palla
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Italian palla (“ball”). Doublet of ball.
Noun
[edit]palla (uncountable)
- A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.
Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin palla. Doublet of pall.
Noun
[edit]palla (plural pallae)
- (historical) A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in Ancient Rome and fastened with brooches.
Further reading
[edit]Aymara
[edit]Noun
[edit]palla
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan palla, from Latin palea, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Compare Occitan palha, French paille, Italian paglia, Sicilian pagghia, Spanish paja.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palla f (plural palles)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “palla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “palla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “palla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “palla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese palha (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin palea. Cognate with Portuguese palha and Spanish paja.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palla f (plural pallas)
- (countable) a straw
- (uncountable) straw
- 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:
- Jtem. deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto, que naturalmente som para seu comer.
- Item. The foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oat, spelt —that is, melga— and things that are similar to these, which are naturally for them to eat
- 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:
- e da cárrega de palla, un diñeiro e do carro da casqa, duas brancas
- for a load of hay, [they shall pay] a diñeiro, and by a cartload of bark, two brancas
- (uncountable) chaff
- 1276, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Dominguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 375:
- et este pan deue a seer qual o Deus der no logar et seer linpo de palla et de poo, d'eruellada et de mosceyra, et deue a seer ben seco et ben linpo et bõõ pan
- and this grain must be that that God gives at that place, and it must be clean of chaff and dust, of vetch and fodder, and it must be well dry and well clean and good grain
- (informal, vulgar) a wank
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “palla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “palla”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “palla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “palla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “palla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “palla”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian palla (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), from Latin palla, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palla (plural palla-palla, first-person possessive pallaku, second-person possessive pallamu, third-person possessive pallanya)
- (Catholicism) a cloth used to cover a chalice during services.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Medieval Latin balla, palla, bala, from Frankish *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Alternatively, via Lombardic *palla, from Proto-Germanic *ballô, from the same ultimate origin. Compare Sicilian baḍḍa.
Noun
[edit]palla f (plural palle)
- (sports) ball (object used for playing games)
- ball (solid or hollow sphere)
- (historical, firearms) bullet, shot
- Hypernym: proiettile
- (usually in the plural, vulgar) testicles
- (informal, figurative) something dull or boring
- Che palle!
- What a drag!
- (colloquial) lie
- Synonym: bugia
- (heraldry) circle-shaped charge
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin palla, of uncertain origin.
Noun
[edit]palla f (plural palle)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) palla (cloth worn by ladies)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Perhaps an extension in sense of the above lemma.
Noun
[edit]palla f (plural palle)
- (Catholicism) a cloth used to cover a chalice during services
Further reading
[edit]- palla1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- palla2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- palla3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”) (akin to pellis (“hide, pelt”)), or possibly a substrate loan.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]palla f (genitive pallae); first declension
- A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in Ancient Rome and fastened with brooches.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | palla | pallae |
Genitive | pallae | pallārum |
Dative | pallae | pallīs |
Accusative | pallam | pallās |
Ablative | pallā | pallīs |
Vocative | palla | pallae |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: palla (learned)
- → Italian: palla (learned)
- → Romanian: pală (learned)
- Proto-Brythonic: *pall
Further reading
[edit]- “palla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “palla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “palla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “palla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian palla, from Latin palla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palla f (plural palel)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- palle (e-infinitive)
Etymology
[edit]Related to Traveller Norwegian palla and Swedish palla, both with the same meaning.
Verb
[edit]palla (present tense pallar, past tense palla, past participle palla, passive infinitive pallast, present participle pallande, imperative palla/pall)
- (slang) to bother to; to have the energy to, to feel up to
- Eg pallar tji gjøra det i dag for faen
- I don't feel up to do it today for fuck's sake
Synonyms
[edit]Quechua
[edit]Noun
[edit]palla
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | palla | pallakuna |
accusative | pallata | pallakunata |
dative | pallaman | pallakunaman |
genitive | pallap | pallakunap |
locative | pallapi | pallakunapi |
terminative | pallakama | pallakunakama |
ablative | pallamanta | pallakunamanta |
instrumental | pallawan | pallakunawan |
comitative | pallantin | pallakunantin |
abessive | pallannaq | pallakunannaq |
comparative | pallahina | pallakunahina |
causative | pallarayku | pallakunarayku |
benefactive | pallapaq | pallakunapaq |
associative | pallapura | pallakunapura |
distributive | pallanka | pallakunanka |
exclusive | pallalla | pallakunalla |
ñuqap (my) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pallay | pallaykuna |
accusative | pallayta | pallaykunata |
dative | pallayman | pallaykunaman |
genitive | pallaypa | pallaykunap |
locative | pallaypi | pallaykunapi |
terminative | pallaykama | pallaykunakama |
ablative | pallaymanta | pallaykunamanta |
instrumental | pallaywan | pallaykunawan |
comitative | pallaynintin | pallaykunantin |
abessive | pallayninnaq | pallaykunannaq |
comparative | pallayhina | pallaykunahina |
causative | pallayrayku | pallaykunarayku |
benefactive | pallaypaq | pallaykunapaq |
associative | pallaypura | pallaykunapura |
distributive | pallayninka | pallaykunanka |
exclusive | pallaylla | pallaykunalla |
qampa (your) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pallayki | pallaykikuna |
accusative | pallaykita | pallaykikunata |
dative | pallaykiman | pallaykikunaman |
genitive | pallaykipa | pallaykikunap |
locative | pallaykipi | pallaykikunapi |
terminative | pallaykikama | pallaykikunakama |
ablative | pallaykimanta | pallaykikunamanta |
instrumental | pallaykiwan | pallaykikunawan |
comitative | pallaykintin | pallaykikunantin |
abessive | pallaykinnaq | pallaykikunannaq |
comparative | pallaykihina | pallaykikunahina |
causative | pallaykirayku | pallaykikunarayku |
benefactive | pallaykipaq | pallaykikunapaq |
associative | pallaykipura | pallaykikunapura |
distributive | pallaykinka | pallaykikunanka |
exclusive | pallaykilla | pallaykikunalla |
paypa (his/her/its) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pallan | pallankuna |
accusative | pallanta | pallankunata |
dative | pallanman | pallankunaman |
genitive | pallanpa | pallankunap |
locative | pallanpi | pallankunapi |
terminative | pallankama | pallankunakama |
ablative | pallanmanta | pallankunamanta |
instrumental | pallanwan | pallankunawan |
comitative | pallanintin | pallankunantin |
abessive | pallanninnaq | pallankunannaq |
comparative | pallanhina | pallankunahina |
causative | pallanrayku | pallankunarayku |
benefactive | pallanpaq | pallankunapaq |
associative | pallanpura | pallankunapura |
distributive | pallaninka | pallankunanka |
exclusive | pallanlla | pallankunalla |
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pallanchik | pallanchikkuna |
accusative | pallanchikta | pallanchikkunata |
dative | pallanchikman | pallanchikkunaman |
genitive | pallanchikpa | pallanchikkunap |
locative | pallanchikpi | pallanchikkunapi |
terminative | pallanchikkama | pallanchikkunakama |
ablative | pallanchikmanta | pallanchikkunamanta |
instrumental | pallanchikwan | pallanchikkunawan |
comitative | pallanchiknintin | pallanchikkunantin |
abessive | pallanchikninnaq | pallanchikkunannaq |
comparative | pallanchikhina | pallanchikkunahina |
causative | pallanchikrayku | pallanchikkunarayku |
benefactive | pallanchikpaq | pallanchikkunapaq |
associative | pallanchikpura | pallanchikkunapura |
distributive | pallanchikninka | pallanchikkunanka |
exclusive | pallanchiklla | pallanchikkunalla |
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pallayku | pallaykukuna |
accusative | pallaykuta | pallaykukunata |
dative | pallaykuman | pallaykukunaman |
genitive | pallaykupa | pallaykukunap |
locative | pallaykupi | pallaykukunapi |
terminative | pallaykukama | pallaykukunakama |
ablative | pallaykumanta | pallaykukunamanta |
instrumental | pallaykuwan | pallaykukunawan |
comitative | pallaykuntin | pallaykukunantin |
abessive | pallaykunnaq | pallaykukunannaq |
comparative | pallaykuhina | pallaykukunahina |
causative | pallaykurayku | pallaykukunarayku |
benefactive | pallaykupaq | pallaykukunapaq |
associative | pallaykupura | pallaykukunapura |
distributive | pallaykunka | pallaykukunanka |
exclusive | pallaykulla | pallaykukunalla |
qamkunap (your(pl)) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pallaykichik | pallaykichikkuna |
accusative | pallaykichikta | pallaykichikkunata |
dative | pallaykichikman | pallaykichikkunaman |
genitive | pallaykichikpa | pallaykichikkunap |
locative | pallaykichikpi | pallaykichikkunapi |
terminative | pallaykichikkama | pallaykichikkunakama |
ablative | pallaykichikmanta | pallaykichikkunamanta |
instrumental | pallaykichikwan | pallaykichikkunawan |
comitative | pallaykichiknintin | pallaykichikkunantin |
abessive | pallaykichikninnaq | pallaykichikkunannaq |
comparative | pallaykichikhina | pallaykichikkunahina |
causative | pallaykichikrayku | pallaykichikkunarayku |
benefactive | pallaykichikpaq | pallaykichikkunapaq |
associative | pallaykichikpura | pallaykichikkunapura |
distributive | pallaykichikninka | pallaykichikkunanka |
exclusive | pallaykichiklla | pallaykichikkunalla |
paykunap (their) | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pallanku | pallankukuna |
accusative | pallankuta | pallankukunata |
dative | pallankuman | pallankukunaman |
genitive | pallankupa | pallankukunap |
locative | pallankupi | pallankukunapi |
terminative | pallankukama | pallankukunakama |
ablative | pallankumanta | pallankukunamanta |
instrumental | pallankuwan | pallankukunawan |
comitative | pallankuntin | pallankukunantin |
abessive | pallankunnaq | pallankukunannaq |
comparative | pallankuhina | pallankukunahina |
causative | pallankurayku | pallankukunarayku |
benefactive | pallankupaq | pallankukunapaq |
associative | pallankupura | pallankukunapura |
distributive | pallankunka | pallankukunanka |
exclusive | pallankulla | pallankukunalla |
Sardinian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]palla f
Sicilian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian palla (“ball”), see above.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palla f (plural palli)
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]palla
- inflection of pallar:
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Derived from Swedish criminal cant pall (“apple”). Attested since 1898.
Verb
[edit]palla (present pallar, preterite pallade, supine pallat, imperative palla)
- (colloquial) To scrump; to steal fruit, especially apples, from a garden or orchard.
Etymology 2
[edit]Affix of pall + -ar, from stå pall (“stand firm”). Borrowed from Dutch pal staan, from Low German pall staan.
Interjection sense possibly an ellipsis of the negative pallar inte ("do not have energy/stamina/will").
Verb
[edit]palla (present pallar, preterite pallade, supine pallat, imperative palla)
- (colloquial) To have enough strength, will, or stamina for something. [since 1912]
Conjugation
[edit]Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | palla | pallas | ||
Supine | pallat | pallats | ||
Imperative | palla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | pallen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | pallar | pallade | pallas | pallades |
Ind. plural1 | palla | pallade | pallas | pallades |
Subjunctive2 | palle | pallade | palles | pallades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | pallande | |||
Past participle | pallad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]palla
- (colloquial, can be seen as rude) to not have enough strength, will or stamina; to not be bothered to
- – Ska vi gå på bio?
– Palla!- – Shall we go and watch a movie?
– I don't have enough energy! / – I can't be bothered to!
- – Shall we go and watch a movie?
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