paralis

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈɾalis/ [pɐˈɾaː.lɪs]
• Rhymes: -alis
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧lis

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, 2018
• Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎^[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504