palha

Portuguese

/ˈpa.ʎa/, /ˈpa.ʎɐ/

noun
Definitions
  • straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • (uncountable) straw considered collectively
  • textile made of straw

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese palla inherited from Latin palea (chaff, straw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel-

Gloss

dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

皮, 膚, 肌

Emoji

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