pâl

From Latin pālus.

pâl m (plural pâls)

1. pole, post

• palâ
• impalâ

From Proto-Vietic *pər, cognate with Vietnamese bay, Muong păl.

• IPA^(key): /pʌl¹/

pâl

1. (Cuối Chăm) to fly

• IPA^(key): /paːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Borrowed from Latin pala; compare Breton pal, Cornish pal.

pâl f (plural palau)

1. (South Wales) spade

   Synonyms: rhaw, rhaw-bâl

2. (rowing) oar blade

   Synonym: palf

Uncertain, has been extension of Etymology 1 on account of the shape of a puffin's beak.^[1] However, the use of the same word for a Manx shearwater and a puffin parallels a shift in English where puffin used to mean a Manx shearwater until the 19th century, before coming to refer to Fratercula arctica.

 

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pâl m (plural palod or palau)

1. Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)

   Synonyms: pâl Manaw, aderyn drycin Manaw

2. Atlantic puffin, puffin (Fratercula arctica)^[2]

   Synonyms: pwffin, cornicyll y dŵr, pwffingen, aderyn du, aderyn y pâl, cyw esgob, paledn

• croesfan pâl (“puffin crossing”)
• pâl du (“sooty shearwater”)
• pâl yr Iwerydd (“Cory's shearwater”)
• pâl Manaw (“Manx shearwater”)
• y pâl leiaf (“litle shearwater”)
• y pâl mwyaf (“great shearwater”)