palha

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin palea (“straw”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʎo/
  • (file)

Noun

palha f (plural palhas)

  1. straw

Derived terms
  • palhós

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin paleam.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʎa/
  • Rhymes: -aʎa

Noun

palha f

  1. straw

Descendants
  • Galician: palla
  • Portuguese: palha

Further reading

Portuguese
palha

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese palha, from Latin palea (“straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Cognate with Galician palla and Spanish paja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʎɐ/

  • Rhymes: -aʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧lha

Noun

palha f (plural palhas)

  1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  2. (uncountable) straw considered collectively
  3. textile made of straw
    Synonym: palhinha
  4. (Portugal, colloquial) padding, waffle
  5. (colloquial) trifle (something without importance)
    1. (card games) cards that give no points in sueca

Derived terms
  • palha de abade
  • palha de aço
  • palha de arroz
  • palha de frade
  • palha-de-água
  • palha-de-arco
  • palha-de-camelo
  • palha-de-penacho
  • palha-de-prata
  • palha-de-santa-fé
  • palhal
  • palhoça
  • palhota
  • palhote

Further reading
  • “palha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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