palsa

From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.

palsa (plural palsas)

1. (geomorphology) A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.
   • 2003, Richard J. Huggett, Fundamentals of Geomorphology, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 244:

     Peat plateaux are larger landforms formed by the coalescence of palsas. String bogs, also called patterned fens, occur in muskeg. They are alternations of thin, string-like strips or ridges of peat, mainly Sphagnum moss, which may […]

   • 2013 March 9, Dennis F. Whigham, D. Dykyjová, S. Hejný, Wetlands of the World I: Inventory, Ecology and Management, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 480:

     These basin bogs are generally associated with Picea mariana or are treeless. Species in these wetlands are similar to those found in other palsas in Canada.

• Palas, alaps, lapas, palas, plaas, salpa

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlsɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝ls̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pal‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): pal‧sa

From Northern Sami balsa.

palsa

1. (geomorphology) palsa

• “1. palsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Originally a shortened slang form of palttoo.

palsa (colloquial)

1. long overcoat

• palttoo

• “2. palsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• salpa