived from the original on 19 March 2023:

     Walkila’ yaan kex 100 u túul paalal táan u ts’a’akalo’ob, ba’ale’ ja’ab man ja’abe’ ku yantal kex 75 uláak’ túumben paalal yéetel le k’oja’anila’.

     Currently, there are about 100 children receiving treatment, but each year there are around 75 more children [diagnosed] with this disease.

Derived terms

• chʼúupal
• xiʼipal