pallissa

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan palissa 'fence, palisade' (especially in the context of jousting), either borrowed from Spanish paliza[1] or an indigenous formation,[2] in either case etymologically Latin pālus (“stake”) and perhaps -icea. The change from /l/ to /ʎ/ is likely by analogy with lliça or vall.

Noun

pallissa f (plural pallisses)

  1. beating

Etymology 2

palla +‎ -issa

Noun

pallissa f (plural pallisses)

  1. hayloft
    Synonyms: herbera, paller

References
  1. “pallissa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  2. “pallissa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

pallissa

  1. inessive singular of palli
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