pallu

See also: Pallu and pállu

English

Etymology

From Punjabi, Hindi, and their source, Sanskrit.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpaluː/

Noun

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

Makasar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpalːu]

Verb

pallu (Lontara spelling ᨄᨒᨘ, semi-transitive appallu)

  1. (transitive) to cook

Derived terms
  • papallu

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future pallaf pelli palla pallwn pellwch, pallwch pallant pellir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 pallwn pallit pallai pallem pallech pallent pellid
preterite pellais pellaist pallodd pallasom pallasoch pallasant pallwyd
pluperfect pallaswn pallasit pallasai pallasem pallasech pallasent pallasid, pallesid
present subjunctive pallwyf pellych pallo pallom palloch pallont paller
imperative — palla palled pallwn pellwch, pallwch pallent paller
verbal noun pallu
verbal adjectives palledig
palladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future palla i, pallaf i palli di pallith o/e/hi, palliff e/hi pallwn ni pallwch chi pallan nhw
conditional pallwn i, pallswn i pallet ti, pallset ti pallai fo/fe/hi, pallsai fo/fe/hi pallen ni, pallsen ni pallech chi, pallsech chi pallen nhw, pallsen nhw
preterite pallais i, palles i pallaist ti, pallest ti pallodd o/e/hi pallon ni palloch chi pallon nhw
imperative — palla — — pallwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • palledig (“failed, defective”)
  • pallu gweithio (“to break down”)
  • pall (“failure, fault”)

References
  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
  • 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
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