palupalo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of palo (“spank”). Compare Cebuano palopalo.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /paluˈpaloʔ/ [pɐ.lʊˈpaː.loʔ], /palupaˈloʔ/ [pɐ.lʊ.pɐˈloʔ] (“batlet”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -aloʔ, -oʔ
    • IPA(key): /paluˈpaloʔ/ [pɐ.lʊˈpaː.loʔ] (“goby”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -aloʔ
  • Syllabification: pa‧lu‧pa‧lo

Noun

palupalò or palupalô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓᜉᜎᜓ)

  1. batlet; washing paddle (a short bat for beating clothes when washing them)
    Synonyms: pantuktok, pamugbog
  2. any wooden mallet

See also

Noun

palupalò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓᜉᜎᜓ)

  1. arrowfin goby; any member of the genus Oxyurichthys

Further reading

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