pau
Portuguese
/ˈpaʊ/, /ˈpaw/
noun
Definitions
- stick
- wood
- (slang) penis, dick, cock, prick
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese pao inherited from Latin pālus (stake, prop, pale, post, pole, stay) inherited from Proto-Italic *pākslos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂ǵ-slos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Palo Pinto County English
- Polie English
- alepole English
- antipole English
- beanpole English
- bipole English
- cartpole English
- clodpole English
- counterpole English
- dipole English
- double pole English
- epipole English
- fencepole English
- firepole English
- fishpole English
- flagpole English
- footpole English
- fuckpole English
- headpole English
- hexadecapole English
- hexapole English
- interpole English
- lodgepole English
- meatpole English
- multipole English
- octopole English
- paleopole English
- palus English
- pitchpole English
- polary English
- pole English
- pole dancing English
- pole-smoker English
- poleboat English
- polehead English
- poleless English
- polelike English
- poleman English
- polepiece English
- poler English
- polescreen English
- polesitter English
- polespear English
- polester English
- poletimber English
- poleward English
- polewards English
- polocyte English
- quadripole English
- ridgepole English
- roundpole English
- tail-pole English
- tailpole English
- tentpole English
- tripole English
- paalu Finnish
- impālāre Latin
- impālō Latin
- palaris Latin
- pālus Latin
- trepalium Latin
- aquapole Italian
- palo Italian
- paal Dutch, Flemish
- pal French
- empalar Spanish, Castilian
- palero Spanish, Castilian
- palillo Spanish, Castilian
- palito Spanish, Castilian
- palo Spanish, Castilian
- pasapalo Spanish, Castilian
- pole Spanish, Castilian
- *peh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂ǵ-slos Proto-Indo-European
- *pāǵe- Proto-Indo-European
- pauzinho Portuguese
- *palaz Proto-Germanic
- pal Polish
- pal Old English
- pole Middle English
- pex Old French
- pau Galician
- par Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pawo Cebuano
- pfal Old High German
- pfāl Old High German
- pamalo Tagalog
- pal Middle French
- *pālaz gmw-pro
- pāl Old Dutch
- pao Old Portuguese
- *pākslos Proto-Italic
- palu Asturian
- pâl Friulian
- pal Old Occitan
- palissada Old Occitan
- palu Papiamentu
- pó Kabuverdianu
- po Guinea-Bissau Creole
- palo Chavacano