paal

See also: Pål and pa'al

Cahuilla

Noun

páal

  1. mortar (for pounding and grinding)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pael, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

Noun

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

  1. A post, stake, pole, pile
  2. (sports) A goalpost
  3. (heraldry) A pale, perpendicular stripe
  4. (euphemistic) An erect phallus
  5. An Indonesian measure of distance
Synonyms
  • (goalpost) doelpaal m
Derived terms
  • bepalen
  • grenspaal m, mijlpaal m
  • lantaarnpaal m
  • paaldans m
  • paalfundering
  • paalvast (adjective)
  • paalwerk n
  • paalwoning
  • paalworm m
  • etc.

expressions

Verb

paal

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

Etymology 2

From Middle French pale, from Latin pala.

Noun

paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)

  1. A peel, baker's instrument
Synonyms
  • ovenpaal m, f
Derived terms
  • (peel types) handpaal, koekepaal
  • palen (verb)
  • paaloren (verb)
  • paaloore m

Etymology 3

From 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 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 —

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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