palo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "palo"

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈpalo/ [ˈpa.l̪o]

Noun

pálo

1. post (on a fence)
2. stake

   Synonym: sugyang

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish palo (“stick”), from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaloʔ/, [ˈpa.loʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧lo

Noun

palò

1. wood
2. tree

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *palo, equivalent to palaa (“to burn”) ‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlo/, [ˈpɑ̝lo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧lo

Noun

palo

1. (a) fire (event of something burning, an occurrence of fire)

   Jotkut kemikaalipalot ovat hankalia sammuttaa.

   Some chemical fires are difficult to put out.

2. ardor (great warmth of feeling)

   tunteen palo ― fervor, passion (lit. fire of feeling)

3. (baseball, pesäpallo) out
4. (cricket) dismissal
5. (agriculture, historical, dialectal) swidden, area cleared by slash-and-burn cultivation; especially a fresh swidden that has not yet been sown

Declension

Inflection of palo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		palo	palot
genitive		palon	palojen
partitive		paloa	paloja
illative		paloon	paloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		palo	palot
accusative	nom.	palo	palot
	gen.	palon
genitive		palon	palojen
partitive		paloa	paloja
inessive		palossa	paloissa
elative		palosta	paloista
illative		paloon	paloihin
adessive		palolla	paloilla
ablative		palolta	paloilta
allative		palolle	paloille
essive		palona	paloina
translative		paloksi	paloiksi
abessive		palotta	paloitta
instructive		—	paloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of palo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paloni paloni accusative nom. paloni paloni gen. paloni genitive paloni palojeni partitive paloani palojani inessive palossani paloissani elative palostani paloistani illative palooni paloihini adessive palollani paloillani ablative paloltani paloiltani allative palolleni paloilleni essive palonani paloinani translative palokseni paloikseni abessive palottani paloittani instructive — — comitative — paloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative palosi palosi accusative nom. palosi palosi gen. palosi genitive palosi palojesi partitive paloasi palojasi inessive palossasi paloissasi elative palostasi paloistasi illative paloosi paloihisi adessive palollasi paloillasi ablative paloltasi paloiltasi allative palollesi paloillesi essive palonasi paloinasi translative paloksesi paloiksesi abessive palottasi paloittasi instructive — — comitative — paloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palomme palomme accusative nom. palomme palomme gen. palomme genitive palomme palojemme partitive paloamme palojamme inessive palossamme paloissamme elative palostamme paloistamme illative paloomme paloihimme adessive palollamme paloillamme ablative paloltamme paloiltamme allative palollemme paloillemme essive palonamme paloinamme translative paloksemme paloiksemme abessive palottamme paloittamme instructive — — comitative — paloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palonne palonne accusative nom. palonne palonne gen. palonne genitive palonne palojenne partitive paloanne palojanne inessive palossanne paloissanne elative palostanne paloistanne illative paloonne paloihinne adessive palollanne paloillanne ablative paloltanne paloiltanne allative palollenne paloillenne essive palonanne paloinanne translative paloksenne paloiksenne abessive palottanne paloittanne instructive — — comitative — paloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative palonsa palonsa accusative nom. palonsa palonsa gen. palonsa genitive palonsa palojensa partitive paloaan paloansa palojaan palojansa inessive palossaan palossansa paloissaan paloissansa elative palostaan palostansa paloistaan paloistansa illative paloonsa paloihinsa adessive palollaan palollansa paloillaan paloillansa ablative paloltaan paloltansa paloiltaan paloiltansa allative palolleen palollensa paloilleen paloillensa essive palonaan palonansa paloinaan paloinansa translative palokseen paloksensa paloikseen paloiksensa abessive palottaan palottansa paloittaan paloittansa instructive — — comitative — paloineen paloinensa

Synonyms

• (fire): tulipalo

Derived terms

• Palola
• Palonen
• paloton

 

compounds

• huoneistopalo
• kaupunkipalo
• kulopalo
• latvapalo
• liikennevälinepalo
• maailmanpalo
• maastopalo
• metsäpalo
• miljoonapalo
• nokipalo
• paloaika
• paloaines
• paloala
• paloalue
• paloasema
• paloaukio
• paloauto
• paloeriste
• paloeristys
• paloesimies
• palohaava
• palohaka
• paloharjoitus
• Paloheimo
• Paloheinä
• palohälytin
• palohälytys
• paloikkuna
• paloilmaisin
• paloilmoitin
• paloilmoitus
• Palojoki
• palojälki
• palojärjestys
• Palojärvi
• palokaasu
• palokaivo
• palokalusto
• Palokangas
• palokatko
• palokatu
• palokeksi
• palokello
• palokirves
• palokoira
• palokolmio
• palokuja
• palokunta
• palokuolema
• palokuoppa
• palokuorma
• palokypärä
• palokärki
• palokärpäset
• palolaitos
• palolattia
• palolautakunta
• paloletku
• palolevy
• palolinja
• paloluokitus
• paloluokka
• paloluukku
• Palomaa
• palomestari
• palomiehistö
• palomies
• palomuuri
• Palomäki
• palonalku
• palonarka
• palonehkäisy
• palonestoaine
• Paloneva
• Paloniemi
• Paloniitty
• palonkestävä
• palonsammutus
• palonsuoja-aine
• palontorjunta
• Palo-oja
• palo-opisto
• palo-osasto
• palo-osastointi
• palo-ovi
• palopaikka
• palopelti
• palopesäke
• palopommi
• palopommitus
• paloportaat
• Paloposki
• paloposti
• palopuhe
• palopuhuja
• palopurje
• palopäällikkö
• palopäällystö
• palorakko
• palorakkula
• Paloranta
• paloruisku
• palorypälehappo
• Palosaari
• palosammutin
• palosammutusyksikkö
• palosanko
• paloseinä
• palosireeni
• palosirkka
• palosola
• palosotilas
• palosulku
• palosuoja-aine
• palosuojalevy
• palosuojata
• palosuojaus
• palosuojelu
• palotarkastaja
• palotarkastus
• palotikkaat
• palotila
• palotoimi
• palotorni
• paloturvakaappi
• paloturvallinen
• paloturvallisuus
• palouretaani
• Palovaara
• palovaara
• palovaarallinen
• palovahinko
• palovahti
• palovakuuttaa
• palovakuutus
• palovamma
• palovanko
• palovaroitin
• palovartija
• palovartio
• palovartiointi
• palovaurio
• paloviina
• Paloviita
• palovilla
• paloviranomainen
• paloämpäri
• paloöljy
• pintapalo
• Pohjanpalo
• rakennuspalo
• rasvapalo
• ruohikkopalo
• saunapalo
• sielunpalo
• sähköpalo
• tehdaspalo
• tulipalo
• turvepalo

 

Related terms

• liekki
• palaa
• roihu

 

Further reading

• “palo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑloˣ/, [ˈpɑ̝lo̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧lo

Verb

palo

1. inflection of paloa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• Alpo, lapo, pola

Ingrian

Palo.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *palo, equivalent to pallaa (“to burn”) ‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish palo and Estonian palu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlo/, [ˈpɑɫo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlo/, [ˈpɑɫo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Hyphenation: pa‧lo

Noun

palo

1. fire (event of something burning)

Declension

Declension of palo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	palo	palot
genitive	palon	palloin, paloloin
partitive	palloa	paloja, paloloja
illative	palloo	palloi, paloloihe
inessive	palos	palois, palolois
elative	palost	paloist, paloloist
allative	palolle	paloille, paloloille
adessive	palol	paloil, paloloil
ablative	palolt	paloilt, paloloilt
translative	paloks	paloiks, paloloiks
essive	palonna, palloon	paloinna, paloloinna, palloin, paloloin
exessive1)	palont	paloint, paloloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• palolintu
• palomašina
• tulipalo

 

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 380

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lo/
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: pà‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.

Noun

palo m (plural pali)

1. stake, pole, pile, spar
2. (soccer) goalpost
3. (heraldry) pale
4. (slang) lookout (person on watch)

   fare il palo ― to stand guard (literally, “to be a lookout”)

5. slang ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) €1000

Related terms

• impalare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

palo

1. first-person singular present indicative of palare

Anagrams

• Lapo, Pola, aplo-, oplà

K'iche'

Noun

palo

1. sea

References

• Michael Dürr, “Einführung in das kolonialzeitliche K’iche’ (Quiché)”

Koasati

Noun

palo

1. flying squirrel

Latin

Etymology

From pālus (“stake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.loː/, [ˈpäːɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lo/, [ˈpäːlo]

Verb

pālō (present infinitive pālāre, perfect active pālāvī, supine pālātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to support with stakes, pales or props, prop up

Conjugation

Conjugation of pālō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pālō	pālās	pālat	pālāmus	pālātis	pālant
	imperfect	pālābam	pālābās	pālābat	pālābāmus	pālābātis	pālābant
	future	pālābō	pālābis	pālābit	pālābimus	pālābitis	pālābunt
	perfect	pālāvī	pālāvistī	pālāvit	pālāvimus	pālāvistis	pālāvērunt, pālāvēre
	pluperfect	pālāveram	pālāverās	pālāverat	pālāverāmus	pālāverātis	pālāverant
	future perfect	pālāverō	pālāveris	pālāverit	pālāverimus	pālāveritis	pālāverint
passive	present	pālor	pālāris, pālāre	pālātur	pālāmur	pālāminī	pālantur
	imperfect	pālābar	pālābāris, pālābāre	pālābātur	pālābāmur	pālābāminī	pālābantur
	future	pālābor	pālāberis, pālābere	pālābitur	pālābimur	pālābiminī	pālābuntur
	perfect	pālātus present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pālātus imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pālātus future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pālem	pālēs	pālet	pālēmus	pālētis	pālent
	imperfect	pālārem	pālārēs	pālāret	pālārēmus	pālārētis	pālārent
	perfect	pālāverim	pālāverīs	pālāverit	pālāverīmus	pālāverītis	pālāverint
	pluperfect	pālāvissem	pālāvissēs	pālāvisset	pālāvissēmus	pālāvissētis	pālāvissent
passive	present	pāler	pālēris, pālēre	pālētur	pālēmur	pālēminī	pālentur
	imperfect	pālārer	pālārēris, pālārēre	pālārētur	pālārēmur	pālārēminī	pālārentur
	perfect	pālātus present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pālātus imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pālā	—	—	pālāte	—
	future	—	pālātō	pālātō	—	pālātōte	pālantō
passive	present	—	pālāre	—	—	pālāminī	—
	future	—	pālātor	pālātor	—	—	pālantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pālāre	pālāvisse	pālātūrum esse	pālārī	pālātum esse	pālātum īrī
participles		pālāns	—	pālātūrus	—	pālātus	pālandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pālandī	pālandō	pālandum	pālandō	pālātum	pālātū

Related terms

• impālō
• pālāris
• pālātiō
• pālus

 

References

• “palo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

palo (Cyrillic spelling пало)

1. neuter singular active past participle of pȁsti

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with English pole and pale (“fence post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalo/ [ˈpa.lo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: pa‧lo

Noun

palo m (plural palos)

1. stake, stick, wood

   Mamá, me pegó con un palo.

   Mom, he hit me with a stick.

2. (card games) suit

   Las barajas suelen tener cuatro palos.

   Decks usually have four suits.

3. hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick)
4. (figurative) blow
5. (nautical) mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)

   Synonyms: mástil, árbol

6. (sports) post; goalpost; woodwork
7. (historical) execution by hanging or beheading
9. (music) style (of flamenco)
10. (colloquial, El Salvador) tree

    Ella está por el palo de hule.

    She's by the rubber tree.

11. (slang, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) shot (a small serving of alcoholic spirits)

    Synonyms: trago, chupito

    Sírvame un palo de ron.

    Get me a shot of rum.

12. (vulgar, Latin America) penis

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Derived terms

• a medio palo
• a palo seco
• andar a palo
• apalear
• barba de palo
• caballito de palo
• caballo de palo
• cada palo que aguante su vela
• cagar el palo
• dar palo
• dar palos de ciego
• de tal palo, tal astilla
• detrás del palo
• echar un palo
• empalar
• en casa de herrero, cuchillo de palo
• ene de palo
• guerra de palos
• insecto palo
• jarabe de palo
• juez de palo
• letra de palo
• mierda pinchada en un palo
• ni a palos
• no dar un palo al agua
• palado
• palillo
• paliza
• palo a pique
• palo boniato
• palo borracho
• palo de agua
• palo de áloe
• palo de amasar
• palo de balsa
• palo de Campeche
• palo de ciego
• palo de favor
• palo de Fernambuco
• palo de golf
• palo de hule
• palo de jabón
• palo de Pernambuco
• palo de piso
• palo de rosa
• palo de velas
• palo de yegua
• palo del águila
• palo del Brasil
• palo mayor
• palo rosa
• palo santo
• palo víbora
• palos de ciego
• pata de palo
• poner palos en las ruedas
• rosa palo

 

Related terms

• pala

 

See also

• asta
• pilar

Further reading

• “palo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palu, from Proto-Austronesian *palu (cf. Malay palu (“hammer”)). Some writers (e.g. English 1985) treat this as a borrowing from Spanish palo (“stick, cudgel”), but it is most likely a chance resemblance.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpaloʔ/ [ˈpaː.loʔ]
• Rhymes: -aloʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧lo

Noun

palò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓ)

1. stroke with the hand or a stick, usually as punishment; spank

   Synonyms: gulpi, hampas

Derived terms

• makapalo
• mamalo
• mapalo
• nakapalo
• napalo
• paluin
• palupalo
• pamalo
• pinalo
• pumalo

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish palo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpalo/ [ˈpaː.lo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: pa‧lo

Noun

palo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓ)

1. (nautical) mast

   Synonym: puliagan

Derived terms

• palo-sebo

Further reading

• “palo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palu₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *palo, equivalent to palada ‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish palo.

Noun

palo

1. destructive fire, conflagration

Declension

Inflection of palo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	palo
genitive sing.	palon
partitive sing.	palod
partitive plur.	paloid
	singular	plural
nominative	palo	palod
accusative	palon	palod
genitive	palon	paloiden
partitive	palod	paloid
essive-instructive	palon	paloin
translative	paloks	paloikš
inessive	palos	paloiš
elative	palospäi	paloišpäi
illative	palho paloho	paloihe
adessive	palol	paloil
ablative	palolpäi	paloilpäi
allative	palole	paloile
abessive	palota	paloita
comitative	palonke	paloidenke
prolative	palodme	paloidme
approximative I	palonno	paloidenno
approximative II	palonnoks	paloidennoks
egressive	palonnopäi	paloidennopäi
terminative I	palhosai palohosai	paloihesai
terminative II	palolesai	paloilesai
terminative III	palossai	—
additive I	palhopäi palohopäi	paloihepäi
additive II	palolepäi	paloilepäi

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.l̪o/

Noun

palo

1. sibling-in-law of the opposite gender

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[3], Pacific linguistics