pallu

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See also: Pallu and pállu

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi पल्लू (pallū), from पल्ला (pallā, side), from Sanskrit पल्ल (palla). Compare with palla.

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Noun

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pallu (plural pallus)

  1. (South Asia) The usually decorated end of a sari that hangs loose when worn. [from 19th c.]
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 45:
      She had pulled the pallu back over her head and her face.
    • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 116:
      Dressed in a simple grey cotton sari, her head covered with the pallu, she sat on a platform behind a table with a microphone.

Anagrams

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Makasar

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Verb

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pallu (Lontara spelling ᨄᨒᨘ, semi-transitive appallu)

  1. (transitive) to cook

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kʷalnati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (to turn).[1]

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Verb

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pallu (first-person singular present pallaf)

  1. to fail, to cease, to perish, to be destroyed
    Mae'r cof yn pallu.
    My memory fails me.
    (literally, “The memory fails.”)
    Synonyms: gwrthod, nacáu
  2. to refuse, deny
    (South Wales)
    Mae'r ffenest yn pallu agor.
    The window won't open.
    (literally, “The window refuses to open.”)
    Synonyms: gwrthod, nacáu

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • pall (failure, fault)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷal-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pallu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies