pallu

See also: Pallu and pállu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पल्लू (pallū), from पल्ला (pallā, “side”), from Sanskrit पल्ल (palla). Compare with palla.

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

• Paull, all-up, pulla

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”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɬɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɬi/
• Rhymes: -alɨ̞

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”)

Related terms

• 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