pallu

See also: Pallu

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 2013, p. 45:
      She had pulled the pallu back over her head and her face.
    • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 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

Pronunciation

Verb

pallu (first-person singular present pallaf)

  1. to fail, to cease, to perish, to be destroyed
  2. to refuse, to deny

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future pallaf palli palla pallwn pallwch pallant pallir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 pallwn pallit pallai pallem pallech pallent pallid
preterite pallais pallaist pallodd pallasom pallasoch pallasant pallwyd
pluperfect pallaswn pallasit pallasai pallasem pallasech pallasent pallasid, pallesid
present subjunctive pallwyf pallych pallo pallom palloch pallont paller
imperative — palla palled pallwn 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”)

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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